Accessibility Bites is a seven-part series hosted by BCcampus from August 2025 to February 2026.

These 30-minute sessions will be held on one Thursday each month at 12:00 PM PT.

Session Topics:

August 28, 2025: Introduction to Web Accessibility
September 25, 2025: Supporting Post-Secondary Students with ADHD
October 30, 2025: Let's Talk About Learning Disabilities
November 27, 2025: The Gift of Dyslexia
December 11, 2025: Access Friction
January 29, 2026: UDL 3.0 in Practice
February 26, 2026: An Indigenous Lens on Disability Rights

Each drop-in session is designed to give you the opportunity to explore a different aspect of accessibility that is relevant in an education context. Most sessions will have a short lesson, time to reflect on your practice, and then an opportunity to share and ask questions. Session details are below.

These sessions will be recorded, archived, and made available publicly on BCcampus.ca. By participating in this series, you acknowledge that your participation in each session will be recorded and the recording will be made available openly.

Click "Register" to sign up for one or all of the sessions in this series.

Session Details:

Session 1: Introduction to Web Accessibility

August 28, 2025 from 12:00 to 12:30 PM PT

Untapped Accessibility logo

Facilitator: Nora Loyst

This brief session will introduce the basics of digital accessibility and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

Session 2: Supporting Post-Secondary Students with ADHD

September 25, 2025 from 12:00 to 12:30 PM PT

Untapped Accessibility logo

Facilitator: Meg Ingram

This brief session will offer practical strategies for creating learning environments that support students with ADHD.

Session 3: Let's Talk about Learning Disabilities

October 30, 2025 from 12:00 to 12:30 PM PT

The Conference Board of Canada logo

Facilitator: Dr. Jennifer Fane

This session will provide a brief overview of learning disabilities, how they present within classroom settings, and evidence-based recommendations for supporting learners with learning disabilities in educational settings.

Session 4: The Gift of Dyslexia

November 27, 2025 from 12:00 to 12:30 PM PT

Facilitator: Sue Blyth Hall

In this session, Sue Blyth Hall shares her experiential knowledge gained by working with people with dyslexia.

Session 5: Access Friction

December 11, 2025 from 12:00 to 12:30 PM PT

Facilitator: Sefan Sunandan Honisch

In this interactive session we will explore what Access Friction means — both the impossibility of designing courses to anticipate all learning needs and the possibility for more collaborative, even improvisatory approaches to course design and delivery.

Session 6: UDL 3.0 in Practice

January 29, 2026 from 12:00 to 12:30 PM PT

Facilitator: Dr. Seanna Takacs

Join us for ideas on extending your UDL-based teaching practices using the new UDL 3.0 guidelines.

Session 7: An Indigenous Lens on Disability Rights

February 26, 2026 from 12:00 to 12:30 PM PT

Facilitator: Sue Stirling Burr

In this session, Sue Stirling Burr will discuss how we can use the Declaration of Rights for Indigenous Peoples Act (2019) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action (2015) as advocacy tools for supporting an Indigenous Person with a disability.

Click "Register" above to sign up for one or all of the sessions in this series.

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