2022
2022 CRKN Conference: Strength in Community
Online & in Montreal
October 03 - November 02, 2022
Ashley Shaw
Masters Student in Community Psychology
Wilfrid Laurier University
Ashley Shaw is a Masters student in the Community Psychology program. The Social Science and Humanities Research Council awarded Ashley a Masters fellowship to study workplace inclusion and accessibility, as well as employment-related interventions for adults who are blind and visually impaired. She is also a recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship. She is a Research Associate with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), has worked on grants funded through the new Accessibility Standards Canada, and was the Laurier Library Web Accessibility Advisor during 2021.
Presenting at the following sessions
October 03, 2022
3:30pm
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and its members are critical partners in the work of ensuring access to the world’s knowledge for a diversity of students and faculty with print disabilities. The 2016 CRKN model license was a step in the right direction. However, unless principles of accessibility are intentionally centred at all stages of CRKN’s activities - from procurement of academic journal subscriptions and eBooks, to negotiation with vendors, and the digitization of existing and often historic print resources - CRKN members may actually create and sustain accessibility barriers for disabled readers.
