CCB’s Gala celebration of Vision Health Month 2022. The Gala took place on Tuesday, May 17 at Christ Church Cathedral in the Great Hall, located at 414 Sparks Street in Ottawa, Ontario.
Megan Laurence to Sing “O Canada”
Jim Tokos, National President, CCB, Delivers Welcome
Presentation of the 2022 White Cane Week Person of the Year Award (Luna Bengio)
Presentations of 1st 2022 President’s Awards (Balance for Blind Adults – Dr. Deborah Gold)
Presentations of 2nd 2022 President’s Awards (Dr. Keith Gordon)
Honoring the Algonquin Anishinabe Nation, First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples
Remembering Richart Bocxe (1949-2021)
CCB Stand with Ukraine
Carol Hughes – Member of Parliament & Olha Sotska – Ukraine Parliamentary Internship
Toast to the Queen
Ric Watson – Ottawa Mission Food Service Training Program Chef
Grace
David Errington, President and CEO, AMI
Michael Baillargeon, Canadian Council of the Blind
Jutta Treviranus, Founder, Inclusive Design Research Centre at OCAD University
Doug Earle, Presidnet and CEO, Fighting Blindness Canada
Catherine Langlois, VIA Rail Canada
Alfred MAcLeod, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat – Introducing Key Note Speaker
Luna Bengio, Office of Pulbic Service Accessibility, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat – Keynote Speaker