Creating Accessible Neighbourhoods

Speaking Engagements

CAN has delivered speeches on a broad range of topics, including accessibility, advocacy, community building, diversity, equity, poverty, transportation, and more. Examples include:

  • Neurodiversity in the IT Workforce – TECHNATION’s FutureWave Conference
  • Placemaking in a Pandemic – CAPACity (UBC)
  • How to Perform Accessibility Audits – Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture
  • Enforced Poverty (provincial disability) – Poverty Reduction Coalition
  • Roots of Creating Accessible Neighbourhoods – HEU (Hospital Employees Union equity group
  • Disability Employment – SPARC (Social Planning and Research Council of BC)
  • Intro to Disability Justice – Stratagem Conference
  • Enabling People with Disabilities with Assistive Technology – InNovATE (Innovations in the Northwest to advance Assistive Technology Excellence)
  • Enabled Versus Disabled – HEU (Hospital Employee’s Union) Equity Conference
  • Evolution of the Pedestrian + Examples in Universal Design Walking Tour – Walk 21
  • Connecting Through Adaptive Sports – ProMotion Plus
  • Disability Awareness – Provincial Disability Games
  • A Day in the Life of Someone with a Disability –
  • Accessible Urban Space – UN World Urban Forum SPARC (Social Planning and Research Council of BC)

More examples to come…

  • “Intro to Disability Justice” Stratagem Conference;
  • Enabling People with Disabilities with Assistive Technology” InNovATE (Innovations in the Northwest to advance Assistive Technology Excellence)
  • “Evolution of the Pedestrian”, “Examples in Universal Design Walking Tour”,  Walk 21
  • “Accessible Urban Space” UN World Urban Forum

“Intro to Disability Justice” Stratagem Conference;
Enabling People with Disabilities with Assistive Technology” InNovATE (Innovations in the Northwest to advance Assistive Technology Excellence)
“Evolution of the Pedestrian”, “Examples in Universal Design Walking Tour”, Walk 21
“Accessible Urban Space” UN World Urban Forum

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