June 2021
JVS -Job Search
Join us and our guest speaker from JVS showing us how to search for jobs in different platforms. This workshop is geared towards youth (16+) with intellectual disabilities.
Find out more »Accessibility Compliance 101
This virtual training has been specially designed for staff who are responsible for their organization's AODA implementation and compliance. We will review the legislation, discuss in detail your legal requirements, provide you with a multitude of resources, and share best practices for ensuring your organization's successful compliance.
Find out more »Resilience during challenging times
This webinar is designed to educate individuals on how to develop their adaptive capacity and to build psychological resources for resilience. Topics include recognizing your 3 core signs of stress, teaching stress management tools, managing compassion fatigue, emotional regulation, and creating daily practices to cultivate resilience and mindfulness at work. We also have engaging discussions on best practices to deal with some of the challenges people are facing during the pandemic. This interactive webinar is based on the book Emotional…
Find out more »How to Make Accessible Excel Documents
This one-hour webinar will review the steps to make your Excel documents more accessible and we'll share accessible design best practices.
Find out more »Checking PDF Accessibility
While properly constructed tags are essential for an accessible PDF, tags alone are not enough. Some accessibility checkers review only tags while others also check hidden aspects of the document to ensure they are fully accessible. Because these checkers can only check against a list of digital defaults, human inspection is also a very important part of the remediation process.
This one-hour webinar will review the most commonly used accessibility checkers currently available when creating accessible PDF documents, including Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat Professional and the online PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC 3.0).
Find out more »Accessible InDesign Templates
In this one-hour webinar, participants will learn how to make well-designed and accessible templates for such things as event posters, meeting minutes, application forms, and more.
Find out more »Internet Safety and Email Etiquette
As we spend more time on the internet, join our conversation on how to remain safe and learn how to write and respond to emails in a professional manner! A workshop geared towards youth (16+) with intellectual disabilities.
Find out more »July 2021
New in Website Accessibility – WCAG 2.1 and Beyond
This one-hour webinar will cover the recent changes to the WCAG and outline the aspects that will and will not change as a result of this refresh. Participants will gain knowledge about the goals of the new standard and the 17 new success criteria that have been added to the standard to support these goals.
Find out more »Strategies for Website Accessibility
This webinar provides a technical introduction to creating accessible content. Participants will receive an in-depth overview of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, AODA requirements, and how conformance can be achieved. This webinar will also cover a list of practical tools for assessing and implementing accessibility.
Find out more »Auditing Your Website for Accessibility
This hands-on workshop will give participants the knowledge and tools required to gauge the accessibility of web content. The session will cover an in-depth overview of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, provide information on assessing each success-criterion, and include a hands-on exercise where participants will get a chance to review a website or document against WCAG 2.0 using a three-step approach along with simplified checklists.
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