MAP team members have been busy these past few months! Read more about new partnerships, conference presentations, knowledge mobilization, grant awards and more!
Appointments
- Starting in April 2025 Krista Best will serve as the new team leader of Participation sociale ville inclusives (PSVI)! Congratulations on this exciting new role!
Partnerships
- We are excited to announce the new partnership between UBC Athletics & Recreation and the RAD project. As part of this collaboration, the second RAD Gearbox will be available at the UBC Recreation Center. The soft launch is scheduled for February 28th, aiming to enhance accessibility and participation in adaptive recreation.
Publications
- Congratulations to the SWAN team for their recent publication of the protocol paper titled The Stakeholders’ Walkability/Wheelability Audit in Neighbourhoods (SWAN): Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.
Grants
- Congratulations to the Access to Fly team who received a grant from the Craig H Nielsen foundation to support students with disabilities in the project.
Conference and Events
- On October 18th, a community forum on urban accessibility was held at the Bonsor Recreation Complex in Burnaby, BC. This event was organized by the MAP-SWAN team, Project Sidewalk, DemSCAPE, SFU Centre for Dialogue and SFU Civic Innovation Lab, in collaboration with Happy Cities.
- The RAD research team presented their findings at the ACRM Conference in October 2024 in a Spotlight Session, presented by Pegah Derakhshan, highlighting the impact of adaptive equipment on participation in outdoor recreation.
- Alfiya Battalova and Anu Pala presented at the KTDRR (Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research) 2024 annual conference!