Accessability

CHASI marks National AccessAbility Week

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Thumbnail image of an ollustration. A femme person is in the centre of the composition, their face lowered with a warm, peaceful expression. Their hair flows down past their shoulders, and they are holding a theatre mask, which they seem to have just removed. Pink squiggly lines emerge from their head (in front of the brain) and spiral out into a blue background, where hands from unseen bodies seem to take and accept them from all angles. The image has a tone of comfort and acceptance.

For National AccessAbility Week 2025 (May 25-31), CHASI Artist-In-Residence Sharon Strauss sought to represent the experience of people with disabilities in two new pieces. The first shows draws on the facets and barriers to accessibility. Buildings and transport that only sometimes account for physical disabilities, aid that only comes after mountains of inscrutable paperwork, resources … Read more

Intervening on Disability Discrimination: Best Practices for Community Leaders

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Photo from the event. It shows multiple tables with audience members sitting around them, watching a speaker at a podium with a presentation projected behind them. Each table has an assortment of papers and handouts on it. The podium reads "National Accessibility Week 2024."

On Thursday, May 30, 2024, team members from the Community Health and Social Innovation (CHASI) Hub attended the 2024 National Accessibility Week Dialogue titled “Intervening on Disability Discrimination: Best Practices for Community Leaders.” We would like to extend our thanks to Mainland Community Services Society for hosting this event. We would also like to thank … Read more