{"id":4542,"date":"2021-07-14T14:52:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T18:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/?page_id=4542"},"modified":"2025-04-22T08:35:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T12:35:30","slug":"student-accessibility-champions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/student-accessibility-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Student AccessAbility Training Program"},"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                        Student AccessAbility Training Program\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=\"#what-is-the-student-accessability-training-program\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        What is the Student AccessAbility Training Program?\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=\"#learning-objectives\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Learning Objectives\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                        3.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#schedule-of-activities\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Schedule of Activities\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                                        <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 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                        3.1\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#fall-term\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Fall Term\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 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                        3.2\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#winter-term\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Winter Term\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\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                        4.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#who-can-participate\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Who can participate?\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                        5.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#key-details\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Key details\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                        6.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#program-support\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Program Support\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"what-is-the-student-accessability-training-program\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the Student AccessAbility Training Program?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Student AccessAbility Training Program (formerly the Student Accessibility Champions program) invests in student growth by providing stackable skills that complement content-specific upskilling, foster awareness of workplace power skills, and promote personal and professional development in accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"learning-objectives\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learning Objectives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Develop an understanding of accessibility principles: Gain a deeper understanding of the principles and practices of accessibility and the barriers faced by individuals with disabilities in various contexts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acquire practical skills for promoting accessibility: Learn practical skills and techniques to improve accessibility.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enhance leadership skills: Gain the ability to communicate effectively, raise awareness, and influence others to prioritize accessibility and inclusion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cultivate personal and professional growth: Foster personal and professional growth by reflecting on one&#8217;s own values, biases, and assumptions related to accessibility. Develop self-awareness, and empathy to effectively engage with diverse populations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"schedule-of-activities\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Schedule of Activities<\/h2>\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    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<h3 id=\"fall-term\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fall Term<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Accessibility Workshops<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professional Coffee Chats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Power Skills Sessions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mentorship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<h3 id=\"winter-term\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winter Term<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Professional Coffee Chats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Power Skills Sessions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accessibility Workshops<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"who-can-participate\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who can participate?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Students with Work Integrated Learning placements at the Accessibility Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"key-details\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Time commitment is 10-12 hours total for the academic year (Fall and Winter terms)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students who successfully complete the program will be able to add \u201cStudent AccessAbility Training\u201d to their <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/ccr\/\">Co-curricular Record<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"program-support\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program Support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As an ally in accessibility, we could use your help. Funds donated to support this initiative through Carleton\u2019s FutureFunder campaign will help bring real change to our community. External funds are utilized to support students, which may involve hiring a student coordinator, providing small honorariums to participants, or covering the costs of bringing in relevant speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>To learn more about how you can contribute to the Accessibility Institute at Carleton and help create a more accessible and inclusive Canada <a href=\"https:\/\/futurefunder.carleton.ca\/campaigns\/student-accessability-training-program\/\">visit our FutureFunder Campaign<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Student AccessAbility Training Program? The Student AccessAbility Training Program (formerly the Student Accessibility Champions program) invests in student growth by providing stackable skills that complement content-specific upskilling, foster awareness of workplace power skills, and promote personal and professional development in accessibility. Learning Objectives Schedule of Activities Who can participate? 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