In December 2013, the province of Manitoba passed legislation on the Accessibility for Manitobans Act which defines 5 new accessibility standards for the province. The first standard, customer service, must be met by 2017. But what comes after the law has been passed? On March 15, IDRC director Jutta Treviranus visited the University of Manitoba to share ...
A Conversation on the Future of Physician Assisted Death
April 11th, 2016 by Jonathan Hung
How we live and how we die are questions that need further exploration and discussion set within an inclusive framework that engages a broad spectrum of individuals and perspectives, particularly the perspectives of our most vulnerable populations which includes persons who experience disabilities or the effects of aging. Research is showing that many ...
Inclusive design embraced by Microsoft
March 28th, 2016 by Jonathan Hung
Fast Company magazine has published an article detailing Microsoft’s adoption of inclusive design as part of an ongoing metamorphosis at the software company. According to the article: The big idea is that in order to build machines that adapt to humans better, there needs to be a more robust process for watching how humans adapt to each other, and to their ...
“The Future Challenge of the ADA: Shaping Humanity’s Transformation” in March 2016 issue of Inclusion journal
March 22nd, 2016 by Jonathan Hung
The paper titled “The Future Challenge of the ADA: Shaping Humanity’s Transformation”, authored by Jutta Treviranus, has been published and included in the Volume 4, Issue 1 (March 2016) Inclusion journal. The paper outlines the many growing challenges of the ADA as technology, economics, and demographics radically shift. Abstract: Through a meta-review of ...
Upcoming Talks on Inclusive Digital Education and Inclusive Design 2016 (Updated)
March 22nd, 2016 by Jonathan Hung
Update: Added Open Education Global 2016 Conference. IDRC Director Jutta Treviranus will be speaking at the following conferences on topics crossing digital inclusion in education, to rethinking the role of technology in our institutions. March 2016: March 15, University of Manitoba. “Information and communication accessibility”. April 2016: April 12 – ...