Creating an
inclusive Canada
one act at a time.
To help celebrate our 100th year of helping Canadians living with disabilities become #UnstoppABLE®, we’ll be highlighting our 100 Acts of Inclusion throughout social media and our website to educate the Canadian public and help create an inclusive Canada, one act at a time. These are practical ways that you can create and encourage inclusion in your life, your work, and your play.
100 Acts Of Inclusion
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Make youth basketball sport wheelchairs available so that disabled and non-disabled students can all enjoy an inclusive intramural.
Ensure public buses have announcements for every stop to assist those with visual challenges.
Identify and select partners that can be valuable in recruiting qualified individuals experiencing disabilities.
Learn a new language or way to communicate – like ASL.
Make your communications inclusive and accessible by using image description and alt text, including ASL interpretation for live and virtual presentations, captioning your videos, and adding accessibility toolbars.
Standardize font, colour and design on social service websites.
Make your communications inclusive and accessible by captioning your videos.
Provide Hoyer lifts at public pools so that people with mobility issues can safely enter the pool.
Make it possible for everyone to communicate their ideas in whatever way works for them.
Have persons with lived experience lead the organizational policy process – from design to implementation to evaluation.
Provide tables/desks which can be raised or lowered based on the wheelchair height for students.
Make your communications inclusive and accessible by including ASL interpretation for live and virtual presentations.
Businesses and organizations can support flexible work arrangements that fit the needs of their employees – allow employees to have more self-driven schedules and leverage technology to support flexible work.
Make your communications inclusive and accessible by using image descriptions and Alt text.
Use more visuals on public signs to improve communication.
Provide accessible docks to allow wheelchairs to be able to roll onto accommodating boats.
Have a mentoring program to promote advancement of diverse individuals.
Have a disability accommodation policy.
Make sledges available on ice skating field trips so that children with mobility differences can participate with their classmates.
Install AccessiBe software to ensure your website is compliant for international standard accessibility.
Have internship and summer employment programs directed toward high school and college students experiencing disabilities
Have policy to make all job interview candidates aware of the option to request accommodations for the interview
Have strategies to attract qualified applications from people experiencing disabilities
Ensure public buses have announcements for every stop to assist those with visual challenges.
Learn a new language or way to communicate – like ASL.
Make your communications inclusive and accessible by using image description and alt text, including ASL interpretation for live and virtual presentations, captioning your videos, and adding accessibility toolbars.
Standardize font, colour and design on social service websites.
Make your communications inclusive and accessible by captioning your videos.
Make it possible for everyone to communicate their ideas in whatever way works for them.
Make your communications inclusive and accessible by including ASL interpretation for live and virtual presentations.
Make your communications inclusive and accessible by using image descriptions and Alt text.
Use more visuals on public signs to improve communication.
Install AccessiBe software to ensure your website is compliant for international standard accessibility.
Make youth basketball sport wheelchairs available so that disabled and non-disabled students can all enjoy an inclusive intramural.
Provide Hoyer lifts at public pools so that people with mobility issues can safely enter the pool.
Provide accessible docks to allow wheelchairs to be able to roll onto accommodating boats.
Make sledges available on ice skating field trips so that children with mobility differences can participate with their classmates.
Provide tables/desks which can be raised or lowered based on the wheelchair height for students.
Identify and select partners that can be valuable in recruiting qualified individuals experiencing disabilities.
Have persons with lived experience lead the organizational policy process – from design to implementation to evaluation.
Businesses and organizations can support flexible work arrangements that fit the needs of their employees – allow employees to have more self-driven schedules and leverage technology to support flexible work.
Have a mentoring program to promote advancement of diverse individuals.
Have a disability accommodation policy.
Have internship and summer employment programs directed toward high school and college students experiencing disabilities
Have policy to make all job interview candidates aware of the option to request accommodations for the interview
Have strategies to attract qualified applications from people experiencing disabilities