📍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...
📍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...
📍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...
📍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...
📍 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...
📍 Assisted Living Southwestern Ontario (ALSO) - 1100 University Ave. West👥 In Person Only 💲 Free Technology should be a bridge, not a wall. While tech helps many of us access knowledge and share insights, that experience isn’t universal. Too often, the tools meant to connect us actually get in the way. For our 2026...
📍 Assisted Living Southwestern Ontario (ALSO) - 1100 University Ave. West👥 In Person Only 💲 Free As a business owners or web developer, you may be aware that you should be following Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, and you might even know what those guidelines are. But do you know why they're important? Have you ever...
📍 ⭐NEW LOCATION! Windsor Hackforge (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210)👥 In Person Only 💲 Free As a business owners or web developer, you may be aware that you should be following Join Hackforge and ALSO as we conclude NAAW 2026. This session is more than just a recap; it’s a strategy meeting for the year...
📍 Online Via Zoom💻 Virtual Only 💲 Free We've unofficially been meeting for years, but we've finally decided to make it real! Hackforge now has an interest group focused specifically on the intersection of technology and accessibility. Please join us for our first ✨official✨ event where we'll discuss: The goal of this group is to...