Specialists in accessibility planning, design and construction of the built environment, with a current focus on AODA / Accessible Canada Act implementation.

Joined June 2011
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โ€œWeโ€™re encountering people in wheelchairs with a colostomy bag who canโ€™t get into a shelter.โ€ Kim Curry @seedsofhopeto
JUST IN: 'A crisis situation': Organizations serving Toronto most vulnerable residents brace for a difficult winter cp24.com/news/a-crisis-situaโ€ฆ
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27 Sep 2022
Get involved in #HeritageforAll! The project is seeking the public to participate in an online survey, and members of the #disability community and #heritage professionals to participate in online workshops. Survey: ow.ly/CUa350KpLV4 Workshops: ow.ly/jTso50KpLV5
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10 Aug 2022
In the second episode of @bdp_com #DesignforInclusion podcast, Haley Rae Dinnall-Atkinson, Intermediate #Accessibility Specialist is joined by experts from BDP & @BDPQuadrangle to ask how we can challenge default norms & champion #inclusive spaces for all: ow.ly/pFhv50Kczsk
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"Aging and getting older doesn't mean you suddenly aren't a person anymore" -Carol Daub #ElderWisdom
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,@AndreaKhanjinPC Important @CityTVNews #OntarioElection report by @McAllister_Mark "Disability advocates call #OntarioElection the most important in decade" on #DoFo Doug Ford making no commitments on #accessibility for people with disabilities youtube.com/watch?v=Yg6vgih4โ€ฆ
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30 May 2022
Celebrating National AccessAbility Week! We're delighted to be able to contribute to a more #accessible & #inclusive Canada by promoting equity, wellbeing & participation in the built environment. Learn more about #NAAW2022: ow.ly/MpQA50JiwW3 #InclusiveFromTheStart
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Break the stigma is right. @GailGre59728262 thank you for sharing yourself here so we can know better and do better. #dementia @GPA_AGEinc
I have Dementia.I was diagnosed at the age of 54 Why oh why are the majority of adverts,short films,posters,all images of an older person? Young people are diagnosed too! Still you are making people believe itโ€™s only old people that have dementia BREAK THE STIGMA! @alzheimerssoc
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24 May 2022
Looking forward to joining @Canadaโ€™s first annual Canadian Congress on #Disability Inclusion on May 26 and 27! It's great to see an event that will help shape #accessible & inclusively designed communities & workplaces in #Canada. More: ow.ly/Aik650J94vz #InnovatingTogether
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19 May 2022
Winner announced, International Accessibility Symbol Design Competition: bit.ly/3yNI6sb

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28 Apr 2022
Replying to @cityoftoronto
@cityoftoronto is moving forward with a new Cultural Districts Program. Weโ€™re asking: What is your priority for vibrant and equitable cultural districts? Will 100 #Toronto based organizations & individuals please retweet this short survey today? s.cotsurvey.chkmkt.com/?e=26โ€ฆ
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3 Feb 2022
Get involved with the "Heritage For All project"! Contact and follow @hmn_space and check out the Dave Brown podcast.
Human Space's Jesse Klimitz was featured on @AccessibleMedia's NOW with Dave Brown where he shared details on #HeritageforAll, a research project led by Human Space aimed at eliminating physical barriers to Canadaโ€™s federally-owned #heritage buildings. ow.ly/VY4r50HIGKq
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โŒ›๏ธTime sensitive. Pls RT. This can make a difference. I understand the issue has now officially been brought to the attention of the deputy city manager, mayor and Chief Pegg.
๐Ÿ†˜ Open Letter sent 11:55 Saturday January 29. RT to your Toronto City Councillor, @JohnTory @ChiefPeggTFS @epdevilla @ombudsmanTO
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On Jan 26, 2022 @LTCStandards released a LTC national standards draft. Attached is the official response from Canadians4LTC. @JustinTrudeau @CanadianPM @jyduclos @KamalKheraLib #nationalstandards4LTC
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Photographer Dmitry Kokh discovered an abandoned house inhabited by polar bears. bit.ly/3tYIUbg
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This is what a #humanrights crisis in a rich country looks like. @Make_TheShift wrote to @HonAhmedHussen @jyduclos @RomyBowers last week urging them to call an emergency intergovernmental meeting to lead and act to ensure Covid nor the extreme cold endanger more lives. Pls RT
it is -30 in toronto tonight. and this was picture of the TTC last night taken by @fatnmostly. do not look away โ€” this is canadaโ€™s failure on housing as a human right. we need all levels of government to end homelessness now.
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