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Join Victoria Feth for the Enhancing Accessibility in Teaching and Learning Series! This online webinar series explore how faculty and staff are supporting and using practices for accessible teaching to benefit all students at the University of Waterloo. No registration is required! Please access this Webinar link on the day of the event.

The Teaching Innovation Incubator is excited to announce the team of three PhD students selected to teach the Wicked Problem of Accessibility in Spring 2024. 

Join Christine Zaza for the Enhancing Accessibility in Teaching and Learning Series! This online webinar series explore how faculty and staff are supporting and using practices for accessible teaching to benefit all students at the University of Waterloo. No registration is required! Please access this Webinar link on the day of the event.

The recordings for all of the sessions offered as part of Accessible Education Day(s), including the opening and closing remarks, and the Keynote from Dr. Jay Dolmage are now available online! View this post for information on how to access the documents. 

The Integrated Accessibility Retreat is available to all instructors at UWaterloo. This is a one-day retreat where you'll learn how to incorporate accessible education practices into your course. Please register! 

The Accessible Education Project is proud to announce the launch of the Accessible Education Hub - a one-stop shop webpage for information on educational guidelines and resources as they become available and identified by the project teams: https://uwaterloo.ca/accessible-education

The Teaching Innovation Incubator, in collaboration with the Associate Academic Vice President is hosting a two half-day Accessible Education Day on October 16th and October 17th. Topics to be covered include legislation governing Accessibility, Post-Secondary Course Accessibility Guide, Navigating Accommodations, Universal Design for Learning, available assistive technologies, among others. Be sure to register to attend! 

On August 15th from 10:30am-11:30am, the Centre for Teaching Excellence is hosting a workshop for instructors about Assistive Technologies Students Use to Support Learning. 

After months of dedicated internal work, the AEP team presented at the University of Waterloo’s annual Teaching and Learning Conference. The goal was to engage with the broader Waterloo community, discuss the project’s objectives, and highlight the impact of accessible teaching practices and policies. They also sought feedback from instructors and staff who have implemented their own accessibility teaching initiatives.