SNOW - Inclusive Learning and Education

07/04/2022

July is Disability Pride month. Learn more about the flag and its meaning on The Valuable 500's website.

July is Disability Pride Month. If you didn’t know that, to be honest we’re not surprised! Even though it’s been celebrated by some members of the disability community for over 30 years, even most disabled people still aren’t aware of its existence. So here’s our lowdown on Disability Prid...

03/11/2022

'Humanizing Learning' is a year-long exploration into ways of transforming education during a pivotal time in education. Co-designed by Students, Faculty and Staff at OCAD University, Mohawk College, Brock University, Trent University, Nipissing University, University of Windsor, University of Toronto-Mississauga.

Humanizing Learning is a resource that explores the importance of, and processes for, humanizing education. It explores what humanizing teaching and learning means: to acknowledge that our relationships are foundational to the work that we do. It aims to make learning inclusive with connection, acce...

01/04/2021

Celebrating the beginning of 2021 with World Braille Day on January 4. Braille is a tactile system of raised dots that enables students with low vision or blindness to access information by touch. Find out more on the SNOW site and on the UN site. https://www.un.org/en/observances/braille-day
https://snow.idrc.ocadu.ca/4b-0-alternative-formats/what-are-alternative-formats/braille/

What is Braille? Braille is a tactile system of raised dots that enables students with low vision or blindness to access information by touch. The pattern of raised dots is arranged in cells of up to six dots, creating a total of 63 different combinations possible. Each cell represents an alphabet l...

12/16/2020

Hello all, the team at the Inclusive Design Research Centre that SNOW is part of is interested in reaching out to communities in Canada that are at risk of being excluded from the emerging practice of virtual healthcare to participate in co-design activities that would help make virtual healthcare more accessible to all. If you know of any organizations that address the needs of people who may be at risk of exclusion such as those with differences in abilities, access to technology, communication, geography, digital literacy, language, housing insecurity, etc, please fill out this brief form (only one required question out of 5) or send a direct message in Facebook or email to [email protected] with your suggestions.

The IDRC is looking for organizations across Canada at all levels: local community, provincial/territorial and national.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=0WnkBiotj0aum33wlo621-UGUavuOOdGrppNuZU1AYxUMTM3VFA3M1Q0R0ZVWkRISDBNTVM1MDRZUyQlQCN0PWcu&fbclid=IwAR0QJx804dyc9JWqb3drr14u-GsHtJzCbh5GQTohU7sQSYLtnXYIdHRCVuA

11/26/2020

07/20/2020

Listen to Jutta Treviranus of the IDRC discuss the opportunities being presented to re-calibrate our values, change our approaches to design, policy, education, work and how we build communities. FREE July 22, 2020
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST
presented by: American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

Archive of past webinars

07/16/2020

Check out the newly published Inclusive Design for Learning: An educator's guide to Open Educational Resources (OER)

In this guide you will learn about:What makes an educational resource open; Why OERs are important in the practice of Inclusive Design for Learning; How to find and use OERs; How to jump in and make your own OER.

06/26/2020

Here is an important survey from Statistics Canada on the impact of COVID-19 on Canadians with Disabilities. Please share wide and far, and participate. People with disabilities (including invisible disabilities) are often left out of data and, therefore, the design of policies, systems, etc. Amplify voices that are marginalized; amplify marginalized voices to effect change.

https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/survey/household/5323-covid-series

The survey is available until July 6, 2020.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, it is important that we collect information to determine the needs of the population and help decision makers implement appropriate support measures, during and after the pandemic. The current questionnaire......

05/25/2020

CAOT, Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists | Association canadienne des ergothérapeutes, COVID-19 resources for OTs

04/08/2020

Home learning resources for educators, parents, and learners as well as Coronavirus communication tools from . Including 90-day access to Boardmaker online. Find links to the resources here: https://goboardmaker.com/pages/coronavirus-resources