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Accessibility

community

Construction Business

təməsew̓txʷ Centre achieves RHF Accessibility Gold

The City of New Westminster announced that təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre has achieved a RHF Accessibility Certified Gold rating.
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CondoBusiness

Anticipating the needs of aging condo communities

New updates to the OBC, which come into effect January 1, 2025, do little to address accessibility. How can existing condos prioritize inclusion when planning for renovations?
Accessibility champions feted at BOMEX 2024

Canadian Property Management

Accessibility champions feted at BOMEX 2024

The inaugural winners of the Rick Hansen Foundation’s Buildings Without Barriers Challenge joined the roster of building excellence celebrated at BOMEX 2024.
cultural hub

REMI Network

Cultural hub retrofit planned for Sudbury’s City Hall

Municipal office spaces at Greater Sudbury's City Hall will transform into the green and inclusive home of a cultural hub at Tom Davies Square.
accessibility

REMI Network

Committee flags multi-res accessibility revisions under OBC 

The Design of Public Spaces Standards Development Committee has listed recommendations to improve multi-residential buildings.
Ontario seeks input on accessibility standards

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Ontario seeks input on accessibility standards

Provincially appointed committee examines the objectives and details of guidance and requirements under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Building Code.
west end vancouver

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Resolvable barriers still impede accessibility

The building features that most commonly impede people with disabilities are not those that are the costliest or most structurally complicated to correct, new survey findings show.
accessibility

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Canada far from meeting accessibility goals

Federally-regulated organizations will need to prioritize specific actions that advance accessibility and disability inclusion by 2040.
accessibility

Construction Business

Research shows accessibility retrofit costs are low

The Rick Hansen Foundation (RHF) and HCMA, have published new research on retrofit costs to improve accessibility.
cedar

Construction Business

Major changes for B.C. Building Code 2024

Accessibility, mass timber, liveability and safety are the focus of major changes coming to the BC Building Code.
Accessibility is everybody's business

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Opinion: Accessibility is everybody’s business

Society benefits, and invariably prospers, when people everywhere can more easily share their experience, knowledge and culture and exercise their spending powers
disabilities

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Accommodating disabilities in the workplace

The accommodation process is inherently collaborative, and employers and employees need to be cooperative, share information, and work together to find potential accommodation solutions.
accessibiility

Canadian Property Management

Helping to build a barrier-free Canada

More than six million Canadians live with a disability¹. In everyday life, they may have fewer options when accessing transportation services, communicating with others, or
rick hansen

Canadian Facility Management & Design

New round of funding to improve accessibility

Qualifying recipients can receive up to $3 million to subsidize construction, renovation or retrofit projects that make way for more people with disabilities in community spaces and workplaces.
Ontario seeks input on accessibility standards

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Buildings without barriers on 2024 agenda

Organizations with real estate portfolios are encouraged to obtain RHFAC ratings for their properties and become eligible for accolades through the 2024 Buildings Without Barriers Challenge.
CRE interests attached to rebranded portfolios

Canadian Apartment Magazine

CRE concerns attached to rebranded portfolios

Housing gets top billing in a newly renamed portfolio, while accessibility issues are now aligned with the Ministry of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities.
Accessibility is everybody's business

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Funds dispersed in sync with AccessAbility Week

Nearly $71 million will be distributed through Canada’s Enabling Accessibility Fund to underwrite 903 small-scale retrofit and upgrade projects across the country.