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Victoria Nolan @blindrower

When I lost my sight I turned to sport to overcome my disability. Now blindness can't catch me as I pursue goals I never dreamed possible!

Joined January 2012
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Feel like giving? Help Victoria Nolan raise money for EyeRide 2024 raceroster.com/events/2024/8… via @RaceRoster

Help Victoria raise money for participating in EyeRide 2024 on June 22, 2024

On June 22, Eamonn and I will be riding our good old tandem bike to Collingwood to raise money for two great organizations that help the blind and low vision community. I remember thinking I would...

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@"How You Can Be Blind But Still Have Vision"linkedin.com/pulse/how-you-c… on @LinkedIn

How You Can Be Blind But Still Have Vision

We all experience blindness, but not everyone has vision. Blindness is scary because a lot of people associate it with darkness, and I get that.

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Canadian Paralympic Team
@CDNParalympics
4 Aug 2021
Row row row your boat all the way to Tokyo with the #TeamCanada Para rowing athletes! 🚣 @rowingcanada paralympic.ca/news/team-seve… Jessye Brockway Laura Court Kyle Fredrickson @halljerc Bayleigh Hooper @blindrower Andrew Todd
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This absolutely horrible experience was caused by ⁦@yellowcabvictor⁩ Yellow Cab Victoria. I left a voicemail with their manager and have not had a reply. facebook.com/587097365/posts…

Eamonn Nolan

We here at Nolan manor are very proud of Vicky as she trains with Team Canada out in British Columbia. But I would like to use this opportunity to send a giant facebook F-U to the taxi driver who...

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Victoria Nolan retweeted
Peter field@Pfield1961
23 Feb 2021
Replying to @Uber
@uber refused again today because of my service dog. Not sure what’s going on. Waiting for police now. #DeniedARide
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Why should taxi drivers and rideshare drivers allow guide dogs in their cars? Because it’s the law. #DeniedARide
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Peter field@Pfield1961
23 Feb 2021
Replying to @Uber
@uber really has to take this more seriously. Very chronic and last two weeks. Obviously drivers don’t understand their obligation. Is Uber‘s responsibility to tell them this. #DeniedARide
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This is happening way too often. Please share and help raise awareness.
Peter field@Pfield1961
20 Feb 2021
Replying to @Uber
@uber providing an unacceptable level of service to clients who have service animals #DeniedARide
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The qualification regatta for Tokyo is going ahead! Fantastic news!!
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My Ted X talk airs this Friday. Check it out! @tedxuoft instagram.com/p/CKRPVdfMRgN/…
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Everyone can be World class. Check out my Ted talk next Friday. You can register for free here buff.ly/3qGMySw
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A Declaration to further inclusion | International Paralympic Committee buff.ly/37RWTDe
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Check out this powerful initiative - women supporting Canadian female athletes: buff.ly/3lReUql
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Rowing on the rise; and why | This Is Local London buff.ly/367e5EZ #Rowing
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Globally Unifying Power of Sports Through the Olympic and Paralympic Games buff.ly/2V7gNEd #resilience #Paralympic
How COVID-19 is affecting students with visual impairments and their educators | Education Dive buff.ly/39cYBBw #accessibility
China has 8 million blind people, but only 200 guide dogs a.msn.com/01/en-ca/BB1biprm?…
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IPC starts four-year Para Sport Against Stigma project in Africa buff.ly/3fuCNm4
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Humans with CNIB Guide Dogs: Danika & Ulysses | CNIB buff.ly/39dhBzA
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IPC podcast: RJ Mitte says Hollywood can learn from Paralympics | International Paralympic Committee buff.ly/35T5SEC
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