Engineering Health

02/16/2023

Call for Conference Presenters!

Deadline extended to April 7 at 5pm ET!

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• A white logo with a black outline of a map of Canada. Parks accessibility conference twenty twenty-three.
• In all capitals letters: presenter applications now open!
• Calling all park visitors with disabilities, companions, caregivers, researchers, land managers, park staff, and anyone else who’s interested!
• Join us Tuesday July 25th to Thursday July 27th, 2023.
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• Share your innovative solutions to park barriers for people with disabilities and caregivers. For more information, visit: www.pac2023.ca
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Bringing together people with the desire to improve accessibility of our provincial and national parks!

01/24/2023

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A white logo with a black outline of a map of Canada. Parks accessibility conference twenty twenty-three

Join us virtually for our second year. Tuesday July 25th to Thursday July 27th, 2023. Register for free today! www.pac2023.ca

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Making Canada’s National Parks more accessible to people with disabilities

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To register for the conference, visit www.pac2023.ca

To view JPG, PDF, DOCX, HTM, and audio versions of our poster, visit www.pac2023.ca/ads

Bringing together people with the desire to improve accessibility of our provincial and national parks!

08/05/2022

Participants to a Research Study Needed

We are looking for individuals with disabilities and caregivers who have recently been to a national or provincial park to provide feedback about their experiences there. Canadian participants will be given a $20 gift card as a thank you.

Should you have any questions, please contact the research team using the contact info provided below. Comments have been disabled.
https://www.accessibleparkscanada.ca/participate

Recherchés : participants à une étude

Nous sommes à la recherche d’individus ayant une incapacité et de personnes aidantes d’individus ayant une incapacité qui se sont rendus au cours des derniers mois dans un parc national, provincial ou territorial. Nous voulons connaître votre opinion. Les participants canadiens recevront une carte-cadeau de 20 $ en guise de remerciement.

Pour toute question, communiquez avec l’équipe de recherche à l’aide des coordonnées ci-dessous. Nous avons désactivé la section des commentaires.
https://fr.accessibleparkscanada.ca/participate

06/17/2022

It's an exciting time in Canada for those of us that want to improve accessibility. The Accessible Canada Act was passed in 2019 and since then, there have been a number of committees that have been working on developing new standards to improve accessibility. One of these standards focuses on improving the accessibility of outdoor spaces which include our national parks.

We know that there are a lot of you out there who are interested in making our national parks more accessible and so we wanted to find a way to bring us all together to talk about it, to learn from each other and to create a set of recommendations that we can pass on to the organizations that are creating these standards.

So we are holding a free, 3-day virtual conference in August.
We would really like it if you would join us! If you are interested in this topic and can think of ways that we can make our national parks more accessible whether you are someone or know someone with a sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, or physical impairment we want to understand the types of problems that might prevent someone from wanting to make the trip to a national park in the first place as well as think about all of the different accommodations that we can think of to help more people take part in more of the activities that are offered at our national parks.

We hope to see you there!

Video description: Tilak Dutta, the principal investigator on the Accessible Parks Canada Research Project is speaking directly to the camera from his office at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. There are captions on the screen. The cover shows a headshot of him with the caption "It is an exciting time in Canada for those of us." He is a brown-skinned man with short dark hair, a mustache, and a beard. He is wearing dark-rimmed glasses and a white dress shirt.

Have you registered for the Parks Accessibility Conference yet?

Register for free at: https://www.parksaccessibilityconference.ca/

The Speaker Application deadline is June 17th at 11:59 PM EST. That's tonight!

Apply to be a speaker at:

https://www.parksaccessibilityconference.ca/speaker

06/10/2022

Applications to speak at the virtual Parks Accessibility Conference happening August 23-25, 2022, are now open with the final application deadline of June 17. Click on the link to submit your application and learn more about our conference themes. Thank you!

https://parksaccessibilityconference.ca/speaker

Les demandes de conférenciers pour la conférence virtuelle sur les parcs accessibles du 23 au 25 août 2022 sont maintenant ouvertes avec la date limite finale du 17 juin. Cliquez sur le lien pour soumettre votre candidature et en savoir plus. Merci!

https://parksaccessibilityconference.ca/fr/speaker

06/02/2022

Participants to a Research Study Needed
We are looking for individuals with disabilities and caregivers who have recently been to a national or provincial park to provide feedback about their experiences there.

Should you have any questions, please contact the research team using the contact info provided below. Comments have been disabled.

https://www.accessibleparkscanada.ca/participate

Recherchés : participants à une étude!
Nous sommes à la recherche d’individus ayant une incapacité et de personnes aidantes d’individus ayant une incapacité qui se sont rendus au cours des derniers mois dans un parc national, provincial ou territorial. Nous voulons connaître votre opinion!

Pour toute question, communiquez avec l’équipe de recherche à l’aide des coordonnées ci-dessous. Nous avons désactivé la section des commentaires.

https://fr.accessibleparkscanada.ca/participate

05/19/2022

Parks Accessibility Conference (virtual), August 23-25, 2022
Call For Speakers!

Are you a researcher, member of the disability or unpaid caregiver community, or part of an organization that has the desire to improve accessibility at Canada’s National Parks?

Interested in being a speaker?

We invite you to submit a speaker application!

Here are the three conference themes:

1. What does national park accessibility look like to me and why is park accessibility important?

2. What are the major barriers that impact national park accessibility for people with disabilities?

3. What are innovative solutions to improve park accessibility for people with disabilities?

Submission deadline: 5:00 PM EST on June 3, 2022

Apply online at: https://www.parksaccessibilityconference.ca/speaker

Conference registration is free!

Register now at: https://www.parksaccessibilityconference.ca/registration

Conférence sur les parcs accessibles (virtuelle), Du 23 au 25 août 2022
Appel aux conférenciers et conférencières!

Êtes-vous chercheur.euse, un membre de la communauté des personnes ayant un handicap ou des soignants non rémunérés, ou appartenez-vous à une organisation qui souhaite améliorer l’accessibilité dans les parcs nationaux du Canada?

Aimeriez-vous être conférencier?

Nous vous invitons à soumettre votre candidature!

Voici les trois thèmes qui seront abordés :

1. À quoi ressemble l’accessibilité des parcs nationaux pour moi et pourquoi l’accessibilité des parcs est-elle importante?

2. Quels sont les principaux obstacles qui ont une incidence sur l’accessibilité des parcs nationaux pour les personnes ayant une incapacité?

3. Quelles sont les solutions innovantes pour améliorer l’accessibilité des parcs aux personnes ayant une incapacité?

Date limite : 3 juin 2022 17 h EST

Veuillez consulter ce site : https://www.parksaccessibilityconference.ca/fr/speaker

Vous pouvez vous inscrire sur ce site : https://www.parksaccessibilityconference.ca/fr/registration

L’inscription est gratuite !

Both applications in the English and French language, as well as ASL will be considered. Only successful applicants will be contacted. 

05/19/2022

Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Our director Dr. Tilak Dutta had a great chat with Juan Olarte about his work to make digital information (websites and documents) more accessible as well as what National Park Accessibility means to him. Near the end he highlights an event he will be hosting to mark this important day including a keynote talk from the co-founder of GAAD, Jennison Asuncion.

Here's the link to the chat between TIlak and Juan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoX5kWWCzFo

https://digita11yaccessible.io/videos-podcasts/free-virtual-half-day-gaad-event/

05/03/2022

Parks Accessibility Conference 2022
Making Canada's National Parks more accessible to people with disabilities. August 23-25, 2022

Join us virtually and hear from researchers, organisations and members of the community. Attendence is free!

For more information and speaker applications, please visit us at: parksaccessibilityconference.ca

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Conférence 2022 sur les parcs

Pour des pares nationaux du Canada plus accessibles
aux personnes en situation de handicap
Du vingt-trois au vingt-cinq août 2022

Joignez-nous virtuellement! Écoutez les points de vue de chercheurs et de membres d’organismes et de la population. L'en reg istrement est gratuit!

Pour en savoir plus ou poser votre candidature en vue de donner une presentation, rendez-vous au: parksaccessibilityconference.ca/fr