Resources

If you are looking for details on work-integrated learning (WIL), disability, and accessibility, look no further!

  • Professional Resource List
    ActinSite conducted an environmental scan of the documents and resources used to support professionals in creating accessible environments for learners. Here, we have provided a list of those documents, and invite you to share with us any further resources you may be aware of that are not included. HEI Documents (title) Institution Brock University (n.d.).Continue reading “Professional Resource List”
  • WILAA YorkSpace
    AcTinSite set up a community on YorkSpace called WILAA (Work Integrated Learning, Accessibility, Accommodations). YorkSpace is a digital archive hosted by York University Libraries. Materials posted in YorkSpaceare free to access, easily searched by search engines and covered by a creative commons license.   WILAA provides a space to collect research or other materials related toContinue reading “WILAA YorkSpace”
  • Accommodations
    What is accommodation? When a space or tool is not accessible, we must prove accommodations. Therefore, accommodations are an essential part of accessibility legislation. Within national and provincial legislation, accommodation is usually understood as helping a person, maybe due to disability, complete work, studying, or daily life goals. Below, we explain this in more depthContinue reading “Accommodations”
  • Accessibility
    What is Accessibility The Accessibility Canada Act defines accessibility as “creating communities, workplaces and services that enable everyone to participate fully in society without barriers.” This definition is a broad understanding of accessibility, which we support. We share another definition of accessibility because it is defined differently by different forms of legislation. You might wantContinue reading “Accessibility”
  • Disability Language
    Within the disability community, there is an ongoing conversation about the language used to talk about disability experiences. For example, historically, there is a conversation about if it is best to use person-first (person with a disability) or identity-first (disabled person) language. However, there is no definite answer to this conversation; WILAA outlines below theContinue reading “Disability Language”
  • Defining Disability
    Disability is a complex word to define. There are different models and perspectives that you can use to describe the word’s meaning. How you define disability may change based on your context. WILAA acknowledges the complexity of the word disability and presents three definitions relevant to the work we do.  Social Model  The view ofContinue reading “Defining Disability”
  • WIL Approach
    df What is Work-Integrated Learning  Work-integrated learning is a term used to discuss the integration of in-classroom learning with the experiential learning that comes when someone is at a worksite. There are many different words to describe WIL, from practicum to co-operational learning to vocational learning. WILAA uses WIL since we engaged with the on-siteContinue reading “WIL Approach”
  • Lunch and Learn
    Taking place over a regular lunch break, this 45-minute session brings people interested in accessibility and accommodation in WIL. Each Lunch and Learn will have a theme. Before a general discussion, a guest speaker will briefly talk 10-15 minutes about the theme. We will announce the theme, and the guest in the monthly newsletter, soContinue reading “Lunch and Learn”
  • WILAA Newsletter
    The WILAA newsletter is released once a month. In it, you will find out about upcoming events by WILAA or other organizations, new resources we must share, links to notes from board meetings, and so much more.
  • Student and Professional Experience Symposium and Networking
    May 26th from 2pm to 4pm EST, 2022 Professional Experience Symposiums and Networking November 22nd from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm EST