Monday, December 23, 2019

Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification

RHFAC Accessibility Assessor Training Course The READ Initiative in partnership with the Rick Hansen Foundation is proud to offer the Accessibility Assessor Training Course, as part of the Accessibility Certification program (RHFAC). With its long established leadership in accessibility and extensive expertise in the field, Carleton University is... More

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Coordinated Accessibility Strategy Update #6

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the draft version of the Coordinated Accessibility Strategy. In addition to receiving feedback from faculty, contract instructors, staff and students, we have also presented the strategy at various Faculty Boards, Chairs and Directors meetings and Senate. As the strategy moves into the fine-tuning... More

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Coordinated Accessibility Strategy Update #5

After carefully reviewing the feedback submitted last year, we have now published a draft version of the Coordinated Accessibility Strategy. We encourage all members of the Carleton community to review the draft strategy and provide feedback and comments through the website, by email at accessibilitystrategy@carleton.ca or through an in-person... More

Friday, June 28, 2019

Carleton Creates Canadian Accessibility Network

Building on its reputation as Canada’s most accessible university, Carleton University is launching the Canadian Accessibility Network – the first entity of its kind in the country. The announcement follows the historic passage of the federal government’s Bill C-81, the Accessible Canada Act. The bill sets groundbreaking accessibility... More

Friday, February 22, 2019

Coordinated Accessibility Strategy Update #4

Thank you to everyone who has participated in the creation of the Coordinated Accessibility Strategy to date. There has been great engagement in this process and we have been hearing feedback from a variety of stakeholders. In order to create enough time to consult thoroughly with our community, we have revised the Coordinated Accessibility... More

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Coordinated Accessibility Strategy Update #3

Thank you to everyone who has submitted feedback for the Coordinated Accessibility Strategy to date. We continue to receive valuable feedback from the community to inform the creation of the Strategy. The Steering Committee and Working Group are consolidating feedback into an initial Coordinated Accessibility Strategy draft. As per the work plan,... More

Monday, November 26, 2018

Coordinated Accessibility Strategy Update #2

The Coordinated Accessibility Strategy Steering Committee continues to receive valuable feedback from the Carleton community to inform the creation of the Strategy. As we start to look at the tactical phase, the Coordinated Accessibility Strategy Working Group will begin to compile feedback and sort responses into three categories: included for... More

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Coordinated Accessibility Strategy Update #1

Thank you to everyone who has provided feedback on the draft consultation process for the Coordinated Accessibility Strategy. After considering feedback that was received, we have posted the updated work plan and, in the spirit of transparency, all feedback received has been posted on the consultation website. The Coordinated Accessibility... More

Friday, October 26, 2018

Coordinated Accessibility Strategy Consultation

Dear Members of the Carleton Community, As a community, Carleton is committed to continue to build a culture of accessibility. Our focus on accessibility began with the creation of the 24-hour Attendant Services program 32 years ago, through to the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities, the READ Initiative (Research, Education,... More

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Accessibility Legislation Webinar

This is a follow up on the May 17th webinar on the overview of the parliamentary process. The goal of the webinar was to help provide a better understanding of what to expect and how the process works, once a bill is introduced in Parliament. The webinar was a continuation of our dialogue on the... More

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Ontario Establishes $5-Million David C. Onley Initiative for Employment & Enterprise Development at Carleton University

Carleton-managed initiative will help Ottawa students with disabilities achieve  entrepreneurial and employment goals By Elizabeth Murphy Photos by Josh Hotz Ontario Attorney General Yasir Naqvi has announced that Carleton University’s leadership role in accessible education and career readiness for students with disabilities will continue to... More

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Carleton Gets $800,000 from Ontario to Kickstart Careers for Students with Disabilities

Now its interconnected efforts in these areas are getting an $800,000 boost from the provincial government’s Career Ready Fund to support the creation of the Carleton University Accessible Experiential Learning (CUAEL) project, a multi-faceted initiative that will give students with disabilities at Carleton opportunities to gain... More

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Carleton Hosts Enable Ottawa 2018 to Highlight Accessible Design

Accessible design benefits everyone, regardless of age or ability. That was a recurring theme at Enable Ottawa 2018, an all-encompassing accessibility conference and technology exhibition hosted by Carleton University’s Research, Education, Accessibility and Design (READ) Initiative, and generously sponsored by the Accessibility Directorate of... More

Friday, November 4, 2016

David C. Onley Award for Leadership in Accessibility

Nomination deadline is December 3. The David C. Onley Award for Leadership in Accessibility recognizes Ontarians who have gone above and beyond in improving accessibility for people with... More

Friday, November 4, 2016

Justin Trudeau Engages Youth Accessibility Forum

The federal government has a responsibility to ensure that all Canadians have an opportunity to contribute to society and achieve their full potential, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at Carleton University on Tuesday, Nov. 1, where he addressed and took questions from delegates at a national youth consultation that will inform the development... More

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

FluxDelux Visits Carleton Community

On November 22, 2015, Carleton’s READ Initiative was proud to welcome members of the Propeller Dance and Peggy Baker Dance Projects in the FluxDelux Workshop, inviting everyone of every skill level to come participate in a new expression of dance.  The workshop was created to be an all-inclusive environment, where persons of disabilities and... More

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) 2016 – Submissions now open!

The Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) student competition is aimed to inspire Ontario’s undergraduate students to develop innovative, cost-effective, and practical solutions to accessibility-related issues in the community. Working individually or in teams, undergraduate students at Ontario universities are encouraged to... More

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) 2015 – An Ontario university undergraduate competition.

The Council of Ontario Universities, in partnership with the Government of Ontario, challenges Ontario’s university undergraduate students to use their creativity, working individually or in teams with industry, government and community partners, including members of the disability community, to identify an accessibility-related issue, develop a... More

Friday, March 7, 2014

AODA Review

READ wants you to be aware of the upcoming public consultation taking place in Ottawa as part of the Second Independent Review of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA) to your local networks. AODA Reviewer, Dean Mayo Moran of the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto, is examining Ontario’s... More

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Audette Foundation invests in READ

Thank you to the Audette Foundation for its investment in Carleton University by launching Research, Education, Accessibility and Design (READ) Innovation Centre. The Audette Foundation is helping to make difference in the disability community and providing students with the opportunity to put their education into... More

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

3-D printer that produces a lower-cost, more functional prosthetic hand for amputees nets top prize in Ontario universities’ IDeA competition

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Five Carleton Students among the Top 9 finalists in IDeA Student Competition

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Designing on the ground for Ugandans with disabilities

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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario becomes Honorary Patron of Carleton University’s READ Initiative

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

READ Initiative Names Chair of Carleton Access Network

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Monday, November 5, 2012

Para Triathlon Academy Training Days

On November 3 and 4 Triathlon Canada hosted it's first Para Triathlon academy training day to attract new recreational and high performance para athletes to this exciting and emerging sport. The swimming portion of this training camp was held at Carleton University thanks to the newly developed partnership between Carleton Athletics and... More

Monday, November 5, 2012

CanUgan and Industrial Design Partnership

We are moving forward with the IDRC funded research led by Bjarki Hallgrimsson and the School of Industrial Design.  The grant is supporting the involvement of fourth year industrial design students in product development with the CanUgan Project, developing hand propelled tricycles and other products for persons with disabilities in the Kasese... More

Monday, November 5, 2012

Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) Update

The new rules for 2013 are now posted on the COU website. We have been working with Lisa Meyer to have the engineering students in her communication courses use the contest as their project emphasis.  Some very exciting projects have been developed and final presentations will happen on two Thursday evenings in November. Additionally,... More

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Students build novel bike design for people with disabilities a world away

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Carleton’s READ Initiative to Hold Parasport Festival and Charity Wheelchair Basketball Game

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Monday, August 13, 2012

Carleton Commits to Accessible Design with Launch of READ Initiative

Demonstrating its ongoing commitment to accessibility, Carleton officially launched the READ Initiative this August. READ stands for Research, Education, Accessibility and Design and true to its name, the initiative aims to identify challenges facing the disabled community and bring together engineers, architects and industrial designers to... More

Thursday, August 9, 2012

READ Town Hall and Tribute to Rick Hansen October 27, 2011

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson joined Carleton President Roseann O’Reilly Runte and over 200 guests to listen to Rick Hansen deliver a riveting speech commemorating 25 years of his Man in Motion tour. This event was the first to be put on by Carleton’s READ Initiative and included student and faculty presentations about Universal Design... More

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Dedication Ceremony for David Fels sculpture “Sailing Through Time”

On June 23, 2012, the Sculpture “Sailing Through Time” was officially dedicated at a special ceremony featuring the unveiling of a Plaque by artist David Fels, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, Carleton University President, Roseann O’Reilly Runte, and His Honour Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, David C. Onley. “Sailing Through Time” began as a... More

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