Internal Call for Proposals: Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) student competition

Internal Call for Proposals:   Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) student competition

 
The Council of Ontario Universities, in partnership with the Government of Ontario, is pleased to present the fourth annual Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) student competition.

COU is seeking innovative, cost-effective and practical solutions to accessibility-related barriers in the community, and is challenging Ontario’s university undergraduate students to use their creativity, working individually or in teams with industry, government and community partners, including members of the disability community, to identify an accessibility-related issue, develop a plan to address the issue, and create an innovative and unique solution to it.

The Competition is open to all individuals who:

a) reside in Ontario; and
b) are enrolled as an undergraduate student at an Ontario University
 
All submissions are to address one of the five barriers to accessibility that have been identified in the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). These barriers are:


·         attitudinal;

·         information and communications;

·         technological;

·         organizational; and

·         architectural/structural.

 

Each institution can submit no more than four projects per category and a maximum of 10 submissions overall.  An internal committee will review submissions to determine which entries are sent to COU.  Submissions must be made no later than April 19, 2015.
 

For more information on how to submit your idea as well as competition rules and regulations, please visit the IDeA website.