Update, September 30--The ALSP Institute is FULL.

Please register for the waitlist and you will be contacted if there is a cancellation and/or when we plan to offer it again (tentatively winter 2026).

This five half-day program will focus on fundamental skills required to deliver student-centered accessibility services. Join us for a comprehensive professional development series designed for post-secondary staff, faculty, and administrators who work with - or want to better support - students with disabilities. This engaging multi-module training explores the foundational knowledge, legal frameworks, practical tools, and inclusive strategies essential to creating accessible and equitable learning environments in higher education.

What You’ll Learn

Over five in-depth modules, participants will gain critical insights into the evolving landscape of accessibility services in Canadian colleges and universities:

Module 1: Introduction to Accessibility Services in Higher Education

Module 2: Policy, Legal, and Human Rights Frameworks

Module 3: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Inclusive Teaching

Module 4: Assistive Technology (AT)

Module 5: Determining Accommodations

Event Details & Registration

Dates: 

Wednesday October 15, Thursday October 16, Friday October 17

Tuesday October 21, Thursday October 23

Time: 

4 hours each day, starting at 9:00am PST / 10:00am MTN / 12:00pm EST / 1:00pm ATL

Registration Fees: 

Early bird rate in effect until September 15, 2025.  SOLD OUT!

Member: Early bird: $499. After 10/2: $599

Non-Member: Early bird: $599. After 10/2: $699

Meet the Facilitation Team

Janalee Morris & Robin Randall

Janalee Morris has been a Student Services professional for more than 20 years. Her work experience within institutions of higher education include:

• Manager, Learner Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Bow Valley College, Calgary, AB.
• Diversity, Universal Design, and Academic Strategist Coordinator, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB.
• Academic Strategist, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB.
• Coordinator, Disability Services, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.

Ms. Morris has extensive curriculum development and teaching experience, including:

• Instructor, Anthropology Through Film, Mount Royal University
• EDI Education Facilitator, Mount Royal University
• Instructor, Introduction to Disability Studies, University of Winnipeg
• Faculty, Disability Studies Program, Bow Valley College
• Instructor, Student Success Skills & Instructional Designer, Olds College
• Instructor, Introduction to University, University of Manitoba

As a consultant, she has managed her own private practice and lead several research projects:

• The Impact of Gender, Accommodations, and Disability on the Academic Performance of Canadian University Students with LD and/or ADHD, published in Learning Disabilities Research & Practice
• Everyone Belongs: A faculty-student services partnership to promote UDL in the classroom, presented at the 2024 CICan Conference.
• Academic Integrity Inclusivity and Accessibility Study, Bow Valley College
• Vulnerable Persons and End-of-Life New Emerging Team, University of Manitoba
• Canada-Ghana Partnership for Disability Studies, CIHR
• PROUWD (Partnership for Research On Ugandan Women with Disabilities), IDRC (Canada)
• Conscious Transformational Leadership for Tomorrow, Building Capacity, and Strengthening Communities at the Canadian Centre on Disability Studies, Winnipeg Foundation
• Literature Review and Conceptual Framework for Better Understanding Inter-Relationships Between Disability and Job Retention/Career Progression for Persons with Disabilities, HRSDC Canada
• Academic Strategist, private practice, worked with students from Mount Royal University, University of Calgary, Olds College, SAIT, and University of Lethbridge
  

In addition, she has served as a volunteer for the following organizations:

• Premier’s Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities, Government of Alberta
• Calgary Police Service Persons with Disabilities Advisory Council
• Canadian Association of College & University Student Services, Access & Inclusion Leadership Team
• International Day of Persons with Disabilities Planning Group, Province of Alberta
• Canadian Higher Education Universal Design for Learning Collective

Robin Randall

Assistive Technology Advisor, Mount Royal University Access and Inclusion Services.

Robin has been working in post-secondary accessibility since 2018 and received his Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Calgary while I was training and competing for Team Canada at the Olympic level. 

His experience there and at Mount Royal University taught him how busy the life of a student is, and that technology and resilience can help anyone achieve their goals. 

Robin is very enthusiastic about helping folks overcome their barriers by leveraging simple and effective assistive technologies, and it is my pleasure to be involved in developing and presenting the assistive technology module for the ALSP Institute.