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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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PAC2023 Bringing together people with the desire to improve accessibility of our provincial and national parks!

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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

PAC2023 Bringing together people with the desire to improve accessibility of our provincial and national parks!

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

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 !

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

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/