Registration Is Open!
The Accessibility and Inclusion Community of Practice and CACUSS are excited to announce the virtual Accessibility and Inclusion Summit on February 25, 26, 27, 2025 from 12pm - 3:15pm EST. Starting at 9:00am PST, 10:00am MTN, 1:00pm ATL
The goal of the summit is to bring together all levels of experiences and knowledge from the accessibility and disability field to learn, share, and discuss a variety of topics of interest identified by the membership, and to showcase innovative projects and skill build along the way.
The following topics will be highlighted throughout the Summit; cross collaborations including student conduct and centers for teaching and learning, the heightened importance of UDL and EDI practices, supporting neurodivergent learners, student transitions into post-secondary, skill building within peer support programs, and more.
Explore the Summit program! To view the concurrent sessions, click on "view sessions" above.
Registration rates for 2025 Member Rate: $159.00
Non-member Rate: $189.00 The registration rates include all three dates listed above. Registration closes February 21.
Featured Speaker
sarah madoka currie (@kawaiilovesarah)sarah earned her PhD in 2023 with a manifesto on higher education's violent relationship with mentally ill students (and what to do about it). she has given over 40 workshops, invited talks and keynotes on mad-positive pedagogy, UDL strategy, classroom facilitation training, disability rhetoric, and applying EDI practices. Join us for her featured presentation - a self-styled academic apothecary in a practice-based overview of ways of thinking, knowing and applying disability theory to the everyday exclusionary circus of higher education. Using a combination of lived experience expertise (as a schizophrenic student, graduate student, and course lecturer) and light theoretical modeling, sarah discusses how to bring beloved community lessons into your office, hot desk, teams meeting, classroom or counseling centre. This seminar is targeted for student-facing staff and faculty, but features additional context-building to be inclusive of new/current graduate students, high school staff, collegiate team support roles, and general coffee-drinkers. Featured Speaker Access Notes: real-time transcript provided by CACUSS & Intellitext; full transcription available post-presentation; ASL requests open through the event registration process; fully-online delivery; replay compatible (recording made available using an unpublished YouTube link).
Help Shape the Accessible Learning Services Professionals Institute: A Special Invitation CACUSS has commissioned the development of an institute to train Accessibility Services professionals. This institute will be offered starting in fall 2025 and will include 5 half-day online workshops. As we develop the curriculum, we are inviting accessible service providers to provide feedback on the topics and materials to be included. We will be hosting an online feedback session on February 28 at 9:00am PST / 10:00am MST /12:00pm EST / 1:00pm ATL. Please sign up here if you wish to participate.
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