2022
2022 CRKN Conference: Strength in Community
Online & in Montreal
October 03 - November 02, 2022
Melanie Marsden
Masters Student in Social Work, Indigenous Field of Study
Laurier University
My Indigenous name: “She Carries the Light Woman” or Melanie Marsden registered with Alderville First Nation (Ojibway and Mohawk). Consultant for Circle Insights, and formerly Project Manager - Accessibility Specialist at Springtide Resources. I hold a degree in social work and I am currently enrolled in the master of Social Work Indigenous field of Study at Wilfred Laurier University. I use an intersectional approach as an Indigenous person that is blind. I am a parent of 3 and a grandmother. I honor working together collectively and stand in solidarity alongside racialized communities honoring diversity and full inclusion.
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.
