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(english follows) De gauche à droite : Logo du canada en noir et blanc puis Normes Accessibilité Canada et Accessibility Standards Canada From left to right: Canada's logo in black and white then Accessibility Standards Canada written in french and in English

Federal Grants Program – Accessibility Standards Canada Summer 2022

On May 17 2022, Société Inclusive invites the ministry Accessibility Standards Canada to present their funding program, entitled "Advancing Accessibility Standards Research".

This program funds research projects aimed at identifying and removing barriers to accessibility and preventing new barriers.

(english follows) Image avec en premier le titre blanc sur fond violet : Acfas, 89e Congrès, et les 3 mots clés : Sciences, Innovation, société inscrit en lettres majuscules jaunes sur fond rouge. Image with first the white title on purple background: Acfas, 89th Congress, and the 3 key words : Sciences, Innovation, society written in yellow capital letters on red background.

Acfas Congress

May 9 to 13, 2022

The 89th Acfas Congress, organized in collaboration with Laval University under the theme Sciences, innovations, and societies. A full week of events, conferences, and discussions on research and knowledge.

English follows - Pictrogramme présentant un ampoule pour signifier les idées et à coté un puce électronique pour illustrer la technologie. Les contours de l’ampoule sont bleu clair et la puce violet clair. Pictrogram presenting a light bulb to signify the ideas and next to it a microchip to illustrate the technology. The outlines of the light bulb are light blue and the chip is light purple.

Networking event: Technology for Inclusion

12 avril 2022 10h à 12h - En ligne

Participate in a networking activity and discover 6 presentations of technological solutions in the fields of health, mobility, culture, and housing.

english follow - Pictogramme illustrant la première étape du programme à l’aide de trois personnages un homme et deux femmes avec le signe plus entre chacun pour signifier l’association de 3 personnes : une du monde de la recherche, une du milieu étudiant et une du milieu communautaire. Pictogram illustrating the first stage of the program: with three characters, one man and two women, with a plus sign between each one to signify the association of three people: one from the research world, one from the student milieu and one from the community milieu.

MITACS Accelerate program

April 19, 2022, 1:00-2:00 p.m. (online)

In this event, a team of Mitacs representatives will introduced you to the support available to you through the Accelerate program.

Activity – Back to school meeting

February 1st, 2022, 12:00-1:30 pm, on Zoom

To start the year 2022, the 6 new projects supported by Société Inclusive have been presented during a back to school meeting.

Report – Arts and Culture: for more inclusive offers

Report on the Networking  Activity and the 4 Collaborative Workshops on June 21, 2021

40 professionals from organizations representing people with disabilities, cultural venues (museums, libraries), public and community organizations, private companies, and academic institutions (McGill, Université Laval, Université de Montréal, etc.) combined their expertise to think outside the box and imagine solutions to promote the social participation of people with disabilities in culture.

Call for participation

Together, let’s advance partnership research   Do you have questions or concerns about partnered research? Would you like to have access to a collection of best practices to facilitate partnership research? We find the experts and provide the answers. Société Inclusive, PSVI, and CRIR have joined forces to produce a “Q&A on research in partnership […]

13 September 2021
7 bulles de bandes dessinées colorées, sont juxtaposées en forme de cercle. À l’intérieur de chaque bulle, un visage de profil et des schémas pour symboliser la réflexion. Des prises électriques connectent les bulles entre elles afin de montrer l’échange et le dialogue.

Inclusive Society’s exchange Forum: Participatory Research and Disability

September 30, 2021, 8:30 to 12 pm

Inclusive Society’s exchange Forum will be an opportunity to learn more about the research projects supported by Inclusive Society, to reflect on how the results can be useful to the community and to consider future developments. The roundtables will address the themes of employment, education and the challenges of organizations in the new reality.

Engrenages de différentes couleurs (idées, personnes, argent)

Inclusive Society Committee of Partners: Call for Applicants

Inclusive Society is launching a call for applicants to fill a vacant position on its Committee of Partners. We will hold elections to choose a new Representative of Partners. If you are interested in applying, we invite you to email us by Thursday, July 15 2021 a short text (150-200 words) about you and your organization; on your involvement […]

1 June 2021
Illustration vectorielle montrant des profils d’hommes et de femmes utilisant un diagramme pour organiser visuellement les informations. Landscape vector illustration is showing men and women profiles using a diagram to visually organize information.

Networking activity – Arts and Culture: for more inclusive offers

Monday, June 21, 2021 9-11 am, Online zoom and collaborative platform

At a time of “Nothing for us without us”, the objective of this meeting is to collectively bring to light the existing needs, in the field of culture, to promote the social participation of people with disabilities.

Image représentant une ville active et inclusive

Activity: Transportation and social inclusion of people with disabilities

May 11 2023

Since 2017, Inclusive Society teams have been working on the issue of transportation, which has led to partnership research projects. Several themes have been explored, such as access to regular public transit or driving by people with disabilities. On May 11, Inclusive Society organized an activity on the theme of transportation and social inclusion of people with disabilities.