Alison Whiting
Active Living Tradeshow – Hope to See You There!
Members of our research team will be at the Active Living Tradeshow in Scarborough, Ontario on November 4 and 5, 2022.
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Waqas Sajid
- Jun 9
- 1 min
National AccessAbility Week!
This past week (May 29th to June 4th) was National AccessAbility Week, where we celebrated the accomplishments and contributions of...
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Waqas Sajid
- May 19
- 1 min
Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Our director Dr. Tilak Dutta had a great chat with Juan Olarte about his work to make...
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Waqas Sajid
- Feb 7
- 3 min
Image Description
Our team was lucky enough to have JJ Hunt a professional describer to teach us a bit more about image description.
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Neha Dewan
- Nov 25, 2021
- 2 min
November is Fall Prevention Month!
Falling outdoors is not uncommon. People often slip, trip or fall down on the trails. Sometimes, consequences are minor, and sometimes not.
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Alison Whiting
- Oct 6, 2021
- 3 min
Accessible Way of Saint James, Catalonia
One of the ways that we can improve access to Canada’s National Parks is to look for examples in other countries to see what tools and...
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Alison Whiting
- Sep 21, 2021
- 5 min
Updates from the Team
We are approximately a quarter of the way through our 2-year project, and a lot has been going on behind the scenes. Here are some updates!
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Alison Whiting
- Aug 24, 2021
- 1 min
We're on Twitter!
We are now on Twitter! You can check us out at @accessparksca. We’ll be using Twitter to connect with more people who share our passion!
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Simontika Chowdhury
- Jul 12, 2021
- 4 min
How Accessible is Accessible for a Disabled Photographer?
Simontika talks about Denise Vasquez, a disabled photographer and Youtuber who shares experiences about visits to national parks in the US.
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Alison Whiting
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
Crip Camp: A Pivotal Documentary on Disability Rights
Crip Camp is a poignant and powerful documentary that follows the disability rights movement in the US from its grassroots beginnings in the
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Zeyad Ghulam
- May 5, 2021
- 4 min
A Glimpse at the United States National Park Services and Integrating Accessibility
This post is based on interview with Jeremey Buzzell in the Assistive Technology Update podcast titled, “National Park Accessibility"
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