A Single Story of Governance, Part 1

"The Triple Vision team starts a series on governance, in particular the governance story behind the CNIB. The team starts with a look back at how the CNIB was formed, and what it looks like now. David, Hanna and Peter speak to Jane Beaumont, CNIB Archivist and former Chair of its National Board, as well as Kevin Burns, a former Chair of CNIB’s Governance Committee. Is it possible to determine the single story of an organization by how it is governed, by the rules and structures it operates under? How did the organization move from charity to a more modern approach to service delivery ... or did it? Tune into this week’s Triple vision podcast and find out. “The issue, of course, is we are talking about working with disability at a time when, well, we call it disability studies now, but back then it was called something else. It was called charity. It was called helping out. So, one of the things that is a big line in this story of the CNIB is how the instinct to be a charitable organization providing services becomes a movement that is about dealing with people’s full participation in whatever way they choose to live their lives.” "