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Dr. Boris Vukovic is the founding Director of Carleton University\u2019s Accessibility Institute and National Director of the Canadian Accessibility Network<\/a>. He leads an interdisciplinary portfolio spanning research, innovation, education, strategy, and community engagement, with partnerships across government, academia, not-for-profit organizations, industry, and lived-experience communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2018, he has led or co-led projects securing more than $15 million in external funding. As director and principal researcher, he has guided the Institute\u2019s vision and led its growth into a leading hub of applied accessibility research and innovation. Through the Canadian Accessibility Network, he leads the National Office supporting a community of more than 150 organizations and 300 individuals working across research, education, employment, policy, and community engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His work focuses on accessibility and inclusive systems, human-centred AI, functional limitations and support decision-making, disability and human services, accessibility standards, and cross-sector partnerships. He co-chairs Carleton\u2019s Coordinated Accessibility Strategy and holds an appointment as Adjunct Research Professor in the School of Industrial Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Profile<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a> | ORCID<\/a> | ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interdisciplinary research and innovation focused on accessibility, inclusive systems, and responsible AI across education and other public and human service settings. The work connects research, practice, and lived experience to develop more inclusive services, environments, and opportunities. Full research profile<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8521,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Boris","cu_people_last_name":"Vukovic","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[65,6],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-1355","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-asc-co-principal-investigators","cu_people_type-cuai-staff"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Director, Accessibility Institute | National Director, Canadian Accessibility Network | Adjunct Research Professor, School of Industrial Design","cu_people_degree":"B.A. Hon. (Carleton), M.Ed. (uOttawa), Ph.D. (McGill) ","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"boris.vukovic@carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"1988","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/people\/boris-vukovic-2\/","cu_people_orcid":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5757-2355"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/1355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/1355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10288,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/1355\/revisions\/10288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}