Jul 10, 202524 min
Shine Foundation works to make the dreams of youth with severe physical disabilities come true! Tiffany Houston, the CEO of Shine Foundation, joins Grant Hardy on The Pulse to share some updates on future fundraising...
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Host Grant Hardy leads a weekly in-depth discussion on issues impacting the disability community across Canada.
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What has The Pulse covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Making Dreams Come True with Shine Foundation - Thursday July 10th, 2025" (10 July 2025, 24 minutes), "Mixed Reality Glasses Could Restore Stroke Patient’s Peripheral Vision - Tuesday July 8th, 2025" (8 July 2025, 28 minutes), and "Abilities Expo: Wheelchair Basketball, Neil Squire Society, and Staying Active - Thursday June 3rd, 2025" (3 July 2025, 32 minutes).
How often does The Pulse publish?
The Pulse publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 361 episodes.
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Booking probability for The Pulse is 27%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Pulse requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Pulse's contact route on record: verified email.
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The strongest fits for The Pulse are Family & Social Services. The Pulse has a society audience and around 6,200 subscribers on YouTube.
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Episode #257
Mixed Reality Glasses Could Restore Stroke Patient’s Peripheral Vision - Tuesday July 8th, 2025
Jul 8, 202528 minDr. Edsel Ing from the University of Alberta is joining Grant Hardy on The Pulse today, along with his patient Glenn Calverley. Dr. Ing and Glenn are on the show to talk about a piece of software that was developed at...
Episode #256
Abilities Expo: Wheelchair Basketball, Neil Squire Society, and Staying Active - Thursday June 3rd, 2025
Jul 3, 202532 minToday we’re continuing our coverage of the Abilities Expo. The event took place in Burnaby, BC on June 9th, 2025, and host Grant Hardy attended. Coming up is a compilation of interviews that were recorded right on the...
Episode #255
Abilities Expo: Chronic Pain, Libraries, and the KidsAction Project - Thursday June 16th, 2025
Jun 26, 202531 minGrant Hardy attended the Abilities Expo in Burnaby, BC on June 9th, 2025. Today, we’re sharing a compilation of interviews that were recorded right on the conference floor of the Abilities Expo! First up, we’re going to...
- Jun 19, 202529 min
Mara Pagliaro is the 2025 Ambassador for MOVE FOR SIGHT, Fighting Blindness Canada’s fundraiser that challenges participants to move their way and raise funds for vision research. On June 22nd, 2025, Mara will be...
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- Jun 17, 202529 min
The CNIB’s Deaf Blind Community Services is marking DeafBlind Awareness Month this June with several campaigns across Canada. Grant Hardy spoke with Sherry Grabowski, the Vice President of DBCS, and Sheena Hill, the...
- Jun 12, 202529 min
It’s time for another panel conversation on The Pulse! Grant Hardy invites the hosts of Double Tap, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, and the host of AMI Today and AMI Audiobook Review, Jacob Shymanski, for a conversation...
- Jun 10, 202529 min
Krista Carr is joining us on the show again to give us an update about the recommendations for Track 2 MAiD policy changes. Back in March, Grant Hardy spoke to Krista, the CEO of Inclusion Canada, after she had appeared...
- Jun 5, 202529 min
Jessica Hall is a film maker living in Yukon, and on The Pulse she speaks with Grant Hardy about the making of her film Saturday. Saturday is a heart-warming and uplifting real-life tale of Katherine, a Whitehorse-based...
Episode #249
Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World by Jessica Slice - Tuesday June 3rd, 2025
Jun 3, 202528 minJessica Slice is a disabled author, speaker, and essayist. She wrote a book called “Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World” that has been shortlisted for the J. Anthony Lukas Prize. In this...
- May 29, 202529 min
Matthew Shaw is the Head of Accessibility Practice at the Rick Hansen Foundation. To kick off National AccessAbility Week, Matthew moderated The Power of Championing Disability Inclusion. Today on the Pulse, Matthew...
- May 22, 202531 min
During National Access AbilityWeek at the end of May, organizations from across Canada host a variety of activities to raise awareness and celebrate the achievements of people with disabilities. Brad McCannell is the...
Episode #246
Vision Health Month with the Canadian Association of Optometrists - Tuesday May 20th, 2025
May 20, 202528 minEarlier in May, Grant Hardy spoke with Dr. Martin Spiro, the President of the Canadian Association of Optometrists. Dr. Spiro tells Grant about some of the events and campaigns that the CAO is running this year to mark...
- May 15, 202529 min
Joe Devon, the co-founder of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, joins Grant Hardy on The Pulse to share information about the Global Accessibility Awareness Day Foundation! Joe speaks about the foundation’s work and...
- May 13, 202529 min
The accessibility app Access Now is celebrating their 10th anniversary with “AccessFest,” a free and immersive experience right in the downtown Toronto core! Host Grant Hardy learns more about they event with Maayan...
- May 8, 202527 min
Approximately 20% of children in Canada will experience a mental illness, and supporting the caregivers, guardians, and parents of these children is crucial. To recognize Mental Health Week, the Ontario Caregiver...
- May 6, 202529 min
A new report by Community Living Ontario details the disturbing treatment of students with disabilities in Ontario schools. The report, titled “Crisis in the Classroom,” provides an analysis of the Ontario School...
- May 1, 202526 min
The State of Mobile App Accessibility (SOMAA) report shares the findings from a study that analyzed the accessibility of 50 popular apps across five key industries – Food and Delivery, Payments, Streaming Media...
- Apr 24, 202528 min
Heather Feather is an Award-Winning Children’s Artist and Accessibility Advocate, and this month she released a new single “Happy for You” and announced a new album coming this summer called “Together.” Heather is a...
- Apr 17, 202532 min
On today’s episode of The Pulse, host Grant Hardy dives into a couple of discussions. First, he chats with Arne Andres, the director of community engagement at Click&Push Accessibility. The organization has been making...
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Krista Carr
CEO, Inclusion Canada
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Brad McCannell
VP of Access and Inclusion, Rick Hansen Foundation
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Joe Devon
Founder of A11y Audits, GAAD Foundation
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Dr. Jutta Treviranus
Director of Inclusive Design and Professor in the Faculty of Design at OCAD University, Ontario College of Art and Design University
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