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A community-based system for sharing Recreational Assistive Devices (RAD) | Aims to determine the needs, interests and challenges involved in a recreational assistive device loan program. | People with disabilities need to be able to participate easily in social/societal activities of their choosing. | View | ||
A mobile application for teaching people how to fit and use walking aids properly(ICanWALK©) | A mobile application for teaching people how to fit and use walking aids properly, “Improving Canadians’ Walking Aid Skills, Learning, and Knowledge” (ICanWALK©). This project Aims to assess the influence of the ICanWALK© app on increasing knowledge and confidence of walking aids fitting and skills walking aids users. | People with disabilities need to be able to move around the built and natural environment easily. | View | ||
Access to community services for people with disabilities or loss of autonomy (PWD) since the COVID-19 pandemic: a research-action study | Exploring how non-profit organizations and municipalities adapted service delivery and programming for people with disabilities during the COVID-10 pandemic. | People with disabilities need to be able to participate easily in social/societal activities of their choosing. | View | need2 | |
Access to Fly: Development of user-based recommendations to support air travel for people with SCI | Understanding people with SCI’s experience on the airplane in order to develop training recommendation guidelines for airline companies with the goal of improving travel experiences. | People with disabilities need to be able to easily access transportation and transportation networks | View | need1 | |
Accessibility Advisory Committees/Disability Advocacy on a Local Level | This project will focus on identifying best practices, assessing the capacity building needs, and evaluating the collaboration between the cities and the advisory committees. | View | need2 | ||
Accessibility of the Built Environment for People with Disabilities: Best Practices and Knowledge Mobilization Challenges in a Municipal Organization | This project aims to support Quebec City in implementing the universal accessibility measures provided in the legislation. | View | need3 | ||
Active Transportation Policy Analysis | This project analyzes existing public transportation policies across municipalities in British Columbia, in Canada and Illinois in US. | View | need1 | ||
Active Transportation Policy Analysis | This project analyzes existing public transportation policies across municipalities in British Columbia, in Canada and Illinois in US. | View | need1 | ||
AXS-Heritage: For a harmonious conciliation between our heritage buildings and inclusive accessibility | This project aims to provide recommendations for developing inclusive accessibility standards in heritage buildings and heritage sites. | View | |||
Discrepancy Awareness Training to Change Attitudes Toward Disability | This project will focus on increasing the awareness of subconscious reactions and implicit attitudes toward disability. | People with disabilities need to be able to participate easily in social/societal activities of their choosing. | View | need1 need2 need3 | |
Engineering Solutions for Outdoor Accessibility | This project will review best practices and evaluate the tools for improving the accessibility of the streetscapes. | View | need3 | ||
Identification of facilitators and barriers to the use of adapted public transport by eligible persons accompanied by a child aged 5 or under | This project aims to explore the perceptions of eligible persons for adapted public transport with a child aged 5 or under, focusing on the obstacles and facilitators in using adapted transport. | People with disabilities need to be able to easily access transportation and transportation networks | View | need1 | |
Improving Wayfinding Skills Among People with Disabilities | This project aims to explore user experiences using wheeled mobility devices to navigate novel environments and different wayfinding strategies found to be effective among people with disabilities. | View | need3 | ||
Inclusive Airports: Toward inclusive accessibility in Canadian airports | This project aims to provide evidence-based recommendations on norms of accessibility in international airports. | View | need1 | ||
Intersectional Sensitivity Training for Service Providers | This project will develop training for service providers to address biases around intersectional categories (e.g., race and disability, disability and gender, disability and sexual orientation). | View | |||
iPASS-âge. Incendies : Prévention, Accessibilité et Sécurité pour les personneS âgées | This project aims to co-create three preventative tools to reduce the risk of fire deaths in private seniors’ residences and long-term care homes. | People with disabilities need to be able to move around the built and natural environment easily. | View | need3 | |
Sidewalk Infrastructure Project | MAP is partnering with City of Burnaby to explore the process for identifying and prioritizing pedestrian infrastructure accessibility improvements. | People with disabilities need to be able to move around the built and natural environment easily. | View | need3 | |
Social Network Analysis | The purpose of the study is to conduct an analysis of interactions and relationships between all MAP team members, researchers (12) and partners, who are considered a network as a whole. | View | |||
Stakeholder’s Walkability/Wheelability Audit in Neighbourhoods (SWAN) Tool Development for People with Sensory and Cognitive Disabilities | The Stakeholders Walkability / Wheelability Audit in Neighbourhoods (SWAN) tool is a neighbourhood-built environment audit tool which facilitates participant-led evaluations of selected street segments which influence mobility: https://inclusivemap.ca/swan-project/ | People with disabilities need to be able to move around the built and natural environment easily. | View | ||
Training and Familiarization with the Use of Public Transport (SAMI) | This project will explore perceptions and experiences of public transport use by people with disabilities and reduced mobility before and after a training/familiarization with the use of public transport. | View | |||
Understanding the Experiences of People with Disabilities Utilizing Taxi and Rideshare Services | This project aims to better understand the lived experiences of PWD who regularly use taxis and other rideshare services. | People with disabilities need to be able to easily access transportation and transportation networks | View | need1 need2 need3 | |
Website Accessibility for People with Traumatic Brain Injury | This project assesses the accessibility of the online resources of associations delivering services to people with traumatic brain injury. | View | |||
Wheeled Device and Adaptive Cycle Users’ Mobility Experiences with Cycling Infrastructure | This project explores the transportation experiences of cyclists or wheeled mobility device users in cycle lanes. | View | need3 |
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