This virtual training is Part 2 of our accessible documents training sessions. In it you will learn how to make accessible PDFs, including complex content and handling PDFs when no source document is available.

The majority of Canadians are finding that the COVID-19 pandemic is having a negative impact on their mental health.  58% of Canadians report feeling overloaded by the multiple roles they are juggling while working from home. Stress over actual or potential job loss, economic collapse, and the upheaval of work and everyday life have all added to the general feeling of being overwhelmed.

Participants in this three-part webinar series will learn strategies for stress management, how to positively respond to change, and how to work productively from home while balancing the needs of home life and family commitments.

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.

Do you want to create reports, marketing material, and everyday documents that are accessible? Get tips on the best and most accessible design choices - from choosing colours and fonts, to ensuring documents are accessible to assistive technology users. You will learn what is required to create accessible materials that work for a wider range of users and see examples of accessible and inaccessible design choices.

Do you wonder how accessible your organization's social media posts are? Would you like to make your tweets, Instagram stories and Facebook posts inclusive and accessible to people with disabilities? In this webinar we'll cover some general guidelines for creating accessible social media posts, review common pitfalls, and discuss both accessibility features available on different platforms and some workarounds you could use when built in accessibility features are not available. 

This webinar provides a non-technical introduction to digital accessibility as it relates to web content and documents. Participants will gain an understanding of the way people with disabilities interact with digital content and receive a high-level overview of WCAG 2.1 guiding principles and guidelines.

What is an accessible document? What is involved in making accessible documents? What are the barriers might people with disabilities encounter with non accessible content? How much training is required to learn how to make accessible documents? What are your organization's legal obligation to provide accessible documents?

These questions and more will be discussed in this information overview of document accessibility.

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.