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Thursday, August 1, 2024<\/p>

The Tap-Tap: Wearable Device Transforms Learning for Blind and Low-Vision Musicians<\/h3>

READi traineee and Human-Computer Interaction PhD student Leon Lu was recently featured in a Carleton newsroom story for his work on developing wearable haptic devices that assist blind and low vision musicians by enabling teachers and music learners to send vibration signals in real-time to one another, replacing the need for visual cues. Read... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Thursday, November 23, 2023<\/p>

READi Student, Glenda Watson Hyatt, earns Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation<\/h3>

READi student, Glenda Watson Hyatt, has been honoured with the 2023 Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation\u2014Masters. To learn more, read the Mitacs Press Release and news story. Congratulations,... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Tuesday, October 31, 2023<\/p>

Readi Trainee, Cathy Malcolm Edwards, Is Featured Graduate for Convocation 2023<\/h3>

READi Trainee, Cathy Malcolm Edwards, has been recognized for her commitment to excellence and lasting impact on the Carleton community. To learn more about her Masters thesis and ongoing contributions to accessibility at Carleton, please visit \u201cGraduates Reflect on their Carleton Journey Before Crossing the Stage.\u201d Congratulations,... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, June 21, 2023<\/p>

Patricia B\u00e9rub\u00e9 Award Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement<\/h3>

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023<\/p>

READi Student, Pallavi Sodhi Awarded Funding for EDI-Related Research<\/h3>

Pallavi Sodhi is a first year master's student in the Human-Computer Interaction program. Through her research, Sodhi will be exploring accessibility in video games; understanding what accessibility features are available, how they are designed, and what their benefits and limitations are from the perspective of those who create and play them.... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Monday, May 1, 2023<\/p>

READi Student, Georgia Loewen, Wins 1st Place in Carleton’s 3MT Competition<\/h3>

READi graduate, Georgia Loewen, wins first place prize in Carleton's 3MT competition. Georgia\u2019s presentation,\u00a0Video Game Accessibility and Wearable Technology,\u00a0will be available to view on the\u00a0Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs YouTube channel. Congratulations Georgia! Read more... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, April 5, 2023<\/p>

READi Faculty Member, Dr Claire Davies receives Killam Fellowship<\/h3>

READi Faculty member, Dr Claire Davies receives Killam Fellowship in an effort to support scholars carrying-out groundbreaking research. Congratulations Claire!   Read more about the Killam Fellowship... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Thursday, March 23, 2023<\/p>

READi Faculty Member, Dr Mojtaba Ahmadi, Awarded 2022-2023 Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award (FGMA)<\/h3>

READi Faculty Member, Dr Mojtaba Ahmadi, awarded 2022-2023 Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award (FGMA)! Congratulations Dr. Ahmadi!   Read more about the award... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Tuesday, March 21, 2023<\/p>

READi Director, Adrian Chan Receives 2023 Research Achievement Award<\/h3>

Dr. Adrian Chan received 2023 Research Achievement Award for his outstanding research for the project titled Deep learning methods to identify ganglion cells to assess Hirschsprung disease. Read more... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Tuesday, March 21, 2023<\/p>

READi Director, Adrian Chan is interviewed on The Talking Raven Podcast, Meet of Faculties: Engineering and Design Edition.<\/h3>

Dr. Adrian Chan is interviewed on The Talking Raven Podcast, Meet of Faculties: Engineering and Design Edition. Dr. Chan talks about his career in Accessibility.   Listen to the interview... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Friday, September 23, 2022<\/p>

Professor Jesse Stewart receives the Provost\u2019s Fellowship in Teaching Award<\/h3>

Jesse Stewart (School for Studies in Art and Culture: Music) has received the\u00a0Provost\u2019s Fellowship in Teaching Award\u00a0for their dedication to teaching excellence and the scholarship of teaching and learning. They have also been designated as Carleton University teaching fellows.... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Friday, September 23, 2022<\/p>

FASS Professor, Jesse Stewart, Elected to the Royal Society of Canada<\/h3>

Professor Jesse Stewart has been named a member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.\u00a0   Three Carleton Researchers Elected to the RSC    ... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Friday, September 23, 2022<\/p>

Eman El-Fayomi, READi Student, is named one of Top 50 Women Leaders in Toronto for 2022<\/h3>

Eman El-Fayomi, a READi student, has been named one of the Top 50 Women Leaders in Toronto by the publication Women We Admire.   The Top 50 Women Leaders of Toronto for... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, August 31, 2022<\/p>

Adrian Bolesnikov, READi Student, on accessible gaming<\/h3>

Adrian Bolesnikov, READi Trainee and Master's student in Human Computer Interaction, talks to the CBC about accessibility adaptations in video games. For the full article from the CBC, click the link below. How this partially sighted B.C. gamer learned to play Super... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, August 31, 2022<\/p>

READi Trainee, Adrian Bolesnikov talks accessible board games<\/h3>

READi Trainee and Human-Computer Interaction Master's Student, Adrian Bolesnikov, speaks to the CBC about his research in designing accessible board games. For the article, click the link below. Game changer: Designer takes on accessibility in a fantasy... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Thursday, July 7, 2022<\/p>

READi Faculty Member Receives Funding Through eCampusOntario\u2019s Virtual Learning Strategy (VLS)<\/h3>

Lois Frankel, READi faculty member at Carleton University, has receiving funding for plans to work with design students to develop an interactive online educational resource.... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Thursday, June 23, 2022<\/p>

READi Trainee, Dawson Clark, receives Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement<\/h3>

Spring 2022 Medals &... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Thursday, June 16, 2022<\/p>

Winning Grad Student Research in One Minute or Less<\/h3>

On May 31, FGPA hosted its annual GRADflix contest in which students had to prepare a video that described their research in one minute or less. Congratulations to the winners: First Place: Matthew Coffey (Biology) Studying Lobelia Mating System using Citizen Science Second Place: Alicia Halhed (Biology) Breaking Barriers: When PlantsTalk to... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, April 6, 2022<\/p>

READi Trainee, Alicia Gal, sits on panel for Women in Sports Leadership Symposium<\/h3>

Alicia Gal, READi student and PhD candidate in Systems and Computer Engineering, will be on the panel for the Women in Sports Leadership Symposium taking place on April 13th. For more information about the event and registration see the link below. Women in Sport Leadership... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, March 9, 2022<\/p>

Patricia B\u00e9rub\u00e9, READi Trainee, recognized for her inspiring work on International Women’s Day<\/h3>

Carleton University honoured PhD Candidate in Cultural Meditations, and READi Trainee, Patricia B\u00e9rub\u00e9 on International Women's Day as an inspiring leader for her work in creating accessible art spaces for those with visual impairments. To read more about her work and the work of other inspiring women at Carleton, check out the link below.... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, March 2, 2022<\/p>

Team of READi Students and Professor Develop Medical Robots to Reduce Risk for Health-Care Workers<\/h3>

READi professor, Mojtaba Ahmadi, and READi trainees, Keyanna Coghlan, Sami Nassif-Lachapelle, and Max Polzin, are developing a robot that can provide care to patients, while keeping health-care workers at a safe distance. To read more about their research, follow the link below.... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Monday, December 6, 2021<\/p>

READi Director, Dr. Adrian Chan, on NOW with Dave Brown<\/h3>

For U.N. International Day For Persons With Disabilities, Dr, Adrian Chan, director of the READi program, discusses the work he and his colleagues do at Carleton University\u2019s Abilities Living Laboratory on NOW with Dave Brown. Listen at the link below. Dr. Adrian Chan on NOW with Dave... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Friday, December 3, 2021<\/p>

READi trainee Patricia B\u00e9rub\u00e9 featured in the 2021 report from the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences<\/h3>

In November 2021, The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences released its report, Think Big: How the social sciences and humanities are building a better Canada. READi trainee and Carleton PhD Candidate, Patricia B\u00e9rub\u00e9, was featured in the report for her work in making art accessible to those with visual impairments. To read... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Friday, September 3, 2021<\/p>

READi Students and their Co\/lab project win in the WorkDesign Collaboration category<\/h3>

  A team of Carleton University students, including READi trainees Cathy Malcolm Edwards and Dawson Clark, were awarded the Collaboration award from WorkDesign magazine for their project Co\/lab, seeking to develop creative strategies for a strategic plan at Carleton. To read more about their project and the award, check out the link below.... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Monday, July 26, 2021<\/p>

READi Trainee, Patricia B\u00e9rub\u00e9 is appointed as Inaugural Student Accessibility Champion<\/h3>

Patricia B\u00e9rub\u00e9, PhD Candidate in Cultural Mediation and READi Trainee, has been appointed Student Accessibility Champion by the READ Initiative\u00a0and the\u00a0Coordinated Accessibility Strategy, alongside Rebecca Andre. Student Accessibility Champions will help inform and shape the work being done by READ and CAS, to be make the Carleton campus more... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Thursday, May 27, 2021<\/p>

READi Co-Applicant, Chantal Trudel, Appointed Inaugural Director of New Centre for Community Engagement<\/h3>

Carleton Professor and READi co-applicant, Chantal Trudel, has been appointed the director of Carleton\u2019s new Centre for Community Engagement, which will work towards community engagement across Carleton.... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Tuesday, May 11, 2021<\/p>

Dr. Adrian Chan on the Carleton Leader Podcast<\/h3>

READi Director, Dr. Adrian Chan, is interviewed by the Carleton Leader Podcast this week, talking about his experiences as a leader. Listen to the episode at the link below. The Carleton Leader Podcast - Episode... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, April 14, 2021<\/p>

READi Trainee, Patricia B\u00e9rub\u00e9 presents Academia 101 for Neurodiverse Minds<\/h3>

Patricia B\u00e9rub\u00e9, READi trainee and PhD candidate in Cultural Mediations, will give a virtual talk on Academia and Neurodiversity for the Carleton Graduate Students Association on April 14th at 6pm EST. Attendance is free and open to anyone. For more information on the event and how to attend, check out the link below to... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Saturday, March 13, 2021<\/p>

READi Trainee, Carla Ayukawa, shares her family stories and photos with the Ottawa Citizen and the Canadian War Museum<\/h3>

READi trainee, Carla Ayuka's photos of life for Japanese-Canadians in BC internment camps, passed down from her mother, are being exhibited at the Canadian War Museum. Ayukawa spoke about her mother to the Ottawa Citizen for an article about the exhibit, entitled Forever Changed: Stories from the Second World War. To read the article... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, March 10, 2021<\/p>

READi Director, Adrian Chan, receives a Canada Foundation for Innovation grant for the creation of the Abilities Living Laboratory<\/h3>

Adrian Chan, director of the READi program and professor in Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University, has received a $2.37 million grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation to develop the Abilities Living Laboratory (ALL). READi co-applicants Chantal Trudel, Mojtaba Ahmadi, Jesse Stewart, Audrey Girouard, and Ed Lemaire will... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, February 24, 2021<\/p>

READi Trainee, Nicola Oddy, premieres “The Singing Field: A Performance of Environmental Vocal Exploration”<\/h3>

In collaboration with Hasi Eldib, filmmaker at Carleton, READi Trainee and PhD candidate Nicola Oddy, has created a film based on the field work done as part of her doctoral dissertation. The film, titled \u201cThe Singing Field: A Performance of Environmental Vocal Exploration\u201d, is premiering Sunday, February 28th at 7:30pm. For more information... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Monday, February 8, 2021<\/p>

Two READi Professors contribute to COVID research<\/h3>

Chantal Trudel and Mojtaba Ahmadi, READi co-applicants and professors in the school of Industrial Design and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, respectively, have been featured by Carleton Research for the work they are doing in the face of the pandemic. Trudel's research examines the design of long term care facilities to improve health and... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Tuesday, December 15, 2020<\/p>

Raven Magazine features READi faculty member, Jesse Stewart<\/h3>

Jesse Stewart, READi professor, has been spending his quarantine time developing the We Are All Musicians (WAAM) WEB prototype, which allows people to play his unique instruments from anywhere in the world. His project works to bring people together through music. Read the article below to learn more about Jesse Stewart and WAAM.... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Sunday, December 6, 2020<\/p>

READi Celebrates Annual Blue Beanie Day<\/h3>

READi faculty and students celebrated Blue Beanie Day 2020, which recognizes web standards that improve online accessibility. This year, Blue Beanie Day took place on November 30th and READi members celebrated with their blue... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, November 18, 2020<\/p>

READi Trainee, Patricia B\u00e9rub\u00e9, is featured by Accessible Media Inc.<\/h3>

Patricia B\u00e9rub\u00e9, a PhD candidate at Carleton and a READi trainee, was interviewed by Accessible Media Inc. In the video below, Patricia shares her experience and demonstrates her work.  ... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><\/div>

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