Accessibility Conference 2016 - Schedule

The 8th Annual Accessibility Conference at the University of Guelph

Monday, May 30, 2016

8:30 – 8:45 Welcome - (Rozanski 101)

8:45 – 9:45 Welcome and Opening Remarks - Athol Gow; Keynote - James Sanders – “Disability – A Technical Challenge”

9:45 – 10:00 Break - Rozanski Concourse

1:00 to 4:00 pm Inclusive Education Design Jam - Charles Silverman, Jutta Treviranus, Caren Watkins, Abid Virani and Ather Shabbar, Katarina Muir, Danielle Maclean, Rozanski 109

4:00 pm – Evening Social at the Bullring,

5:00 pm - Accessibility Camp at the BullRing

Room / Time / Monday – Rozanski 101 / Monday – Rozanski 102 / Monday Rozanski 103 / Monday Rozanski 105 / Monday Rozanski 106 /
10:00 to 10:45 am / Integrating Accessibility in the Web Design Process from the Get-Go
David Best, Sandy Feldman, Rob Harvie
Inclusive Media and Design
Why would you, and how do you include disabled users effectively in the Web design development process?
Introductory
Web Accessibility / PDF and the User Experience Survey Results
Karen McCall
M.Ed.
An overview of the first PDF and the user experience survey results identifying our own experiences with PDF documents.
Introductory
Document and Media Accessibility / Infusing AODA standards into the creation of accessible presentations
Michelle Woolfrey & Amanda Lin
Ryerson University
Through interactive discussion, participants will learn how to make presentations more inclusive for individuals of all types of abilities.
Introductory
Inclusive Teaching and Learning / Governing Dogs: An Autoethnographic Tale of Redefining 'Service Dog' in Canada
Brooke Sillaby
McMaster University
Service dogs are no longer just for the blind and can perform tasks to assist individuals with health and disability concerns.
Introductory
Leading for Inclusion / Achieving Accessibility in your Test Centre: A Ryerson Transformation Project
Estefania Toledo & Brian Williams
Ryerson University
How do you overcome challenges facing your Test Centre? Discover how Ryerson removed barriers and transformed their operations in 6 months.
Introductory
Countdown 2025: Accessibility in Ontario
11:00 to
11:45 am / Test Your Web Development Early, Often and Correctly with WAVE from WebAIM
George L. Joeckel III
Utah State University
Receive an overview of WAVE, observe a short web page evaluation and conduct a web page evaluation.
Introductory
Web Accessibility / PDF and HTML...Can't We All Just Get Along?
Adam Spencer
Accessibil-IT Inc.
Digital accessibility is not an either or war between formats, and it needs to be approached as a sustainable business problem.
Advanced
Document and Media Accessibility / Accessibility by Committee: Helping Create Workplace Buy-in for AODA Goals
Joanne Oud, Julie Schnurr & Irene Tencinger,
Wilfrid Laurier University
Learn how and why an Accessibility Committee has succeeded in creating workplace awareness, support, and responsibility for accessibility goals.
Introductory
Leading for Inclusion / Multisensory Grocery Store: Inclusive Wayfinding System for Visually Impaired Shoppers in Grocery Stores
Doaa Khattab
Sheridan College
Inclusive grocery store design to enhance the shopping experience of visually impaired (VI) shoppers.
Advanced
Leading for Inclusion / Beyond Compliance: A Student-Centered Study on Accessible and Inclusive Video Captioning
Hillary Rexe, Anne Zbitnew & Charles Silverman
Humber College
A screening and discussion about a documentary short about student-centered study on accessible and inclusive video captioning in post-secondary education.
Introductory
Inclusive Teaching and Learning
Noon – 1:00 / Lunch / Lunch / Accessibility in rapid iterative development
Aidan Tierney
Manager Digital Accessibility
TD
Accessibility techniques and approaches for rapid, iterative mobile app development. Integrating accessibility into sprints and user stories.
Introductory
Web Accessibility - / Inclusive Workplace Learning and Development - A Story of Collaboration
Monica Ackermann & John Brisbin
Scotiabank
Scotiabank's holistic approach to inclusive workplace learning includes policy, accessible e-learning tools and a commitment to inclusion and accommodation.
Introductory
Accessibility in the Workplace / Creating Accessible in-Class Learning Opportunities
Kathryn Brillinger
Conestoga College
Participate in two brief demonstrations: inaccessible delivery of a information and active learning opportunity and then more accessible delivery. Discuss further enhancements and some recent research.
Advanced
Inclusive Teaching and Learning
1:00 – 1:45 pm / Lunch / Improving your website based on accessibility foundation
Pierre Dubois
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
See how WCAG is a baseline for any UX (Usability) activities and go beyond for your SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
Introductory
Web Accessibility / Case Study: How AMI built an accessible, inclusive broadcast media website
Virginia Vuleta, Laura Baxter & Andre Gaulin
AMI
How to design and build an accessible and inclusive broadcast media website on Drupal 8.
Advanced
Web Accessibility / Lunch / Lunch
2:00 – 2:45 pm / Accessibility of Web Forms
Rabab Gomaa
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Techniques for making web form accessible highlighted by screen reader demonstrations.
Advanced
Web Accessibility / AD, CC and Me: Lessons Learned in DIY Video Accessibility
Billy Gregory
The Paciello Group
"If accessibility is all about inclusion, videos about accessibility should be too."
Introductory
Document and Media Accessibility / Collaboratively Realizing AODA Change - The Journey of the Residence Accessibility Review Committee
Jessica Bowen, Phil Legate & Deanna Merkley
Humber College
This session discusses the learning over a 6 month period from creating a collaborative accessibility review committee in residence.
Introductory
Leading for Inclusion / Towards a new vision of accessible museum exhibitions
Kathryn Lyons
Canadian Museum of History
Learn about the physical and philosophical transformation of the Canadian Museum of History, starting with its new vision for inclusion and accessibility in the Canadian History Hall.
Introductory
Realizing the vision of the AODA – Built / Does Meeting Guidelines For UDL In Course Delivery Plus Teaching And Supporting Good Note Taking Tools And Strategies Add Up To Compliance For AODA?
Sherri Parkins
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Take 1 student+notetaking=better students! Right!? Come figure out the complexities of notetaking, Universal Design for Learningand AODA and solutions.
Introductory
Inclusive Teaching and Learning
2:45 – 3:15pm / Refreshment break / Refreshment break / Refreshment break / Refreshment break / Refreshment break
3:15 to 4:00 pm / Fringe a11y Techniques That Shouldn’t Be
Adrian Roselli
Consultant, Buffalo, NY
We'll look at somewhat obscure techniques that can make your pages & applications even better for users.
Introductory
Web Accessibility / ICI.Radio-Canada.ca: Welcoming all audiences
Dominique Gagné
Radio-Canada
Learn how Radio-Canada is transforming its website so it becomes inclusive and be a useful service for all Canadians.
Introductory
Document and Media Accessibility / Transition pathways to post-secondary education and employment for youth with disabilities
Sally Lindsay, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital & Michelle Duncanson, University of Toronto
The purpose of our presentation is to highlight strategies of successful transition pathways to post-secondary education for youth with disabilities.
Introductory
Realizing the vision of the AODA / Depictions of Inclusion: Logos, Badges, Certifications and Smilin’ Harvey Balls
Rob Harvie
Inclusive Media and Design
How might we realize a visualization of the AODA? This presentation explores various facets of creating 'buy-in' for a shared vision of accessibility.
Introductory
Realizing the vision of the AODA / An image is worth a thousand words, but...
Toufic Sbeiti
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
How can you post images on your website and still reach to everyone?
Introductory
Web Accessibility