Black disability history

On Tuesday March 15's show: 

• Stuart Hickox from ONE Canada explains why Canada should take the lead on supplying COVID-19 vaccines to other nations

• Activist Ola Ojewumi discusses the importance of remembering Black Disability history during Black History Month
  • She also tells us about her initiative “Project ASCEND” 

• Community reporter Elizabeth Mohler tells us about Toronto's first nonpolice crisis unit for mental health responses. The pilot projects begins on March 1 
  • She also shares a recap of this year’s ADP Virtual forum
  • And she gives details about an exhibit at the Toronto Public Reference library called: “A Study in Sherlock and His Creator: 50 Years of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection”
    • The exhibit runs February 5 to April 16, 2022 and will be in person. It will also  feature over 40 items from the exhibit online 

• Environmental contributor Lawrence Gunther describes the increasing risk of extinction faced by emperor penguins 

• Nelson Rego of Cool Blind Tech chats about Brigade AXECIBLE, a new French language app that allows people with disabilities to identify accessibility barriers at public sites
  • He also tells us about a new interactive Braille workshop by Hadley 

• And we have another edition of our weekly news quiz with contestants Matt McGurk and Mark Phoenix.