National AccessAbility Week 2025 – Recognizing McMaster’s Progress Towards Disability Inclusion and Accessibility!
From May 25 to May 31, 2025, McMaster University is proud to join communities across Canada in recognizing National AccessAbility Week, a time to celebrate the contributions and leadership of people with disabilities, and to reflect on the work being done to create a more accessible and inclusive society.
Below is a list of events that the McMaster community will be hosting during May and National AccessAbility Week 2025:
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Date: Display is open from May 22 to May 31, 2025
Hosted by: McMaster Libraries & the Equity and Inclusion Office
Location: Mills and Thode Library
In recognition of National AccessAbility Week 2025, the Equity and Inclusion Office as well the McMaster Libraries invite the McMaster community to explore our book showcase and display. This book display features a curated collection of works by Canadian authors with disabilities whose writing explores themes of accessibility, intersectionality, identity and justice.
The spotlight is available both in in person and online throughout the book display dates.
As part of this initiative, members of the McMaster community are invited to enter a raffle for a chance to win a featured book from our curated list!
You can register for the raffle here:
Accessibility Note: If you require accommodations, please contact us at access@mcmaster.ca
Date: May 27, 2025
Time: 11:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Zoom (Virtual)
Hosted by: The Equity and Inclusion Office
Join us for a session exploring how race and disability intersect to impact access and inclusion in both academic and workplace environments. Grounded in human rights and accessibility frameworks (OHRC and AODA), this workshop will examine systemic barriers that affect racialized people with disabilities, particularly in education and employment. This session will allow participants to identify how perceptions and bias contribute to inequity and learn with concrete strategies for fostering inclusive spaces, and integrates a lens on sexual violence prevention, examining how overlapping identities impact vulnerability, and inclusion within policies and practices.
Date: May 28, 2025
Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Grads are Rad (Resources, Accessibility, Disability) is an ongoing series of events and specialized resources supporting disability and neurodiverse-identifying graduate students during graduate school. This month’s topic: The Writing Process and Resources for Graduate Students. Guest speaker: Ben Taylor (SSC).
About the project: https://gs.mcmaster.ca/current-students/resources/grads-are-rad/
Questions: radgrads@mcmaster.ca
Date: May 1, 2025 to May 29, 2025
Location: Zoom (Virtual)
Hosted by: Paul R. MacPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Excellence in Teaching
Join us again this year for Teaching and Learning Month at McMaster!
Educators, faculty members, instructors, staff and students from across campus will have the opportunity to participate in professional development and celebrating teaching and learning as a professional practice.
As winter term comes to an end in April, many campus units, including the MacPherson Institute, offer an array of training opportunities related to teaching and learning. The MacPherson Institute and many campus partners coordinate efforts to provide and share a comprehensive schedule of these opportunities in the month of May.
We encourage you to visit the sessions tab for more information on this year’s events, as well as the partners tab to learn more about the campus partners participating this year.
Join us to celebrate National AccessAbility Week. Employee Accessibility Network members are invited to join a lunch time social event either in person or online.
Date: Wednesday, May 28th
Time: 12:00 to 1:30 PM
Location: The Office of Community Engagement, 8 Mayfair Crescent
Please indicate in your registration form if you prefer to join virtually.
Register for the event by completing the form below!
Please note this event is only for Employee Accessibility Network members.