accessibility News Archive
Accessibility checklist: What you need to know for May 1
April 16, 2024 —
Mandatory training for all employees, prioritization for updating documents, info on PDFs, and more
What is ‘Duty to notify’ or an active offer?
April 9, 2024 —
Breaking down accessibility requirements, including alternate or accessible formats
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
An Educational Developer reflects on his experience at the Instructional Skills Workshop
April 3, 2024 —
Attending the ISW sessions was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. There are so many complimentary elements inherent in the structure of the workshop that make for a fun and informative week spent with colleagues from around the University.
Mandatory training for employees will make UM more accessible for all
March 18, 2024 —
Complete your Accessibility Training (Information and Communication Standard) by May 1
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
Teaching Café 2024: Accessible Pedagogy at the University of Manitoba
March 13, 2024 —
The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning will celebrate teaching innovation by hosting the annual Teaching Café on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, to be held in room 200 – Education.
A shared responsibility: Employees to help ensure accessibility of UM information
March 5, 2024 —
Spring project will fulfill legislation compliance requirements
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
Speaker to explore Access, Intersectionality and Resistance in Disability Culture
February 21, 2024 —
Dr. Robert McRuer, a professor of English at George Washington University, is the second guest speaker in the Anti-Ableism and Accessibility Speaker Series, hosted by the Office of Equity Transformation.
Project launched to meet Manitoba’s Accessible Information and Communication Standard
November 27, 2023 —
We have a shared responsibility to help fulfil compliance requirements
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
Panorama accessibility tool available in UM Learn
June 13, 2023 —
Panorama is now live in UM Learn to help you make your course materials as accessible as possible.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Individuals with disabilities still carry burden of accessibility at universities, panelists say
May 24, 2023 —
Universities “still require disabled students to do the majority of the labour necessary in order for them to have the same rights as other students,” panelists said in a recent UM online discussion.