by Trish Robichaud | Apr 23, 2014 | All, AODA Standards, Education
Summary Here is yet more momentum in support of our call for the Ontario Government to develop and enact an Education Accessibility Standard under the AODA. The Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA) wrote the Ontario Government on January 7, 2014 to...
by Trish Robichaud | Apr 21, 2014 | All
Brought to you from HootSuite by PEOPLE FIRST at Changing Paces Government agencies and public sector stakeholders are increasingly looking to leverage social media to improve the quality of government services and enable greater citizen engagement, elevate public...
by Trish Robichaud | Apr 21, 2014 | Accommodations, All, Employment
TORONTO – John Huynh doesn’t mind being the poster boy for disabled people fighting discrimination in the workplace — if it helps eliminate the problem. The 35-year-old marketing analyst has neurofibromatosis type 1, which causes him to walk with a limp, changes...
by Trish Robichaud | Apr 19, 2014 | All, Assistive Technology & Devices, Hearing Disabilities, Visual Disabilities
CANADA: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is announcing that as of today the 9-1-1 call centre that serves the Metro Vancouver and select surrounding areas of British Columbia will be able to communicate with Canadians with hearing...
by Trish Robichaud | Apr 4, 2014 | Accommodations, Employment, Legislation
About 70 per cent of Ontario businesses with 20 or more employees are ignoring provincial accessibility laws, government documents show. Queen’s Park is ignoring thousands of Ontario businesses that are flouting the province’s disability accessibility legislation,...
