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Lucas Manginelli, from Cégep André-Laurendeau, was the lucky winner of one of two iPads mini in Adaptech’s latest research.

Alice Havel presents an iPad mini to Brent Devine’s student Sylvia Mondestin on behalf of the Adaptech Research Network. Sylvia was the lucky winner of one of two iPads mini in Adaptech’s latest research.

Adaptech is to present at the Accessing Higher Ground Conference in November. Catherine Fichten and Jennison Asuncion will talk about the future of information and computer technologies for students with disabilities.

One of Jill’s big interests at Adaptech has to do with our technology database project. She has taken on this library, and really made it her own. This is why she is promoted to Project Manager – Free or Inexpensive Technology Database, to reflect this passion. Please join us in congratulating Jill!

Jill Budd has been awarded the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Congratulations Jill!

Our research assistant, Alexandre Chauvin, has been awarded a Concordia Graduate Scholarship in Natural Sciences and Engineering Research and a Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM) Fellowship. Congratulations Alex!

Laura King has been appointed to the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP) executive board as a Cegep representative. Congratulations Laura!

On June 12, Laura King, Catherine Fichten and Jill Budd talked about “Inclusive Research on Inclusive E-Learning: Implications and Applications” at the SALTISE conference at Dawson College.

On June 11, Jill Budd talked about “Predicting Academic Performance Among Postsecondary Students with Learning Disabilities” at the Jewish General Hospital Department of Psychiatry Student Research Day.

On May 8th, our research assistant Jill Budd presented an EASI webinar on our Free and Inexpensive Adaptive Technology Database. Watch the presentation on the EASI website here.