Advancing Race and Disability in Academia Project
The Advancing Race & Disability in Academia (ARDA) project, is a policy-focused initiative addressing systemic gaps in post-secondary accommodation and accessibility policies affecting Indigenous, Black, and racialized people with disabilities (IBRpD) within Canadian post-secondary institutions . The ARDA project will be led by Race & Disability Canada (RDC) and funded by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF).
Partner Institutions
Our Advisory committee includes representatives from the following 6 educational institutions :
OCAD University
University of Toronto
Toronto Metropolitan University
York University
McMaster University
University of Calgary
Drawing on our Advisory committee's institutional, academic, accessibility, and subject-matter expertise, the ARDA project aims to examine racist ableism within institutional policy frameworks and accommodation processes, and strengthen institutional capacity to identify and respond. Key outputs of this project will include:
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Environmental Scan
Community of Practice (COP) Sessions
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Policy and Practice Toolkit
A comprehensive scan of existing institutional accommodation and accessibility policies through a critical race and disability lens to identify gaps.
A central component of the project , which serve as the project’s targeted virtual policy dialogue sessions. The CoPs will bring together accessibility offices, academic leaders, and other post-secondary decision-makers to validate and build on emerging findings, examine gaps between policy intent and lived experience, and engage in shared learning and collaborative dialogue about institutional policy and practice.
To support post-secondary institutions in integrating intersectional anti-racist and anti-ableist approaches into policy and practice.