During the summer of 2012, the Government of Ontario visited the Inclusive Design Research Centre, the research hub of the Inclusive Design Institute. They produced a video highlighting the work the Centre does to promote inclusive design in Ontario. This video describes how the IDRC and its partners work with people with disabilities to design and develop ...
Inclusive Design Using 3D Printing
September 20th, 2012 by Jonathan Hung
The Government of Ontario recently featured OCAD University’s Inclusive Design Research Centre on their blog. They produced this video, which features Jutta Treviranus, the Director of the Inclusive Design Institute.
Public Forum: Design Of Public Spaces In The Built Environment
September 17th, 2012 by Jonathan Hung
The Inclusive Design Institute (IDI) at OCAD University will host a forum to gather comment on the proposed amendment to the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation (Ontario Regulation 191/11) under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005: Design of Public Spaces in the Built Environment. The goal of the Accessibility Standards for ...
AEGIS Open Accessibility Framework
June 18th, 2012 by Jonathan Hung
This video outlines AEGIS ‘ Open Accessibility Framework (OAF), through which aspects of the design, development and deployment of accessible mainstream ICT have been realised in the domains of web, desktop and mobile. This framework was presented by Peter Korn, Technical Manager of the AEGIS project and Accessible Principle at Oracle, during his speech at ...
Announcing the launch of the Inclusive Design Institute
May 14th, 2012 by Jonathan Hung
OCAD University is proud to launch the Inclusive Design Institute (IDI), a generative hub of innovative applied research that addresses the timely and critical challenge of digital inclusion for the full range of human diversity. With eight postsecondary partner institutions and more than 100 multi-sector collaborators, this regional centre of expertise ...