Guest speaker urges action on accessibility

Guest speaker urges action on accessibility

By Communications Staff

January 26, 2016

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[David Lepofsky]
David Lepofsky (right) delivers his talk while Andrew Ashby, Queen's Accessibility Coordinator, looks on. Mr. Lepofsky spent the day at Queen's meeting with students and encouraging others to get involved and help ensure Ontario meets its accessibility commitment by 2025.

David Lepofsky, chair of the non-partisan group and co-chair of , spoke at Queen鈥檚 University last week. In the morning, Mr. Lepofsky, a lawyer and currently a visiting professor of legal ethics and public interest advocacy at the Osgoode Hall Law School, met with Queen鈥檚 law students. They discussed issues related to advocacy for the rights of the 1.8 million Ontarians and four million Canadians with disabilities.

Following the classroom visits, the disability rights advocate participated in the Accessibility Caf茅 hosted by Accessibility Queen鈥檚 and the Equity Office. During his lecture, he shared his concerns that Ontario won鈥檛 be fully accessible by 2025 as required under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). During the second half of the caf茅, Mr. Lepofsky led a workshop session where participants brainstormed ways they could get involved in the cause and advance accessibility in Ontario.

Mr. Lepofsky鈥檚 lecture was recorded and will be posted shortly on the .