Jeff Berwick This is Me

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1. 1. FindLaw Legal News

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   Published on: 8/16/2002   Last Visited: 8/16/2002

   "While we were waiting and looking at the menu, one of the staff members came over and told us we would have to leave because dogs weren't allowed in the restaurant," said Jeff Berwick, a public affairs administrator with the Ontario Medical Association.
   
   He said the manager of Le Commensal, a vegetarian restaurant that caters to people with food allergies, said he could sit with his dog on the patio but not inside.
   
   The manager, Iris Benitez, said the restaurant was too packed during the busy lunch-hour period to seat Berwick inside.
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   Berwick, appalled at the treatment, immediately filed a complaint with the City of Toronto and police.
   
   He said the police told him it was a bylaw issue, but in fact two provincial laws, the Blind Persons Rights Act and the Ontario Human Rights code, prohibit discrimination against blind people with guide dogs.
   
   2002-08-16 00:31:06 GMT
   
   Copyright 2002 The Associated Press All Rights Reserved

2. 2. CHRISTIANGAYS.COM: About Us

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   Published on: 10/28/2007   Last Visited: 10/28/2007

   Webmaster - Jeff Berwick of On1Site Technologies.
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   Jeff Berwick - Website Design & Development AND beloved son-in-law of Mary
   
   Press Release - "Blind Student Excels At High Tech School"

3. 3. CHRISTIANGAYS.COM: Jeff Berwick

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   Published on: 10/31/2000   Last Visited: 10/28/2007

   Jeff Berwick
   
   (Press Release) "Blind Student Excels At High Tech School"
   
   - Eyesight is not a prerequisite for learning -
   
   (TORONTO - OCTOBER 31, 2000) - The first blind student to enroll at The Institute for Computer Studies exceeded everyone's expectations. Jeff Berwick just graduated at the top of his class with an overall average of 93.5% Berwick crossed all barriers, proving that eyesight is not a prerequisite for learning.
   
   "Jeff was by far the best student in the class and the most impressive person I have ever had the privilege to teach," said Todd Bolger, an instructor at The Institute.
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   "I was always interested in programming, but I didn't want to spend four years in University," said Berwick.
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   Before accepting Berwick into the program, The Institute contacted Opportunities for the Blind; a non-profit organization based in Leonardtown, Maryland, to ensure employers would hire a blind programmer. They put the school in touch with members of Visually Impaired Data Processors International, a group of blind computer programmers.
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   Berwick lost his sight when he was thirteen as a result of bilateral sheath meningioma, which are small tumors in his optic nerve canal. "As my optic nerve grew, the signal between my brain and eyes was cut off due to stagnated growth in the canal," said Berwick. "I had an operation to remove the roofs of the canals to give the optic nerves room to grow. While I was in surgery the neurosurgeon discovered these little tumors that were also taking up space in the canal."
   
   Berwick discovered his passion for programming in grade ten. He grew up in Oshawa, spending the last nine years in Pickering. He obtained a radio and broadcast diploma from Fanshawe College in London in 1996. From 1997 until December 1999, he worked in the Public Affairs department at the Ontario Medical Association in Toronto. "I met my wife Landra in 1998 while I was training for my second guide dog, Beacon at Canadian Guide Dogs in Ottawa," said Berwick.
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   Days after completing the course, Jeff and Landra moved to Vancouver, BC.
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   Jeff Berwick at On1Site Technologies.