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  • Graphic for 'Introduction to (ARIA): Accessible Rich Internet Applications,' featuring a keyboard with an 'accessibility' key and Hackforge logo. Event details: 'March 20, 6-8 PM, Hackforge HQ & Online via Zoom.' Sponsored by ELEV8 Web Studio.

    Introduction to Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)

    Hackforge HQ 300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210, Windsor, Ontario

    📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free The web should be accessible to everyone—but many digital experiences still leave users with disabilities behind. This hands-on event will introduce essential web accessibility techniques, helping developers, designers, and content creators build inclusive websites that meet W3C-WCAG 2.2 standards. Led by David Best...

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  • Banner for "Forward Together: Accessibility and Inclusion for All," presented by David Best. Event is on Monday, May 26, from 6–7:30 PM, available online and in person. Includes cityscape and digital circuit design background.

    Forward Together: Accessibility and Inclusion for All

    Hackforge HQ 300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210, Windsor, Ontario

    📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Windsor is a city with immense potential — yet it continues to face deep-rooted challenges, including the highest unemployment rate among major Canadian cities and persistently high poverty rates that disproportionately affect people with disabilities, racialized communities, and children. As part of National...

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  • Banner for a virtual event titled "Accessible Reading Technology: Where We Are and Where We're Going," part of Hackforge’s National AccessAbility Awareness Week programming. Hosted with the Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA), the event takes place Tuesday, May 27, from 6–8 PM. Includes icons representing braille, audio, and digital books.

    Accessible Reading Technology: Where We Are and Where We’re Going

    Hackforge HQ 300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210, Windsor, Ontario

    📍Zoom💻Virtual Only💲 Free Join us for an engaging virtual session during National Accessibility Week, featuring Ioana Gandrabur, Peer Trainer with the Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA). Focused on accessible reading technologies, this session will explore: ⭢ CELA’s services for people with print disabilities - who can access them and how to get started⭢ What...

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  • Promotional banner for a virtual event titled "Equitable AI: Designing for Inclusive Access" featuring Dr. Jutta Treviranus. Presented by the Inclusive Design Research Centre and Hackforge. Event date: Friday, May 30, 11 AM – 12:30 PM. The background includes a blue digital circuit design and a circular photo of Dr. Treviranus.

    Labour Market Interventions Roundtable

    Hackforge HQ 300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210, Windsor, Ontario

    📍Zoom💻Virtual Only💲 Free For this year's National AccessAbility Week programming, Hackforge is teaming up with some brand new partners! During this special event, we'll be exploring how we can increase connections between people with disabilities and opportunities in the Canadian tech ecosystem. Join us on Wednesday, May 28th for a free lunchtime round table featuring...

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  • Banner for a group review of the Government of Canada's Accessible & Equitable AI Standard. Event is online on Thursday, May 29, from 3:30–5 PM. Features a humanoid robot in a thinking pose, with logos for Hackforge and BeAware.

    Government of Canada Accessible & Equitable AI Standard: Group Review

    Hackforge HQ 300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210, Windsor, Ontario

    📍Zoom💻Virtual Only💲 Free Accessibility Standards Canada (ASC) develops national accessibility standards to help build a barrier-free Canada — by and for people with disabilities. As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly evolves, ASC is working to ensure accessibility and equity are built into these emerging technologies. In May 2024, ASC released a technical guide on accessible and...

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  • Banner for a virtual event titled "Equitable AI: Designing for Inclusive Access" with Dr. Jutta Treviranus. Hosted by the Inclusive Design Research Centre and Hackforge. Event details: Friday, May 30th, 11 AM – 12:30 PM, open to all, virtual. Background features a digital circuit pattern with a headshot of Dr. Treviranus on the right.

    Equitable AI: Designing for Inclusive Access

    Hackforge HQ 300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210, Windsor, Ontario

    📍Zoom💻Virtual Only💲 Free Join us for an engaging and interactive conversation with Dr. Jutta Treviranus, Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre at OCAD University and a global leader in digital inclusion. As part of Hackforge's National AccessAbility Week programming, this session will explore how artificial intelligence can both empower and marginalize — and why...

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  • Promotional poster for an event titled "Disability Pride: Informed and Committed Action Towards Undoing Ableism" with Evelina Baczewska. The background features diagonal stripes in the colors of the Disability Pride flag. Logos for ALSO (Assisted Living Southwestern Ontario) and Hackforge appear in the top corners. Evelina Baczewska is shown smiling in a circular photo frame with a wavy border. Event details at the bottom: Saturday, May 31st, 3–5 PM at Assisted Living Southwestern Ontario (1100 University Ave W, Windsor).

    Disability Pride: Informed and Committed Actions Towards Undoing Ableism

    📍 Assisted Living Southwestern Ontario (1100 University Ave W, Windsor)👥 In Person Only💲 Free Join us on Saturday, May 31st for a thoughtful and engaging solo workshop that explores how we can build more inclusive and compassionate communities. Facilitator Evelina Baczewska offers a space to reflect on the ways our experiences, identities, and systems intersect...

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