Henry Stancu, Toronto Star, January 25, 2016 The Toronto Tim Hortons franchise owner has reached out to former Goodwill employees after 16 stores and 10 donation centres in Ontario abruptly closed a week ago leaving 430 workers without jobs. No stranger to disability, Wafer is deaf, having been born with only 20 per cent hearing…
News Release, Communications Branch, Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure, November 16, 2015 Ontario is seeking public input to develop a voluntary, third-party accessibility certification program which will recognize businesses and organizations that have championed accessibility. The province will explore ways to develop an accessibility certification program and challenge a third-party certifying body to…
Lauren Clegg, Public Affairs, Ryerson University, October 21, 2015 How can we accelerate the dialogue on accessibility with the goal of helping to shift attitudes and change behavior? The answer to that question is at the heart of Ryerson University’s Hack-cessibility competition, an event taking place between October 23 and November 6, that will bring…
Cameron Spark, CNIB, September 30, 2015 CNIB has taken mainstream GPS navigation to a new level of accessibility for people who are blind or partially sighted. It now offers indoor navigation by pairing its technology with iBeacons that are located throughout CNIB’s national office at 1929 Bayview Avenue in Toronto. These devices alert users to…
Toronto CNW NewsWire, September 24, 2015 The leaders of Canada’s largest disability organizations serving upwards of four million Canadians with disabilities are urging government leaders, influencers and the public to support a new non-partisan campaign to introduce federal legislation to ensure accessibility, inclusion and equal opportunity for Canadians with disabilities, and to fulfill Canada’s commitments…
The Canadian Press, August 28, 2015 Ontario’s Economic Development and Employment Minister Brad Duguid says the government will work with businesses of all sizes to create a culture of inclusion in workplaces. In June, Duguid announced an update to the 10-year-old Access for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, with initiatives geared towards making businesses more accessible…
Christopher Reynolds Toronto Star, August 14, 2015 A blind computer software engineer from Toronto is giving eyes to those who can’t see. David Best, a former IBM web developer, has just helped usher in the first pilot system in Canada created specifically to help visually impaired people – nearly 200,000 in Ontario alone – navigate…
David Pettinicchio, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Toronto, The Globe and Mail, July 28, 2015 Experts continue to point to the lack of federal resources allocated to the Canadian Human Rights Commission. And, just last year, The Globe and Mail reported on the failure of the Canadian government to monitor compliance…
Julie Ireton, CBC News, July 2, 2015 Federal government could face legal battle over inaccessible, internal websites says Toronto lawyer. CBC News has spoken with public servants who are seeking legal advice for what they call a clear violation of their charter and human rights. While the employees did not want to speak publicly about…
Christopher Lytle, Principle Consultant and Owner at Christopher Lytle Consulting (CLC), June 25, 2015 At this point in time, after having seen the release of the Mayo Moran review of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), it is important to center our focus on how accessibility is created within a market place. From…
