Friday, February 8
Student Accessibility Services is proud to announce the 12th annual Access Awareness Day on Friday, February 8, 2013. The purpose of the event is to raise awareness about the importance of accessibility at the University of Manitoba.
Activities and highlights:
Student art show, "Celebrating Abilities", in the GOSA gallery on the main floor of University Centre. The art show will run all week from Monday February 4 to Friday February 8, 2013.
Student Accessibility Services, along with other University of Manitoba and Manitoba disability community organizations will have displays, games and prizes on the first floor of University Centre all day on Friday February 8. Please come by to learn more about access and disability, and sign up to volunteer with a variety of organizations.
Student Accessibility Services will have a booth set up to promote its volunteer note-taker program, where students share notes with students who cannot take their own notes. Students who volunteer to share notes for a full academic year will be eligible to have this service included on their co-curricular record.
Student Accessibility Services is inviting all academic staff (faculty, instructors) to participate in a survey to provide feedback on the unit and to gather ideas about how SAS can enhance its supports and programs.
To participate in this 10-minute survey visit http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1134883/University-of-Manitoba-Student-Accessibility-Services-Faculty-Questionnaire. Students were surveyed in December 2012 and Student Accessibility Services received valuable feedback and ideas.
Student Accessibility Services looks forward to seeing you at the events. If you would like more information about Access Awareness Day, or Student Accessibility Services, please contact the office at student_accessibility@umanitoba.ca , 204-474-6213 (phone), 204-474-9790 TTY.
Access Awareness Day is an annual event at the University of Manitoba designed to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities on the University of Manitoba campus. On this day, the Student Accessibility Services office aims to bring awareness to the U of M community of the challenges faced by people with disabilities.
Awards
Faculty/Staff Access Awards are presented each year to faculty and staff members at the University of Manitoba for outstanding service in providing accommodations for students with disabilities on campus. Faculty and Staff members were nominated by students. Award recipients were selected by Student Accessibility Services staff based on their commitment to serving students with disabilities, and to going above and beyond to ensure that accommodations were in place for those students.
2011 Access Award Recipients
Mary-Anne Kandrack (Faculty Award)
Steve Hladkyj (Faculty Award)
Christopher Fries (Faculty Award)
Marianne Ralph (Certificate of Appreciation)
Nour Rasheed (Certificate of Appreciation)
2010 Access Award Recipients
Cheryl Albas (Faculty Award)
Terri Ashcroft (Faculty Award)
Lita Fontaine (Faculty Award)
Stephen Holborn (Faculty Award)
Alexander Poruchnyk (Faculty Award)
James Xidos (Faculty Award)
Christina Stagherlin (Certificate of Appreciation)
2009 Access Award Recipients
Ms. Pat Hrabok (Faculty Award)Dr. E. Bridges (Faculty Award)
Mr. Tyler Nelson (Student Award)
Ms. Lorna Macdonald (Faculty Award)
2008 Access Award Recipients
Ms. Sara Richer (Faculty Award)
Mr. Darren Stebeleski (Faculty Award)
Ms. Genia Bozyk (Staff Award)
Dr. Ruth Cameron (Faculty Award)
Dr. Michelle Davidson (Faculty Award)
Dr. Jeff Young (Faculty Award)
Ms. Heather Nicolson (Staff Award)
Exhibitors
A big THANK YOU! to our many exhibitors for supporting Access Awareness Day at the University of Manitoba.