Inspired by The Canadian Federation of the Blind, Outlook is a show about accessibility, advocacy, and equality. Hosted by two siblings who were born blind. Heard on 94.9 Radio Western every Monday from 11 AM to noon.
Outlook on Radio Western
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Inspired by The Canadian Federation of the Blind, Outlook is a show about accessibility, advocacy, and equality. Hosted by two siblings who were born blind. Heard on 94.9 Radio Western every Monday from 11 AM to noon.
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Recent Episodes
June 21, 2026
Outlook 2026-04-13 - A Mid April Mixed Bag Monday
“Are you really blind?” We three don’t usually get questioned on whether or not we’re really unable to see, but in a large room with around eight hundred people, BF Barry had the question posed to him as he held a mic and called out the guy, on stage, with the bag over his head. It’s a somewhat x rated April mixed bag show, last one from Ireland to Canada for a while, with Sibling’s Day having happened recently, but one difference between Canada and Ireland is that the word “siblings” isn’t used in the latter like it is in the former. We spoke, back in February on our third Family Day show, about the word “siblings” with our brother and sister as our guests once more, while this time brother/co-host Brian shares how he learned since then that the word doesn’t exist in Spanish either. This week on Outlook we speak on sister/co-host Kerry, BF Barry, and Oyster’s recent adventures which include head injuries acquired in a hotel lobby, more lack of braille on the floors above, and inaccessible room menus. They share about getting over the “not Covid” along with fuel shortages and bus station closures, Brian describing his recent experience taking public transportation in Toronto, while Barry and Kerry were having to look for assistance from other travellers after being escorted by a security guard over the bridge when Dublin practically shut down (image description Brian reads painting the picture of a famous Irish capital city’s street in the midst of country wide fuel protests by farmers). This was after their trip, down south, to Limerick City to see a live recording of their favourite Irish podcaster who just so happens to call himself “Blind Boy,” even though he’s not actually blind, known for wearing a bag over his head. We all share our thoughts on someone calling themselves blind when they are not. Also, the upheaval across Ireland produces flashbacks of the 2022 winter Ottawa trucker convoy and the chaos that too caused as we discuss how such protests, while reflecting real and serious issues in both countries, can create very real and serious barriers, especially for people with disabilities. From north to south - travels lately and everything from stab vests to moon launches on this latest one. For more on Blind Boy and his podcast, go here: https://shows.acast.com/blindboy
June 2, 2026
Outlook 2026-04-06 - An Easter Monday Mixed Bag Scramble
It’s an April scramble, we’re celebrating the birth of a few friends of the show, and it’s two months exactly till the big performance - sister/co-host Kerry finally appears, BF Barry in the background. This week on Outlook we’re talking getting sick/on our own and together, VoiceOver gestures, and kidneys on the mind. Kerry can’t handle the germs, brother/co-host Brian reflects on his first kidney transplant surgery day from our mom (April 6, 1999), and poor Oyster the guide dog is recouping. Brian shares about his band’s first show coming up (Supply and Demand), King Orca, and we’re all already planning details of the evening. We’re remembering braille on cassette tapes and Kerry is brought back to 1996 through Cup of Soup. Kerry holds onto her fear that Canadian/Ontario hospitals and the healthcare system won’t be functioning like she’s used to as she and Barry both tell the story of an up close encounter with the NHS (National Health Service). I’ll look out for you and you look out for me. Compassion osioeorhcpijsie … religion … oauelkwjnfvljelijr as Kerry cuts out, Brian tries to rain things in (April showers) and scrambles to end the show - Canadian flurries and a blur of Easter Monday into Easter Tuesday. As this episode is being shared as a podcast in early June, Brian’s band King Orca’s show is coming up on Saturday 6 June at Supply and Demand Pizza and Beer in London. Doors 8 PM. Would love to see you there if you’re in the area. You can listen to a couple of their songs here: https://kingorca.bandcamp.com/album/the-ceramicist
May 23, 2026
Outlook 2026-03-16 - Blindness 101, The Before, With Actor, Advocate, Athlete Jennie Bovard
Our guest for this one says: I’m so keen now on representation and demystifying things for people and inviting them in and like: “Hey, understand my experience. I’m not the weird character you saw in that movie. Do not fear me. I’m a human being. I’m Jennie”. This week on Outlook we’re speaking with advocate, actor, and athlete Jennie Bovard, from her home in Halifax, about her experience with low vision, about her humorous Accessible Media Inc. scripted series “Pretty Blind,” and about the "Low Vision Moments" podcast that inspired the television program. She shares why she decided to get involved as a trainee to facilitate Blindness 101 workshops in her province, the people and industries she’s hoping to bring the workshop to, and about how if she doesn’t take up the challenge, who else is going to? Jennie was born with a condition which impacts the body’s ability to make pigment in the hair, skin, and in the eyes which has taken her on a journey to accepting her Albinism, in working for the younger generations with Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority (or APSEA) and and into educating others (after encounters like the one on an airplane where she was handed a question written on a napkin about what her magic powers were) and trying to figure out how to push back on the stigma of such an obvious physical difference. Even plants and animals have Albinism in nature which highlights the awesome diversity that exists in all living things on the planet. Tomayto tomato when it comes to language sometimes, but we hear from Jennie about her preferred wording for her genetic condition and hope to dispel some of the myths that exist around Albinism out there, in North America and beyond, as we know that just having one friend with it growing up, like sister-co-host Kerry did, only means you are familiar with one person’s lived experience of what is clearly a visible disability. . She also tells us more about how she used to try to blend in and play down some of the condition’s issues in the attempt to not stand out. We ask Jennie what her takeaways were from spending a few days, training with Kerry and the other Blindness 101 facilitators, in Vancouver last November at the Blind Beginnings office and she tells us: When you’re hunkered down and not only spending time together but you’re spending time actually collaborating and working together and having discussions about the workshop and why we’re all there, I think you become faster friends because you know what one another is about and what you’re passionate about and close borders and good food together that all helps too." Kerry agrees that it was a pleasure getting to know Bovard, along with the others, during their time in British Columbia and we hope you will check out this episode and learn more about Jennie's advocacy work, in media and in sports and education, along with hearing her firsthand lived experience of Albinism with Albinism Awareness Day coming up on June 13th. Check out the “Pretty Blind” series by going to: https://www.amiplus.ca/welcome And, as we kick off this one announcing the availability of The Western Gazette’s issue with Outlook featured in it, we’re once more here including a link to the online version of the article: https://westerngazette.ca/culture/the-voice-of-activism-the-kijewski-siblings/article_d025e980-1680-4eb5-a189-b4f2f89ea6f5.html
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