What's New?
The ATRC launches a new online course "Understanding Web Accessibility". Courtesy of the Government of Ontario's Enabling Change Fund, the Course fees are currently waived for Ontario residents.
The ATRC has been awarded two new grants! The ÆGIS Project: Integrating Accessibility into Emerging Information and Communication Technology was one of four University of Toronto projects that received funding from the Ontario Research Fund Research Excellence Program. Additionally, the department was awarded a Canada Foundation for Innovation grant for the development of the Inclusive Design Institute.
The Fluid Project is pleased to announce Fluid Infusion v. 1.1 is now available for download.
Fluid Engage had a successful all hands meeting in Toronto on June 22-24th.
ATutor introduces the ATutor Social Tools in its latest release.
The ATutor presentation of the AccessForAll implementation took the Delegates Web Accessibility Challenge Award
at the W4A Conference in Madrid!
AChecker v.1.0 web accessibility evaluation tool has been released.
Volunteer Opportunities - If you are interested in volunteering with the ATRC, please contact us at: 416-978-4360
Accessibility & Usability Testing Opportunities ! - For our current round of testing, we are looking for people who use assistive technologies to help us evaluate and improve the user experience of Fluid software.
Upcoming Conferences & Events
Conferences and Workshops:
- Fluid will be presenting at IEEE Accessing the Future Conference July 20-21, 2009.
- AChecker will be presented during an EASI Webinar on August 13, 2009.
- ATRC staff will be presenting at the AT4All Conference August 27-29, 2009 in Milton Ontario. Offered in partnership with the Ministry of Education - Provincial Schools Branch (PSB) and the Association for Special Education Technology (ASET).
- Fluid Infusion will be presented at the Ajax Experience conference September 14-16, 2009.
- AChecker and the ATRC's new online Accessibility Course will be presented at Showcase Ontario Sept 21 - 23, 2009, and the Essex County Accessibility Workshops Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 (5225 Howard Avenue, LaSalle, Ontario N9A 6Z6.)
- Fluid will be attending the Museum Computer Networks MCN 2009 conference, November 11-14, 2009.
In Remembrance of Jon Kameoka
The ATRC fondly remembers Jon Kameoka