“Post-secondary education is the gateway to the workplace and community for most Canadians. It is essential that post-secondary education be accessible to all members of our community, including persons experiencing a disability. Historically, persons experiencing a disability have not been able to participate fully in post-secondary education. The method of ensuring that person with disabilities have equal access to post-secondary education is through a process called accommodation” (from the Alberta Human Rights Commission Duty to Accommodate Students with Disabilities interpretive bulletin, April 2021).

This PD session will focus on the academic accommodation process, the implementation of academic accommodations at the course level and Universal Design for Learning as a systemic approach to creating equitable learning environments.

Facilitated by: Dr. Pat Pardo (Director, Access and Inclusion Services), partnering with ADC (Christian Cook)