Active Projects

The project will research an implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) to augment disability-related assessment of functional limitations and service recommendations in higher education.

Visit the AI Assessment of Disability Services project webpage for more information.

The Sinneave Family Foundation and the Accessibility Institute at Carleton University will collaborate to build a National Autism Housing Network, synthesize best practices in accessible housing, and stimulate a paradigm shift in housing for autistic and neurodivergent adults.

Visit the Neuroinclusivity in housing: Sharing knowledge and coordinating action project webpage for more information

This research project will evaluate the ways that technology can be incorporated into built environments to assess the daily living activities of persons with disabilities, including those aging in place, to improve safety and facilitate independent living. We will seek technological solutions to barriers associated with mobility within the built environment, emergency response and egress, kitchen use and cooking, and washrooms and personal hygiene.

Visit the Enabling Independence: Assessing activities of daily living to inform safety standards for built environments webpage for more information.

This research project will evaluate the accessibility of emergency management measures in Canada and of the standards that guide preparations for and responses to emergency situations. Our study will encompass both proactive (design of spaces, signage, safety communications) and reactive (evacuation plans, staff training, emergency response communications) emergency management measures for federally regulated built environments and transportation systems.

Visit the Assessing the Accessibility of Proactive and Reactive Emergency Management Standards project webpage for more information.

This project will retrofit approximately 140 existing door openers across the Carleton University campus with the Key2Access OpenUp system.

Visit the Key2Access project webapge for more information.

The SURF research project will investigate the transitional experience and employment outcomes for post-secondary graduating students with disabilities, with particular focus on Indigenous students with disabilities. It seeks to understand what helps and hinders the professional development of Canadian youth with disabilities, how intersecting factors such as Indigeneity further impact employment outcomes, and how graduating students can best be supported through the transition to employment.

Visit the SURF – Sourcing Understanding thru Research for Future Talent webpage for more information.

This study examines the long-term outcomes of investments in affordable housing across Canada. The team will assess the effectiveness the three major funding vehicles of the National Housing Strategy (NHS) and of efforts to operationalize a rights-based approach to housing for all people living in Canada.

Visit the Safe and Affordable Place to Call Home: A Multi-disciplinary Longitudinal Outcomes Analysis of the National Housing Strategy webpage for more information.

The Regulating the Digital Domain (RtDD) project aims to enhance digital inclusion and information and communication technology (ICT) accessibility for people with disabilities by addressing systemic barriers and informing regulatory improvements to ensure greater accessibility to digital tools and processes.

Visit the Regulating the Digital Domain webpage for more information.

The purpose of this project is to make the standard development process more accessible and inclusive to people with disabilities and Deaf individuals.

Visit the All Standards With Us: Integrating Accessibility and Disability Inclusion in All Standards project webpage for more information.