RESOURCE HUB
This searchable resource hub focuses on accessibility training, resources, funding, tip sheets, and guidebooks.
Newcomers DisAbility Toolkit
Recognizing these challenges, Open Door Group and ISSofBC have collaborated to develop and launch the Newcomers disAbility Toolkit. This initiative aims to provide essential resources and insights to support newcomers with disabilities in their job...
Case Study: The Trainyard General Store
Located in downtown Dartmouth, NS, Trainyard General Store, led by owner Erin Ferguson, has become a community hub promoting inclusivity and accessibility. The store features products predominantly made in Canada, with an effort to represent...
Inclusive Language Tip Sheet
This tip sheet explores core concepts of inclusive language.
Digital Communications Tip Sheet
This tip sheet explores the core skills of accessible communications.
Accessible Teaching and Learning
This guide provides: an overview of Nova Scotia’s accessibility laws, disability and accessibility, Universal Design for Learning (UDL),and trategies for teaching students with disabilities and/or who face barriers using videos of students with disabilities and...
A Case Study in Equitable Employment
It would be hard to find a more amazing, local example of an exceptional partnership for change in accessibility than that of 2 Crows Brewing and the Prescrott Group! In this episode we sit down...
What you can do to improve accessibility
Everyone has a role to play in creating communities, workplaces and services that enable everyone to participate fully in society without barriers
Allyship Foundations
This on-demand, self-paced training invites learners to define allyship and how it can be a powerful force toward inclusion and belonging, unpack their privilege and power, respond to bias, and use an Active Allyship Framework...
Introduction to Accessibility Barriers and Solutions
This resource was created by the Nova Scotia Accessibility Directorate. This module provides an introduction to ableism; accessibility barriers in areas such as information and communications, built environment, systems and attitudes; and ways to barriers...