Comic vision

Last night, I attended the Toronto performance of Comic Vision, part of a series of 5 events in support of vision research and the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Over the past 10 years, the Foundation Fighting Blindness has raised $3M to fund research into cures for retinal diseases, thanks to the support of these events. The event is supported by a number of the most prominent names in Canadian telecom: Bell, Nokia, Ledcor, HTC, Huawei, Samsung, RIM, Nokia Siemens Networks. As a result, there were a lot of friendly faces among those in attendance.

There is a long history of involvement by telecommunications professionals with organizations that support the visually impaired. The Telephone Pioneers’ beeping baseball was among the first initiatives of the organization that I was exposed to when I got into the industry 30 years ago.

There are still tickets available for the two remaining shows next week: the Vancouver event on May 4; and, Calgary on May 5. It makes for a fun evening – try to attend.