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Teaching, learning, and research

Recommendations

Our commitment: Â鶹´«Ã½ is a leader in inclusive and accessible teaching and learning, and collaborative research on accessibility. 

The following recommendations for Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Accessibility Plan have emerged through an iterative needs analysis, consultation, review, and documentation process, informed by individual reports. 

Standards, guidelines, and frameworks

  1. Ensure that Â鶹´«Ã½ research centres and institutes focused on accessibility consistently demonstrate engagement in accessibility and disability studies in their annual reports and strategic plans.
  2. Actively promote and encourage opportunities for faculty and students to engage in accessibility and disability studies scholarship and research (e.g., Healthy Populations Institute).
  3. Continue to develop and deliver accessibility education, resources, and capacity building for faculty, staff, and students, including assistive technology and student learning strategies.
  4. Create pathways to support post-graduation employment, additional education, and other opportunities for students with disabilities.
  5. Conclude the development of Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Accessible Course Design Policy, which includes a commitment to Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and provision for faculty education.
  6. Support faculty members with disabilities in accessing and being successful in research environments.
  7.  Invest in technology to support accessible learning, including technology to support alternative format course material, up-to-date assistive technology, assistive listening systems in classrooms and auditoriums, and training.
  8. Envision and launch an Accessibility Hub to support and measure the impact of cutting-edge work on accessibility at Â鶹´«Ã½. This will be a shared venture that connects students, staff, and faculty to develop innovative approaches to accessibility for our university community and potentially beyond.
  9. Using Lean Process Improvement principles, identify and address operational priorities. Assess impact.
  10. Explore the creation of purpose-built spaces for accommodated exam testing.
  11. Ensure that work-integrated learning opportunities, capstone projects, and other co-curricular or extra-curricular opportunities have institutional support to focus on accessibility.
  12. Introduce the revised Student Accommodation Policy and launch an implementation plan.