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Sarah is an accessibility professional with rich experience writing accessibility plans, designing inclusive and accessible training content, and creating innovative and user-friendly resources to support compliance across different sectors.  

She has her bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and professional certifications in E-learning Instructional Design (Association for Talent Development), Dialogue and Civic Engagement (Simon Fraser University), and Non-profit Management (Simon Fraser University).  

Having learned to navigate the working world with high anxiety, Sarah brings a youth advocate lens and a passion for creating conditions that support the next generation to thrive. 

Key focus areas: Sarah specializes in knowledge translation. She uses her plain language, instructional design, and accessibility expertise to help clients understand critical disability concepts and how they apply to their organization.  With a rich background in accessible employment, she also leads Untapped’s work in preparing for BC’s draft employment standards. 

Notable achievements: In 2025, Sarah led the development of an accessibility assessment framework for the library sector. Before joining Untapped, she led the initial stages of the Provincial Employment Strategy for Youth with Disabilities project, which resulted in the CanWork BC online resource.  

Languages: English 

Trish is a purpose-driven leader with a passion for accessible leadership and more than two decades’ experience helping organizations operationalize their social goals. She’s held senior leadership positions in organizations including Accessible Employers, Potluck Café, and Greater Vancouver Food Bank.

Trish’s knowledge of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility is informed by her experience as a leader in socially responsible organizations, as a justice-focused advocate in the community, and as a child of a disabled parent. She is a citizen of the Métis Nation of BC.

Key focus areas: Trish brings expertise in accessible procurement, leadership, and governance. She has more than a decade of experience participating in municipal advisory committees and is an active member of the Squamish Accessibility Committee.

Notable achievements: Trish was the lead writer on Disability Alliance of BC’s Developing Your First Accessibility Plan and A Guide to Accessibility and Equity Guide for Food Banks. In 2024, she was invited to provide a keynote address for the Ottawa-based Accessible Canada Directorate. She was also nominated for a 2025 YWCA Women of Distinction Award.

Languages: English, conversational French, Southern Michif, and some ASL.

Nora brings expertise in service delivery, facilitation, and community engagement, and is passionate about collaborating with community to translate accessibility planning into practice.

Nora’s commitment to accessibility is guided by her own lived experience as a person with disabilities, and is enriched by the varied perspectives and experiences of her friends, family, and community.

Key focus areas: Nora has built her career around accessible service delivery, with experience in post-secondary student services, supported employment, and inclusive childcare consulting.

Notable achievements: Nora developed Untapped’s Accessible Client Service Framework and works with clients to uncover and address the hidden demands, expectations, and assumptions within their services. She holds a B.A. in Health and Community Services from UVic and is currently completing her master’s degree in leadership studies.

Languages: English

Meg is a multiply-disabled accessibility advocate with a passion for project management, planning coordination, and equitable education, and a background in post-secondary education and disability studies.

Meg is guided by an orientation to accessibility and equity based in their own lived experience as a queer multiply-disabled person, their experience being raised by a disabled mother, and an enduring commitment to their communities.

Key focus areas: Meg has a deep passion for community-engaged research and analysis that is both data-driven and guided by relationships. Trained in both qualitative and quantitative research methods, Meg finds fulfillment in building and facilitating research approaches tailored to client needs. Meg also has a background in instructional design and alternative knowledge translation.

Notable achievements: Meg holds an M.A. in Sociology, with a focus in disability studies, from Queen’s University, and a B.A. (Hons) in Sociology from the University of Victoria. They are currently a PhD student and Vanier Scholar at the University of Guelph in the Social Practice and Transformational Change program. There, their research focuses on the attitudinal barriers surrounding pain measurement of queer disabled people assigned female at birth (AFAB) with reproductive pain.

Languages: English