{"id":57780,"date":"2019-06-26T13:11:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T17:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=57780"},"modified":"2025-08-19T10:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:03:20","slug":"carleton-creates-canadian-accessibility-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2019\/carleton-creates-canadian-accessibility-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Creates Canadian Accessibility Network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton Creates Canadian Accessibility Network\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Building on its reputation as Canada\u2019s most accessible university, Carleton University is launching the Canadian Accessibility Network<\/a> \u2013 the first entity of its kind in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement follows the historic passage of the federal government\u2019s Bill C-81, the Accessible Canada Act. The bill sets groundbreaking accessibility standards for the Government of Canada and organizations under its jurisdiction to ensure that public spaces, workplaces, employment, programs, services and information are accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a campus community that has been dedicated to supporting people with disabilities since our inception, we are excited to see the Accessible Canada Act bring accessibility to the top of our national agenda,\u201d says President Benoit-Antoine Bacon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCarleton exemplifies the many ways accessibility can be embedded into everything we do, but we know there is so much more we can do within our own community and beyond. We are excited to launch and lead the Canadian Accessibility Network and we call on all our current and future partners to work together, through the network, to create a more accessible and inclusive world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yazmine Laroche, deputy minister, Public Service Accessibility, Treasury Board Secretariat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen talented people work together for a common cause, great things can happen, and that is the promise of the Canadian Accessibility Network,\u201d says Yazmine Laroche, deputy minister, Public Service Accessibility, Treasury Board Secretariat<\/a>.  \u201cI am so excited by the possibilities the network will provide for collaboration on removing barriers and building greater accessibility for Canadians where they work, learn, play and live.  Congratulations to Carleton University and all of the partners of the network.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Honourable Raymond Cho, Ontario\u2019s Minister for Seniors and Accessibility, expressed support for the foundation of the Canadian Accessibility Network at Carleton.  \u201cI am proud that this initiative is spearheaded in Ontario, where accessibility is a priority as exemplified by the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA),\u201d said Cho.  \u201cI am equally pleased that such an ambitious undertaking is led by Carleton University, the most accessible university in Canada. My ministry is looking forward to working alongside Carleton as a Canadian Accessibility Network partner to advance accessibility in Ontario and Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ontario\u2019s Minister of Seniors and Accessibility, Raymond Cho, toured Carleton University in 2018 to get an inside look at how it is pushing the boundaries of accessibility and inclusion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Carleton University has a long history in accessibility and is regarded among the most supportive universities in North America for students with disabilities. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n