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Blind computer programmer Gerry O'Bonsawin (right) discusses a computer program he is working on with operator Edward Evans at Workmen's Compensation (...)
Blind computer programmer Gerry O'Bonsawin (right) discusses a computer program he is working on with operator Edward Evans at Workmen's Compensation (...)

Blind computer programmer Gerry O'Bonsawin (right) discusses a computer program he is working on with operator Edward Evans at Workmen's Compensation (...)

Date12/22/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: Blind computer programmer Gerry O'Bonsawin (right) discusses a computer program he is working on with operator Edward Evans at Workmen's Compensation Board. He uses braille typewriter to prepare machine's program.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0020925F
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      Peter charette is a lather. He says his father, Marcel, died from 20 years of breathing an asbestos-containing compound as a construction worker. Workmen's Compensation Board disagrees
      Bezant, Graham
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      Canada. Parliament. Senate. Special Committee on Poverty
      3/12/1970
      Workmen's compensation Board Hospital North York
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      Griffin, Doug
      3/31/1967
      An 18-year battle with the workmen's compensation board has been won by 50-year-old Antonio Nigro
      An 18-year battle with the workmen's compensation board has been won by 50-year-old Antonio Nigro
      Darrell, Dick
      9/28/1976
      Black and white photo postcard depicting an aerial view of several two-story row buildings in a…
      The Workmen's Compensation Board – Convalescent Centre
      Airmaps Limited (Toronto, Ont.)
      approx 1950
      Blacksmith Albert Foster (right) discusses a leg brace being made in the basement machine shop at the Hospital for Sick Children, with Boris Mozetich Last year, he and his 12 workmen produced 7,000 special items orthopedic shoes, iron lugns, surgical tool
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      Graphic views: Programmer Rekha Kapadia looks at 3-D maps in a computer graphic system that Toronto is testing
      Beaty, Keith
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      Computer programmer Bruce Amos ponders positions
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      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
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      Relaying message from deaf person's home, switchboard operator Bonnie Evans uses teletype machine at Metro police headquarters. About 175 deaf people (...)
      Relaying message from deaf person's home, switchboard operator Bonnie Evans uses teletype machine at Metro police headquarters. About 175 deaf people (...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
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