WORLD UNSEEN
EXPERIENCE A WORLD UNSEEN
World Unseen is changing the way we all experience imagery. It enables people with sight loss to better engage with the visual world, while challenging sighted people to see imagery through their lens. In partnership with the RNIB.
Find out more Latest Stories
-
Teamwork, technology and turtle-y teachable moments
The New York Marine Rescue Centre is a small team with a big job. So, Canon USA is helping them to track turtles and teach young conservationists.
-
Alicia Cifré Trassierra leads the way with positivity
Alicia Cifré Trassierra has worked at Canon for over thirty years, with a career pivot halfway that taught her new skills in sales and leadership.
-
Wealth, health and the power of the ocean
It’s not just ‘us’ and ‘the ocean’, we’re inextricably linked. Learn just how important our biggest ally is for our everyday lives – and our future.
-
The young refugees sharing a new language
When young refugees at a Belgian school learnt how to use a camera, it quickly helped them to communicate, build their confidence and find community.
-
‘Being the rhino’: inside the sound of World Unseen
Immersive sounds are central to World Unseen. Discover the audio secrets behind the experience from ‘professional noisemaker’ Paul Sumpter.
-
Miraisha: inspiring futures, shaping livelihoods
The Canon Miraisha Programme is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Learn how it has grown, evolved and nurtured creative excellence across Africa.
The Smaller Explorer: Inside Canon’s Micro Satellites
They’re small, light, cost-effective and massively helpful across various areas including disaster response and climate tracking. And we’re at the forefront of their development. We take a look at micro satellites and their enormous potential in fields such as climate monitoring and mapping.
Read the story People
See how together we’re changing the way people shape and support communities and society
-
Finding safe harbour on the Isabelle ferry
A passenger ferry is an unusual place to find a classroom. But for many Ukrainian refugees and their children, the Isabelle is not just a temporary accommodation: it’s a place to grow, learn, and inspire change.
-
A new experience for the Maasai Mara
Unlocking opportunities for Maasai in the Maasai Mara: Canon Experience Centre empowers locals to enhance skills and advance careers beyond safari enthusiasts.
Planet
See how together we’re changing the way people protect and preserve our planet and its environment
-
A voice to speak up: How climate change photography is empowering young people
For Gen Z, climate change is a source of real anxiety. Our Young People Programme is helping students to find ways to speak out using the power of photography.
-
The Tiny Forests enchanting communities
All over the UK, small areas of land are being transformed into so-called ‘tiny forests’, bringing biodiversity and a little bit of magic to urban communities.
Possible
See how together we're changing the way people innovate to meet the needs of a changing world
-
CES 2023: Future ideas that will change the world
CES in Las Vegas is always the hotly anticipated tech event of the year and in January 2023 there will be some world-changing ideas to watch out for.
-
Is the workspace the final conquest for the metaverse?
In our latest exploration into the metaverse, we look at the ways businesses might approach this new immersive world – as well as some of the very real challenges that doing so might present.