AODA

UTFA Executive Member Appointed to Post-Secondary Standards Development Committee for the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)

February 23, 2018

UTFA is proud to note that J. Roy Gillis, the Chair of its Equity Committee, has been appointed as one of the members representing the University of Toronto to the Post-Secondary Standards Development Committee for the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).

Under the AODA, the Committee is charged with developing “recommendations for a proposed accessibility standard to address barriers in publicly funded post-secondary education provided by colleges and universities.”

“To develop this standard, members of the committee are required to: