Monday, June 17, 2024

Anna-Karina Tabuñar is the first student to graduate with Carleton’s new specialization in Accessibility

Anna-Karina Tabuñar, the first student to graduate with Carleton University’s new specialization in Accessibility, is featured in the article "Inspiring Spring Graduates Look Back on Time at... More

Thursday, February 29, 2024

ACE-EDI Series: Improving retention and success of students with disabilities through inclusive field education and community building

Dr. Anita Marshall is a Lecturer and geoscience education researcher at the University of Florida and will be presenting a talk "Improving retention and success of students with disabilities through inclusive field education and community building." This is part of Carleton University's Faculty of Science Awareness, Collaboration and Engagement... More

Friday, February 2, 2024

Sensory Futures: Deafness and Cochlear Implant Infrastructures in India

Join us for a virtual lecture by Dr. Michele Friedner (University of Chicago) discussing her open access book, Sensory Futures: Deafness and Cochlear Implant Infrastructures in India, which won the 2023 Rachel Carson Prize from the Society for the Social Studies of Science. A compelling and nuanced ethnography with deaf children and their... More

Friday, October 27, 2023

Education (in) accessibility: Double trouble with an intersectional gaze on progress

In the next EDI Speaker Series, organized by the Department of Equity and Inclusive Communities, Dr. Yvonne Simpson brings to attention the significance of an intersectionality framework as a key indicator for analysis in determining real achievements in EDI initiatives. She argues that new mechanisms for accountability of progress towards... More

Friday, October 27, 2023

Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

In this event Dr. Ashley Shew, Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society at Virginia Tech will examine what we think we know about disability and its intersection with technology drawing from her new book, Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement. For more information and to register for this event, visit the READi... More

Monday, September 18, 2023

7th and Final Annual Research and Education in Accessibility, Design, and Innovation (READi) Symposium

The 7th and final Research and Education in Accessibility, Design, and Innovation (READi) Symposium is scheduled for Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at Carleton University. READi is an accessibility training program funded by NSERC and a precursor of the Collaborative Specialization in Accessibility. Visit the READi website for more information and to... More

Friday, May 26, 2023

Carleton University’s Senate approves new Collaborative Specialization in Accessibility

Carleton University's Senate approved the new Collaborative Specialization in Accessibility on March 31,... More

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