The Journey to Independence: Blindness - The Canadian Story

Euclid Herie

ISBN 10: 1550025597 / ISBN 13: 9781550025590

Published by Dundurn, toronto, 2005

About this Item

4to pp. 216, b/w photographs, SIGNED by the author on the title page. "The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) has sought to improve the lives of generations of blind Canadians. Established in 1918, this philanthropic organization has guided blind people out of a time of poverty and abuse, bringing them the same rights and?

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Journey to Independence: Blindness - The Canadian Story
• Publisher: Dundurn, toronto
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1550025597
• ISBN 13: 9781550025590
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Canadian Studies

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Synopsis

This book explores the history of the CNIB - from the men who crafted its charter to the people who have made it so successful.

About the Author

Euclid Herie was born in Manitoba in 1939 with congenital cataracts. When he was 16, his eyesight failed. He attended the School for the Blind in Brantford and then studied social work at the University of Manitoba. He began working for the CNIB in 1977, was appointed managing director in 1983, and retired in 2001.