Adaptech
Research Network
Laura King and Alex Lussier hosted student focus groups in collaboration with the Mental Health Commission of Canada. The goal of the focus group was to inform policy, support the academic success of students, and decrease stigma regarding mental illness and other mental health problems.
Adaptech team member Abi Vasseur was awarded the Bourse pour stage d’initiation à la recherche au collégial 2021-2022.
First-year Dawson Social Science student Abigaëlle Vasseur is one of seven CEGEP students in Quebec to win a bursary for research work this winter semester. Abigaëlle joined Dawson’s Adaptech Research Network.
Alex Lussier was chosen to attend a meeting organized by the Intersectorial Student Committee of the FRQ. Two members of the committee presented a report on how to improve student involvement in research at the collegial level.
Adaptech co-directeur Jennison Asuncion was selected as an honoree for the D-30 Disability Impact List. The D-30 list honors the unique accomplishments of the most impactful members of the disability community. This selection recognizes Jennison’s work on digital accessibility standards as the Head of Accessibility Engineering Evangelism at the largest online professional network, LinkedIn. This selection also recognizes Jennison’s accessibility work with the Adaptech Research Network and the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).
Adaptech co-director Jennison Asuncion was interviewed by 1a about “Designing our world: Accessibility in tech.” Retrieved from https://the1a.org/segments/designing-our-world-accessibility-in-tech/
Adaptech co-director Jennison Asuncion, one of the founders of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, was quoted in an article recently published by GovLoop, a knowledge network connecting over 300,000 US federal, state,and local government innovators. According to Jennison, “The consequence of not using existing industry-recognized accessibility standards (W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines V2.1) when designing and developing today’s tech, is that we will knowingly be excluding people with disabilities from participating in every aspect of our ‘new normal’ digital life.”
Retrieved from https://www.govloop.com/community/blog/global-accessibility-awareness-day-a-time-for-reflection/
In June 2019 Adaptech hosted Belgian guests Pierre Muraille from CRETH (http://www.creth.be) and Vincent Leone from Fondation I see (https://www.fondationisee.be). Topics discussed included accessibility of software, hardware and mobile technology apps in Belgium and Canada.
In August 2023, Adaptech hosted Belgian guests Pierre Muraille from CRETH (http://www.creth.be) and Vincent Leone from Fondation I see (https://www.fondationisee.be). Topics discussed included accessibility of French language software, hardware and mobile technology apps in Belgium and Canada.
The article ‘Academic Performance and Mobile Technology Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study’ has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability. The preprint of this article is available at the following URL: jped_21-06 eScholarship