Toronto CityNews, Dilshad Burman, August 21, 2024 We’re reliant on people’s goodwill: Advocates say Ontario will not meet accessibility requirements without enforcement PROVINCE THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE. As the 20-year deadline for compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act looms, advocates weigh in about its failings and what needs to change to…
Academic rigour, Samuel Ragot, PhD Candidate, McGill University, August 20, 2024 It is very difficult, if not impossible, to know exactly how many people with an intellectual disability are in sheltered work programs in Canada. Canada was recently criticized by Tomoya Obokata, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, in relation to…
AODA Alliance, August 8, 2024 Disability Advocates' Powerful New Video Reveals Serious Accessibility Problems at new Downtown Toronto Mega-Courthouse. A Billion-Dollar Accessibility Bungle Shows Ontario Falling Further Behind Schedule for Becoming Disability Accessible by 2025. The AODA Alliance today makes public a striking new 14-minute video (and a more detailed 50-minute version) exposing significant disability…
Windsor Hackforge National Accessibility Week 2024 This month Windsor Hackforge is hosting a series of free events focused on accessibility. The programming aims to increase connections between people with disabilities, businesses, technologists, advocacy groups, and the community at large. The full schedule of events has been released on Hackforge’s website and features topics such as…
The AccessStudio NextGen Program I will be serving as a mentor for the NextGen Leadership Program, taking place in May and June 2024. AccessNow is a connected platform to empower people to discover a world of accessible opportunities and remove barriers. NextGen is a 6-week personal leadership program to empower disabled youth. Through transformative learning,…
Workforce Windsor-Essex recently released a report outlining The State of Tech in Windsor-Essex. The report addresses the tech brain drain that has led to the relocation of local tech talent. The tech sector provides essential support to the region, but who is telling the narrative. The Big Picture It is estimated that about 98% of…
The Challenge For Small Business The digital age of amazing innovations and human right challenges has imposed unprecedented pressures upon organizations and has disrupted traditional business processes. The struggle for competitive advantage has forced organizations to become more flexible, adaptable and value driven. This has had a huge impact on the health of Canadian workers,…
Corynne McSherry, Press Release, December 15, 2023 A cartel of major publishing companies must not be allowed to criminalize fair-use library lending, the Internet Archive argued in an appellate brief filed on December 15, 2023. The Internet Archive is a San Francisco-based 501(c)(3) non-profit library which preserves and provides access to cultural artifacts of all…
Wetech global disability awareness day workshop December 3rd is the annual observance day of the International Day of Disabled Persons, which was proclaimed in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3. The observance of the Day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being…
Canadian Survey on Disability, 2017 to 2022 The Accessible Canada Act (ACA) was passed in 2019 with the intention of creating a barrier-free Canada by 2040. The Canadian Survey on Disability 2022 showed that 27% of Canadians aged 15 years and older (8.0 million people) had one or more disabilities that limited them in their…
