{"id":3044,"date":"2020-01-27T14:53:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T19:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/?page_id=3044"},"modified":"2025-05-09T12:49:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:49:41","slug":"active-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/projects\/active-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Active Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Active Projects\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full max-w-xl mx-auto overflow-hidden bg-white rounded-lg shadow-lg cu-stackedlist cu-component not-contained not-prose\">\n    <h2 class=\"px-6 py-4 text-base font-semibold border-b rounded-t-lg md:text-xl bg-gray-50 text-cu-black-800\">\n        Table of Contents\n    <\/h2>\n    <div class=\"grid cu-scrollto cu-stackedlist--toc cu-stackedlist--1 md:grid-cols-1\">\n            <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#leading\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Leading\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        2.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#collaborating\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Collaborating\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"leading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Accessibility Institute is the lead institution for the following ongoing research projects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-ai-in-assessment-of-functional-limitations-and-disability-services-for-postsecondary-education\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    AI in Assessment of Functional Limitations and Disability Services for Postsecondary Education\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-ai-in-assessment-of-functional-limitations-and-disability-services-for-postsecondary-education\">\n            \n\n<p>The project will research an implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) to augment disability-related assessment of functional limitations and service recommendations in higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/projects\/active-projects\/ai-assessment\/\">Visit the AI Assessment of Disability Services project webpage<\/a>&nbsp;for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-neuroinclusivity-in-housing-sharing-knowledge-and-coordinating-action\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    Neuroinclusivity in housing: Sharing knowledge and coordinating action\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-neuroinclusivity-in-housing-sharing-knowledge-and-coordinating-action\">\n            \n\n<p>The Sinneave&nbsp;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/projects\/active-projects\/neuroinclusivity-in-housing\/\">Visit the Neuroinclusivity in housing: Sharing knowledge and coordinating action<\/a>&nbsp;project webpage for more information<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-enabling-independence-assessing-activities-of-daily-living-to-inform-safety-standards-for-built-environments\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    Enabling Independence: Assessing activities of daily living to inform safety standards for built environments\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-enabling-independence-assessing-activities-of-daily-living-to-inform-safety-standards-for-built-environments\">\n            \n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/projects\/active-projects\/enabling-independence\/\">Enabling Independence: Assessing activities of daily living to inform safety standards for built environments webpage<\/a>&nbsp;for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-assessing-the-accessibility-of-proactive-and-reactive-emergency-management-standards\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    Assessing the Accessibility of Proactive and Reactive Emergency Management Standards\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-assessing-the-accessibility-of-proactive-and-reactive-emergency-management-standards\">\n            \n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/projects\/active-projects\/emergency-management-standards\/\">Visit the Assessing the Accessibility of Proactive and Reactive Emergency Management Standards project webpage<\/a>&nbsp;for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/dl>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"collaborating\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collaborating<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Accessibility Institute is currently contributing to the following projects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-key2access\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    Key2Access\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-key2access\">\n            \n\n<p>This project will retrofit approximately 140 existing door openers across the Carleton University campus with the Key2Access OpenUp system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/projects\/active-projects\/key2access-project\/\">Key2Access project webapge<\/a>&nbsp;for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-surf-sourcing-understanding-thru-research-for-future-talent\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    SURF &#8211; Sourcing Understanding thru Research for Future Talent\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-surf-sourcing-understanding-thru-research-for-future-talent\">\n            \n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/projects\/active-projects\/surf-project\/\">SURF \u2013 Sourcing Understanding thru Research for Future Talent webpage<\/a>&nbsp;for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-a-safe-and-affordable-place-to-call-home-a-multi-disciplinary-longitudinal-outcomes-analysis-of-the-national-housing-strategy\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    A Safe and Affordable Place to Call Home: A Multi-disciplinary Longitudinal Outcomes Analysis of the National Housing Strategy\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-a-safe-and-affordable-place-to-call-home-a-multi-disciplinary-longitudinal-outcomes-analysis-of-the-national-housing-strategy\">\n            \n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/a-safe-and-affordable-place-to-call-home-a-multi-disciplinary-longitudinal-outcomes-analysis-of-the-national-housing-strategy\/\">Safe and Affordable Place to Call Home: A Multi-disciplinary Longitudinal Outcomes Analysis of the National Housing Strategy webpage<\/a>&nbsp;for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-regulating-the-digital-domain\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    Regulating the Digital Domain\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-regulating-the-digital-domain\">\n            \n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/projects\/active-projects\/regulating-the-digital-domain\/\">Regulating the Digital Domain webpage<\/a>&nbsp;for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-all-standards-with-us-integrating-accessibility-and-disability-inclusion-in-all-standards\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    All Standards With Us: Integrating Accessibility and Disability Inclusion in All Standards\n                <\/span>\n         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