{"id":120,"date":"2016-11-24T22:20:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T22:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/?page_id=120"},"modified":"2025-02-21T11:54:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T17:54:29","slug":"accessibility-hub","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon University is proudly committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free experience for all members of our community, including students, faculty, staff, visitors, and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Every person at Brandon University contributes to making sure that BU is a welcoming environment, where everyone belongs and is valued.<\/p>\n<p>Should you encounter any barrier in your interactions at or with Brandon University, know that we are committed to working with you to remove it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-row \" data-column-group=\"1\">\n<div class=\"new-column-box  half count-1\">\n<h2>Training<\/h2>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignright wp-image-176 size-full\" style=\"padding: 15px 25px 0 10px;\" alt=\"Training icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/files\/Training-100.png\" \/>\n<p>Learn more about our customer service standard online training and workshop sessions, as well as free web accessibility training and certification that is available for all BU faculty and staff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/training\/\" class=\"btn\">Training<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><!-- .new-column-box -->\n<div class=\"new-column-box  half count-2\">\n<h2>Toolkit<\/h2>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignright wp-image-174 size-full\" style=\"padding: 15px 25px 0 10px;\" alt=\"Toolkit icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/files\/Maintenance-100.png\" \/>\n<p>Our accessibility toolkit provides helpful how-to articles, tips, and links to external learning resources that will help you learn how to make accessibility part of your workflow.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/tools-resources\/\">Accessibility Toolkit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><!-- .new-column-box -->\n<\/div><!-- .flex-row -->\n<h2>Additional information<\/h2>\n<p>Brandon University&#8217;s approach to accessibility is governed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/the-accessibility-for-manitobans-act\/\">Accessibility for Manitobans Act<\/a>, and the five standards developed under it, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/the-accessibility-for-manitobans-act\/customer-service\/\">Customer Service<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/the-accessibility-for-manitobans-act\/accessible-employment\/\">Employment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/the-accessibility-for-manitobans-act\/information-and-communication-standard\/\">Information &amp; Communication<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/the-accessibility-for-manitobans-act\/design-of-public-spaces-standard\/\">Public Spaces<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/the-accessibility-for-manitobans-act\/transportation\/\">Transportation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/buaccessibilitypolicies\/\">our Accessibility Plan, we have developed extensive policies<\/a> to ensure we welcome people as inclusively as possible, with a consistent approach.<\/p>\n<p>We welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/feedback\/\">your feedback<\/a> to improve our efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon University is proudly committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free experience for all members of our community, including students, faculty, staff, visitors, and friends. 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