Blind Citizens Australia

New Horizons - Episode 690, DAISY Consortium part I

This week we repeat one of our more popular episodes from 2018.  We hear the first of a two-part conversation about the inception and development of the DAISY Consortium.

New Horizons - Episode 689, The Year That Was, Part II

In this week's episode we feature the second part of our presentations from the BCA Inform event, The Year That Was.  Angela Jaeschke and Sally Aurisch, General managers of Operations and Member Engagement and Projects respectively, provide an update on what their teams have been working on over the past year.  Hear about advocacy, member engagement, events, funding and more.

New Horizons - Episode 688, The YearThat Was, Part I.

In this first episode of our holiday series of New Horizons, we feature presentations given at the BCA Inform event, held on the third of December.  John Simpson, president of BCA, and Emma Bennison, CEO, provide a brief overview of Blind Citizens Australia's work over, what will be for most, an extremely memorable year.

New Horizons - Episode 686, Rikki Chaplin - Moving to Melbourne (RPT)

In this week's episode, we go right back to my first regular New Horizons programme.  In Episode 428 I spoke with Rikki Chaplin, Policy and Advocacy Team Leader with Blind Citizens Australia, about the advantages and disadvantages of moving interstate for work.

New Horizons - Episode 685, AGM Follow-up 2020

John Simpson, President, and Emma Bennison, CEO, are our guests in this week's New Horizons.  We hear about the recently held AGM, a recent award, and information about who will be leading BCA's National Policy Council, Finance Audit and Risk Management and Stakeholder Engagement committees for the 2020-21 financial year.

New Horizons - Episode 684, Linda Agnew

In this week's episode, we hear extracts from a presentation given following the 2019-20 Annual General Meeting of Blind Citizens Australia.  Linda Agnew is the head of school of Science and Technology at the University of New England.  Linda discusses her career pathway thus far, and some of the barriers blind and vision impaired people face when attempting to gain careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and mathematics, or STEM..

New Horizons - Episode 683, Ron McCallum AO (Repeat)

In Episode 627, we spoke with Ron McCallum AO about his book, Born at the Right Time.  We bring you this interview again, as Ron will be joining Vision Australia's Stella Glorie for an online conversation next week.  If you would like to register to be a part of this, contact the Vision Australia Library on 1300-654-656, or library@visionaustralia.org.

New Horizons - Episode 682, Blind Citizens News

In this week's episode we feature the editorial from the recently released Blind Citizens News magazine, edited by Jonathan Craig.  Jonathan joins us to talk about his editorial and discuss the contents of this edition.  Also a brief reminder about the National Womens Branch AGM.

New Horizons - Episode 681, BCA New Member Forum

In this week's episode we speak with Ken Brandt, a new member of Blind Citizens Australia, and Tim Haggis, Membership Development Coordinator.  Hear about the upcoming forum for new members of BCA, where new members can find out about the work of BCA and how they can become involved.

New Horizons - Episode 680, International Council on English Braille Keynote Speech part II

This week we feature the second part of the keynote speech given by Ambassador Webson, to the General Assembly of the ICEB, held online a few weeks ago.  The entire proceedings of the GA are available on the website, https://live.braillecast.com/content.php