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Research and development centre at OCAD University working to ensure that emerging information technology and practices are designed inclusively.
UNESCO and the IRCAI have developed the AI Tools Radar to improve access to and use of #AI tools and applications. This multilingual repository can help those in the public sector, media, and judiciary identify, assess, and adopt #AITools that are aligned with their specific needs:
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Jutta Treviranus is participating in the #OpenEducationConference on Oct 28-30! As a panelist, Jutta will participate in a discussion that brings together critical perspectives on copyright concerns, statistical discrimination, and AI in educational settings: buff.ly/vqYTVle #OpenEd25
27.10.2025 21:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0On Oct 30, 2025, 8–9 AM ET, David Banes (Equitable AI Alliance) and Jutta Treviranus (IDRC) are hosting a webinar that will explore visions for inclusive and accessible #AI. Learn how to avoid bias and discrimination and deliver equitable and inclusive AI for all. Register: buff.ly/F0sJjxu
24.10.2025 20:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
To break down barriers and improve income security for people with disabilities, Inclusion Canada has launched Barrier-Free Benefits. This new initiative offers free, 1-on-1 support to help people with disabilities and their families access federal #disability benefits. Learn more:
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Jutta Treviranus is participating in the “Recognizing ‘Noise’” panel on Oct 23, 2 PM ET, for the Who’s Afraid of AI? conference. With a focus on how #AI can be designed more inclusively, this session brings together an artist, an #InclusiveDesign scholar and a humanist.
Learn more:
A theatrical-style poster for The Disability Collective’s production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The background is deep red curtains with a marquee stage design. At the top, white text reads: “The Disability Collective presents”. Below is the iconic Rocky Horror logo: large red lips biting a tooth, placed above a lit-up marquee sign that says: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” in bold black dripping font. Underneath, text reads: “Featuring an all-Deaf shadow cast. October 28th & 29th at 8PM | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre". The website link “thedisabilitycollective.com/rockyhorror” is listed below. The bottom has sponsor logos: TD Ready Commitment and Community One Foundation. Accessibility icons indicate mandatory masking, ASL interpretation, open captioning, and audio description
Don’t miss the Disability Collective’s production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show with an all-Deaf shadow cast! Oct 28–29 at the Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Audio Description will be available for both performances, and the film will feature open captions. Buy tickets: buff.ly/hgbLKFG
22.10.2025 16:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
IDRC's latest Community Workshop featured Niklas Frost, who discussed explorations in creating design tools that attempt to facilitate design processes that are more #inclusive towards underserved groups, specifically #BVI individuals. Watch the recording:
21.10.2025 21:02 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The We Count at Large tag on the Resources page features speaking engagements and presentations by IDRC team members, including IDRC Director Jutta Treviranus, whose pioneering work and insights in #AI and #inclusive AI continue to inspire and lead the field: buff.ly/fvCOao0
20.10.2025 20:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A recent IDRC #CommunityWorkshop featured a discussion and exploration of the experiences of racialized children and youth with disabilities, with a focus on the Canadian Health Survey of Children and Youth. Watch the workshop video: buff.ly/hwmNGUW
#disability #ChildrenWithDisabilities
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#AI #newsletter #disability
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A major new feature now brings Weavly to French users: full French language support is now live! If you’re a French speaker or would like to use #Weavly in French, our application now offers a seamless, fully localized French experience from the interface: buff.ly/2oz8xdX
14.10.2025 21:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Reader-in-Residence: Repetition—with Difference! Printmaking as Expressive Stimming with Andi Gilker. Wednesday, October 15, 12–1:30 PM. e|gallery, lower level CCT
The first UTM Fall 2025 Reader-in-Residence event is on Oct 15, 12–1:30 PM ET, with Andi Gilker called Repetition—with Difference! Printmaking as Expressive Stimming.
Free and open to the public. Materials and refreshments provided. Register: buff.ly/ZMUEZck
#StimCinema #NeuroculturesCollective
AI-Driven Misinformation Across Sectors: Addressing a Cross-Societal Challenge. Tuesday, November 11, 2025. 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET. Moderated by Michael Geist. Panelists: Nadia Naffi, Plinio Morita, Jutta Treviranus and Fenwick McKelvey.
Jutta Treviranus will be a panelist on the CSPC's "AI-Driven Misinformation Across Sectors" panel on Nov 11, 12–1:30 PM ET. This panel brings together cross-sectoral experts to examine how AI-driven misinformation manifests and harms can be mitigated. Register: buff.ly/6DGot8I
#AIpolicy #AIethics
The ability for users to add or remove indicators and modifier symbols has been added to the Baby Bliss Bot’s adaptive palette for composing symbols based on the Fundamental Rules of Blissymbolics.
Read more about indicators and modifiers in #Bliss: buff.ly/Wh2oti6
#BabyBlissBot
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STIM CINEMA, at UTM's Blackwood Gallery Oct 1–Feb 28, is an exhibition and moving image installation that explores neurodivergent perception, agency and communication in an era defined by misinformation, polarization and systemic distrust. buff.ly/TAupLUP #NeuroculturesCollective #StimCinema
08.10.2025 16:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Read articles from leading educators and researchers as part of our FLOE project, supported by Hewlett Foundation in partnership with Etika Insights. These examinations of AI’s role in #education explore opportunities, risks and the importance of responsible implementation: buff.ly/fvCEyPz#AI
07.10.2025 21:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A recent IDRC Community Workshop explored From Fragments to Fractals (FFtF), a participatory research and storytelling project that gathers, traces and synthesizes diverse knowledge fragments related to #mentalhealth. Watch the workshop video:
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Jutta Treviranus is participating in the #OpenEducationConference on Oct 28-30! As a panelist, Jutta will participate in a discussion that brings together critical perspectives on copyright concerns, statistical discrimination, and AI in educational settings: buff.ly/N9u8oVy#Open...
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Register is still open for the IDEA Symposium on Oct 6-7! This free online and in-person event highlights real-world innovations that advance workplace inclusion for people with disabilities.
View agenda and register: buff.ly/ewGrZxk
#DisabilityInclusion #WorkplaceAccessibility #AccessibleDesign
During the first symposium of the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium (MGAIC) on Sep 17, researchers and business leaders gathered to share insights and discuss the potential future of generative AI. Learn more: buff.ly/2vPAFSQ
#AI #MGAIC #GenAI
Google's new MCP server aims to make Data Commons more accessible by enabling developers, data scientists, and AI agents to access real-world statistics using natural language and better train AI systems. Learn more: ift.tt/apVqODB
#AI #MCP #LLMs
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Our next IDRC design crit is tomorrow, 2-3 PM ET! This crit features Niklas Frost, who will be discussing design tools that can facilitate more #inclusive processes for #BVI individuals. All are welcome to attend. No registration required. Access the Zoom link here: buff.ly/1NgZERF #disability
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An increase in cases of "AI psychosis" has been reported over the past several months — "all involving people who became convinced, through conversations with chatbots, that something imaginary was real." Read the CBC article: buff.ly/Qoazni7
#AI #AIPsychosis #LLMs
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Listen to a new #AMI podcast called Disability Rights, and Wrongs: The David Lepodcast! Hosted by AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky, it will give you practical tips on how to advocate for equality, #accessibility and full participation for people with all kinds of disabilities: buff.ly/5lbgRUI
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In an episode of the InclusionHub Podcast, IDRC Director Jutta Treviranus contributes to a discussion on the limitations of WCAG and the importance of prioritizing the voices and experiences of people with disabilities as creators, not just consumers. Listen now: buff.ly/GjyXQ7s
#WCAG #disability
Register for the IDEA Symposium! This free online and in-person event on Oct 6-7 highlights real-world innovations that advance workplace inclusion for people with disabilities.
Learn more and register: buff.ly/167mVOF
#DisabilityInclusion #IDEASymposium #WorkplaceAccessibility #AccessibleDesign
While ASL interpreters can translate between spoken word and ASL for deaf people and those with hearing loss, a new program at the Nova Scotia Community College—the first of its kind in Canada—is teaching deaf students to become deaf interpreters: buff.ly/qN5gxw8
#ASL #Deaf #DeafInterpreters
