My accessibility consulting and advocacy Activities
Join me on a journey of Accessibility 101, November 28, 2019 Building a business today means designing for the future. Come learn about the basics of universal design for a competitive edge in the expanding digital economy. A lack of societal incentives for the increased inclusion of those with disabilities aggravates the digital disability divide….
The City of Toronto YouTube channel presents the local city government interactions with residents, visitors and businesses. The City of Toronto’s first-ever Accessibility Forum, as part of National AccessAbility Week, is designed for directors, managers and supervisors. The Forum will focus on de-mystifying the AODA, implementing culture change, and sharing best practices for embedding accessibility…
Keynote: The Business Value of Accessibility, with David Best This forum will explore greater opportunities to support the alignment and delivery of City services. An opportunity for IT senior leaders and subject matter experts for a half-day session that will explore greater opportunities to drive the delivery of a digital government and excellence in IT…
At Elevate, we will showcase the people, projects and stories that demonstrate how we can continue to build a more inclusive city together. We will question the status quo and identify ways we can modernize public life. Join us to learn how you can be part of the important change happening in cities and advocate…
If you have an interest in software quality or software testing, then come and learn why accessibility is important to your organization success. Accessibility has become a mainstream requirement that can transform the business. Investing in accessible and usable technology products and services, workplace environments and facilities opens up new markets, increases productivity, liberates talent,…
As a Inclusive Media and Design partner, I will be speaking on the Digital Divide and The Dark Matter. Technology, as we are frequently being reminded, holds great promise, and a dark side. Automated tools for assessing website accessibility, for example, can be useful up to an extent – equivalent to a small army of…
Join me at the 26th annual AEBC AGM – Our Journey, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, April 27-29, 2018 The conference will be held at the Metrotown Hilton in Burnaby, BC. For 25 years the AEBC has played a critical role in targeting its advocacy efforts to change the lives of Canadians who are blind, deaf-blind,…
Join me at the Ontario Digital Inclusion Summit in Toronto, February 9 and 10, 2018 This event is sponsored by the Ontario Public Policy Forum and the Government of Ontario. The Ontario Digital Inclusion Summit aims to find, understand and fix the gaps that keep some citizens from accessing and benefiting from the digital world….
Join me at Canada’s digital government conference, November 1-3, 2017 This is a three-day conference where leading minds in government and technology come together to redefine what’s possible in an era of digital systems and connected citizens. I will be participating on the Inclusion And Accessibility discussion panel. Democratic governments live in the tension between…
Join me at the TechWell StarCanada 2017 software conference in Toronto, October 15-20, 2017. While Information and Communication Technology (ICT) accessibility for a wider spectrum of users, including the blind, and their interfaces is being required by law across more jurisdictions, testing for it remains limited, naive, and too late. Take away an understanding of…
