Marie-Ève Rioux-Massie has been awarded a scholarship from the Quebec Association of Post-secondary Students with Disabilities (AQEIPS). The award highlights the determination and commitment of a student with a disability in a university graduate program in the province of Quebec.

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 […]

Marie-Ève Rioux-Massie is a “student fellow” with the Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy (CRWDP), a transdisciplinary initiative on the future of work disability policy in Canada. Its objective is to lay the foundation for a national, evidence-informed, coordinated approach to supporting people with work disabilities in Canada. Her research topic is: “The professional […]

Marie-Ève Rioux-Massie has been awarded a scholarship intended for a student who is in a bachelor’s or master’s program in industrial relations and is a member of CPHR Canada, Chartered Professionals in Human Resources. CPHR Canada is the national voice on the enhancement and promotion of the Human Resources Profession.

Anick Legault was interviewed for an article about the semester going online that was published in the Dawson Employee News. Retrieved from https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/news/dawson-community/teachers-saving-the-semester-by-going-online/

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/

Catherine Fichten presented a summary of the research conducted by the Adaptech Research Network at the Vitrine sur la recherche collégiale meeting.

Anick Legault, Laura King, Mary Jorgensen and Alice Havel presented at the Active Learning and Technology Meeting. Anick presented videos of students using smartphones in class. Mary and Alice presented findings from recent research about the use of smartphones in class. Finally, Laura led a discussion period were we asked the audience about how they […]

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.