- Provide national leadership on accessibility issues through strategic partnerships
- Embed a culture of accessibility in organizational excellence, programming, and services
Provide national leadership on accessibility issues through strategic partnerships
- Ensure that courses are accessible for different types of learning and abilities
- Support instructors with technical issues such as captioning and audio recording; create documents that are usable by students with vision impairments
- Through our existing leadership in the Canadian Accessibility Network, support the activities of the network in its vision to be Canada’s cross-sectoral, national platform to empower persons with disabilities
- Continue growing Carleton’s expertise and knowledge base in accessibility education and research through interdisciplinary collaborations supported by the Accessibility Institute
Additional information about Carleton’s activities in this area is available in the Coordinated Accessibility Strategy
Embed a culture of accessibility in organizational excellence, programming, and services
- Engage in technological solutions that take into account accessibility needs and support instructors in learning to use them
- Ensure physical and pedagogical accessibility in classrooms and laboratories (e.g., universal design for learning)
- Seek sustainable funding to solidify our leadership role in the Canadian Accessibility Network
- Review annual reports leading from the Co-ordinated Accessibility Strategy with an annual presentation to the Vice-Presidents’ Academic and Research Committee (VPARC)
- Continue to support the university’s leadership in offering professional training in accessibility through the Accessibility Institute
Additional information about Carleton’s activities in this area is available in the Coordinated Accessibility Strategy