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The Centre for Undergraduate Research Learning at Huron values all students.
We are a program that, first and foremost, exists to serve students and foster their academic growth.<\/p>\n
We acknowledge that educational programs can reinforce the barriers faced by marginalized communities. In addition to upholding Huron\u2019s institutional commitment to meeting the standards of AODA, CURL is committed to identifying and dismantling barriers within our specific programming. We are working to build a centre that is logistically, financially, and academically accessible to disabled students and all whose access needs fall outside of “the norm.”<\/p>\n
Our core values, accessibility standards, and recommendations for creating accessible CURL projects can be found below.<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” width=”80%” max_width=”80%” module_alignment=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n We regret that due to limitations in our web builder and staffing, certain areas of our website (such as accordion menus) are not 100% WCAG 2.0 compliant. If you use screen reading technology and require a text-only copy of our web or social media content, let us know at sliska@uwo.ca<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”|600|||||||” header_2_font_size=”27px” header_3_font_size=”21px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_accordion closed_toggle_background_color=”#f9f9f9″ icon_color=”#e31838″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Accessibility, then accomodation” open=”on” icon_color=”#e31838″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Individual accommodations are a necessary part of creating an inclusive and equitable culture. However, for many students, obtaining accommodations throughout their educational careers has felt vulnerable, exhausting, and demoralizing. If we do the work to develop high standards of accessibility at the outset, we reduce the need for accommodations, and we thereby enable students to divert more of their valuable time and energy towards learning and less towards logistics and disclosure.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Accessibility should have no prerequisites” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Not all “atypical” access needs stem from a disability, and not all disabilities are diagnosed. Still, all access needs deserve to be met. By fostering a culture of inclusion and accommodation for all, we can succeed in reaching more students\u2014including those who may not identify with disability, who cannot access diagnosis, or who do not wish to be diagnosed.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Accessibility is dynamic” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n People, the barriers they face, and the language they use to describe those barriers are dynamic and shifting. We commit to updating our policies, procedures, and communications regularly, particularly with input from student advocates at Huron and the greater disability community.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Barriers, not deficits” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n By identifying and dismantling institutional barriers, we challenge the notion that non-normative access needs are personal deficits and create solutions to the inequality that renews that notion.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Diversity is a necessity” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The perspectives of and research by people with varying access needs are not only valid\u2014they are essential<\/em> to creating an inclusive and knowledgeable academic culture.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.2″ header_2_font=”|600|||||||” header_2_font_size=”27px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”off|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}” header_2_font_size__hover_enabled=”off|desktop”]<\/p>\n CURL Accessibility Guidelines<\/p>\n <\/a><\/strong>A list of ways in which we are working to make CURL programming accessible.<\/p>\n Creating Accessible Content<\/p>\n <\/a><\/strong>A guide for students and faculty looking to improve the accessibility of their talks, posters, and social media.<\/p>\n Huron\u2019s Accessibility Standards \u2013 Customer Service Policy<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Huron’s Accessibility Standards – Statement and Policy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/curl2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2019\/09\/smiling-student-sitting-on-library-chair.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”|600|||||||” header_2_font_size=”27px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n If you have any questions about accessibility at CURL, or if you would like to make accommodation requests in advance of an event or award application, please contact Sherri Liska (she\/her), CURL’s Access and Media Coordinator, at\u00a0sliska@uwo.ca<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Identifying information about students who make access inquiries will only be shared in order to meet access needs. 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Documents and Policies<\/h2>\n
Contact<\/h2>\n