News & Events

Students learn invaluable lessons designing wheelchair-accessible apartment

Twenty Ryerson students are working with industry professionals to remodel the first floor of this Delaware Ave. house into a wheelchair accessible living space. [View the article]

Award-winning alumna 'in good company' of activists, academics

Ruth Ruth Stackhouse, seen here with her Out From Under installation piece, is receiving a City of Toronto Access Award for her disability rights activism. [View the article]

In Celebration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Idling: A Transit Story

Thursday, December 1, 2011 from 12:00pm to 2:30 pm
The Atrium - George Vari Engineering & Computing Centre
245 Church Street, 3rd Floor (Church & Gould)
This is a FREE event

Idling is a documentary that chronicles the lack of accessible transportation in the province, with a focus on London, Ontario. Follow Jeff on his mission to bring about the kind of change the disabled population desperately needs by driving his wheelchair over 650km from his home in London, Ontario to the nation's capital in Ottawa. Followed by a Q&A with Jeff Preston

Accessibility Information: ASL Interpretation, Attendant Care, Communication Assistance, Vegan Snacks, Child friendly space

If we require additional accommodations for your participation, please contact RyeACCESS at access@rsuonline.ca or 416-979-500 ext. 4505

RyeACCESS is one of the five Equity Service Groups of the Ryerson Students' Union, which includes: The Community Food Room, RyePRIDE, Students Against Racism and the Women's Centre.

To learn more about International Day of Persons with Disabilities visit http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=1561.

To learn more about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities visit www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?navid=14&pid=150. The information is provided in a varity of accessible formats.

Elevator out of Service: Campus Store Parking Garage
Oct 17, 2011

The elevator at the Campus Store Parking Garage at 300 Victoria Street will unfortunately be out of service until at least Tuesday, October 18, 2011. This unscheduled outage is necessary as Schindler works to confirm a potential leak in the hydraulic oil system. If a longer outage is required, an updated notice will be posted on Tuesday, October 18.

While the elevator is out of service, pedestrian access to the upper levels of the parking garage is by stairs only. Anyone using the internal ramp circulation to access the upper levels should beware of vehicles, and exercise extreme caution.

For more details please view the elevator outage notice [PDF]

Design Competition: CONNECT EnAbling Change Project
Oct 17, 2011

The Design Exchange in partnership with the Government of Ontario is showcasing a provincial post-secondary design competition called CONNECT: EnAbling Change. The competition raises awareness about the importance of universal design principles in all design disciplines. The competition is open to all undergraduate students and the deadline is April 20th, 2012 at 5pm. For more information and resources refer to the following website: www.dx.org/connect

Ryerson Faculty Association Equity Committee presents: Forum on Language, Culture and Equity

Gesture, Language and Sign Language
October 20, 2011
7:00 PM
Ted Rogers School of Management, Room 067

This public event features Dr. Carol Padden a professor from the Department of Communication and the University of California in San Diego. Dr. Carol Padden is a MacArthur Fellow and a linguist whose research focuses on the unique structure and evolution of sign languages—how they differ from spoken language and from each other—and on the specific social implications of signed communication. [More Details]

Frazee honoured for contributions to disability movement
Sept 26, 2011

Professor Emerita Catherine Frazee, disability studies, will be honoured by Independent Living Canada, a non-profit organization that supports persons with disabilities, at its 25th anniversary celebration in November. Frazee is among several individuals to be recognized for contributing significantly to the history and movement of independent living in Canada.

AODA Update
June 29, 2011

On June 3rd the Ministry of Community and Social Services announced the release of the Integrated Accessibility Standards under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Following the legislation of the Customer Service Regulation in 2007, this regulation combines the Information & Communication, Employment and Transportation Standards. [Full Story]

Ryerson leads provincial push to share alternate format materials
By Antoinette Mercurio
June 29, 2011

The Ryerson Library is working with the Ministries of Education and Training, Colleges and Universities to expand its alternate format service for students with disabilities. As the province continues its effort to become fully accessible by 2025 with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, Ryerson's commitment to providing alternate formats fulfills one of its key standards: information and communications. [Full Story]

Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation changes disability studies with endowed postdoctoral fellowship
By Andy Lee
April 26, 2010

A $500,000 gift from the Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation has established an endowed postdoctoral fellowship for women with disabilities. The donation is a testament to the late Lucille Owen's longstanding contribution to the disability community. [Full Story]

For deaf and hard of hearing gamers, a better experience with the Emoti-Chair
By Antoinette Mercurio
April 16, 2010

Deaf or hard of hearing gamers can experience a new sense of play at the Emoti-Chair gaming clinics run by third-year mechanical engineering student Calvin Chan at the Ted Rogers School of Management. [Full Story]

'Out from Under' exhibit kick starts 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Games
By Antoinette Mercurio, Ryerson
March 8, 2010

The award-winning exhibit Out From Under: Disability, History and Things to Remember opens March 9 at the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad. The groundbreaking exhibit, produced by students, faculty and alumni from the School of Disability Studies, pays tribute to the civic and cultural contributions of Canadians with disabilities.

Out from Under: Disability, History and Things to Remember highlights 13 diverse objects that reveal a significant aspect of Canadian disability history. [Full Story]

Web accessibility no longer an afterthought
By Tom Krazit, CNET
December 15, 2009

Web designers are starting to take accessibility as seriously as button placement or heading layout when they develop their products, improving the Web experience not only for people like Tsaran -- who lost his sight at the age of five -- but for Web users in general. [Full Story]

University gathers for International Day of Persons with Disabilities
By Antoinette Mercurio, Ryerson
December 11, 2009

Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley was on campus giving a talk on accessibility, to commemorate the university's first celebration of the UN's International Day of Persons with Disabilities. [Full Story]

The AODA Customer Service Standard Bulletin
[The bulletin is in pdf format, on legal sized paper. If you require an alternative format of the bulletin, please let us know.]