CBA/ACB - Canadian Braille Authority / l'Autorité canadien du braille 2009-2-8 tag:canadianbrailleauthority.ca,2008:1 UEB implementation blog tag:2010-2-1,1 2010-2-1 The CBA Teaching and Learning Committee have created a blog to help people become more informed about UEB and its implementation. This blog contains text and audio files that provide the background information about the development of Unified English Braille and some comments from stakeholders in Australia where the new code has been implemented. Teaching Resources tag:2009-11-10,1 2009-11-10 A new section for teaching resources has been created, including a link to Special Education Technology's (British Columbia) module for classroom teachers working with braille reading students. UEB calculus examples for transcribers tag:2009-07-14,01 2009-7-14 Canadian Parliament - Standing Committee on Official Languages tag:2009-4-21,3 2009-4-21 Links to transcripts of meetings discussing braille in linguistic minority communities. IADD Introduces a New Braille Standard on Folding Cartons - Making a Difference with Special Needs tag:2009-4-21,2 2009-4-21 Braille Authority of North America To Evaluate Nemeth Uniform Braille System tag:2009-4-21,1 2009-4-21 Le bulletin de l'ACB - octobre 2008 tag:2009-4-11,1 2009-4-11 BANA Sponsors Open Forum and Holds Spring Meeting tag:2009-3-9,1 2009-3-9 The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) will hold its spring meeting in Burlingame, California, from March 15-17, 2009. This meeting is being hosted by the California Transcribers and Educators of the Visually Handicapped (CTEVH), a BANA member organization, and overlaps with their annual conference. ... BANA Creates Braille Excellence Award tag:2009-2-27,3 2009-2-27 Secret Braille Message challenge tag:2009-2-27,2 2009-2-27 The second secret message for the school braille challenge has been posted, with the answer to the first message. From next week until April 29, a new message, and the answer to the previous message, will be released every Wednesday at noon Eastern time. Job posting: Braille proofreader, Ottawa tag:2009-2-27,1 2009-2-27 tag:2009-2-9,1 2009-2-9 The first secret message for the school braille challenge has been posted! Subsequent messages will be posted about every two weeks. Learn the Unified English Braille Code tag:2008-12-17,1 2008-12-17 The Canadian Braille Authority (CBA) is pleased to be able to provide teachers, rehabilitation professionals, transcribers, and interested individuals an opportunity to learn the Unified English Braille Code (UEB) (link to Word doc). Le Défi Braille tag:2008-11-20,2 2008-11-20 L'ACB lance le Défi Braille pour les élèves du primaire à travers le Canada. The Braille Challenge tag:2008-11-20,1 2008-11-20 The CBA launches the Braille Challenge for elementary school students across Canada. Bourse Edie-Mourre pour transcripteur tag:2008-10-28,3 2008-10-28 L'autorité canadienne du braille a établi une bourse d'études à la mémoire d'Edie Mourre. Edie était une transcriptrice de braille engagée qui a toujours su favoriser l'accès au braille. Pour être admissible à la bourse d'études Edie Mourre pour transcripteur braille, la personne doit rencontrer l'un des critères suivants : The Edie Mourre Transcriber's Scholarship tag:2008-10-28,2 2008-10-28 The Canadian Braille Authority has established a scholarship in memory of Edie Mourre. Edie was a dedicated braille transcriber and strong advocate for access to braille. The Edie Mourre Transcriber's Scholarship will be available for an individual who meets either of the following criteria: September 2008 Newsletter tag:2008-10-28,1 2008-10-28 The September 2008 CBA newsletter in English has been released in HTML format. The French version will follow, when it has been translated.