Episode 36: Building Community Connection with ConnecTra

Follow the podcast: Emily Chambers talks about her experience in her role as Program Coordinator at ConnecTra Society and how ConnecTra’s programming builds community connection. She also shares some of…Continue readingEpisode 36: Building Community Connection with ConnecTra

Episode 35: Evolution of Game Development

Follow the podcast: With technology advancing everyday, Alex Carey talks more about the evolution of game development and how accessibility has become more widespread in the video game industry. Alex…Continue readingEpisode 35: Evolution of Game Development

Episode 34: Accessible Video Game Design

Follow the podcast: Alex Carey visits the podcast to talk about accessible video game design through the lens of someone with lived experience, both playing and designing games. Alex is…Continue readingEpisode 34: Accessible Video Game Design

Episode 33: Accessibility in the Workplace with YLI

Follow the podcast: In this episode, we talk about accessibility in the work place with the Youth Leadership Initiative (YLI). We are joined by YLI Coordinator Serena Baines to speak…Continue readingEpisode 33: Accessibility in the Workplace with YLI

Episode 32: Attitudinal Barriers for Youth with Disabilities

Follow the podcast: In this episode, we talk about Attitudinal Barriers for Youth with Disabilities with the Youth Leadership Initiative (YLI). We are joined by YLI Coordinator Josh Alati to…Continue readingEpisode 32: Attitudinal Barriers for Youth with Disabilities

Episode 31: Adaptive Fashion

Follow the podcast: Teri Thorson is passionate about adaptive fashion and making clothes that look and feel good accessible to everyone. In the second part of our interview with Teri,…Continue readingEpisode 31: Adaptive Fashion

Episode 30: Paralympics Experience

Follow the podcast: Teri Thorson never could have predicted she would end up at the Paralympics one day. After her injury, she found a new love of sports and even…Continue readingEpisode 30: Paralympics Experience

Episode 29: Interviewing Skills

Follow the podcast: When Sean Burdette first started his practicum with VAMS, he wasn’t used to interviewing people for a podcast. After working on the podcast, Sean has learned new…Continue readingEpisode 29: Interviewing Skills

Episode 28: Solo Camping

Follow the podcast: After his injury in 2009, Ryan Clarkson took to solo camping to challenge himself and gain new experiences. Since then, he’s driven over 170,000 kilometres acorss Canada…Continue readingEpisode 28: Solo Camping

Episode 27: Volunteering with Disability Foundation

Follow the podcast: In the second part of the Discover Newsletter podcast, we talk more about the organization, including volunteering with the Disability Foundation, the new VAMS Studio and the…Continue readingEpisode 27: Volunteering with Disability Foundation