Digital Accessibility

Office worker using a motorized wheelchair is using assistive technology to access the internet.

Canada’s digital accessibility plan: what you need to know

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The Accessible Canada Act is a law passed in 2019 that hopes to remove barriers for people with disabilities by 2040.
The federal government is changing the accessibility rules for digital accessibility.

The introduction to a module from the French language version of the food banks e-learning course.

The importance of accessibility in eLearning: Insights from the Food Banks Canada eLearning project

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“The disability community is the only minority that we will all join at some point in our life.”- Tina Friml, Comedian1 I’m often asked why I focus my professional practice around accessibility in general and accessible learning design specifically. The question is usually some polite or variation of “why”? Some… Read More

Two colleagues collaborate on a computer.

Making documents accessible: The role of remediation

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Creating digital content that everyone can access is crucial. Although built-in accessibility checkers help, making documents accessible needs a specialized skill set known as document remediation. In this post, we explain document remediation. We define what it is, who benefits from it, and why it matters. Plus, we spotlight a… Read More