{"id":36307,"date":"2015-11-06T11:08:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T15:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=36307"},"modified":"2015-11-09T10:12:01","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T14:12:01","slug":"mandatory-accessibility-training-now-available-at-brock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2015\/11\/mandatory-accessibility-training-now-available-at-brock\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandatory accessibility training now available at Brock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">New training around the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and Human Rights is now available for Brock University employees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The training for the Brock community will be delivered through a<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">45-<\/span><span class=\"s1\">minute online module and is intended for everyone who works here (faculty, staff and student employees), including existing and new employees. Departments can also request training for volunteers to be delivered via an in-class session.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Supervisors are responsible to ensure that all of their employees complete this training as soon as practicable.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With the initial introduction of the Accessible Customer Services Standard in 2010, Brock began delivering an online training session on Customer Service and the AODA.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The development of the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation (IASR) in 2012 marked a second installment of requirements that includes training on the Ontario Human Rights <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Code<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> and the IASR. In order to meet this legal responsibility, Brock University has launched this new training module called AODA and Human Rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The AODA is the first legislation of its type in Canada and Ontario is leading the way in terms of accessibility and legal requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The link to the online training program can be found online at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lms.brocku.ca\/portal\/site\/AODA_and_Human_Rights\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"s3\">https:\/\/lms.brocku.ca\/portal\/site\/AODA_and_Human_Rights<\/span><\/a> or directly on Isaak, Brock University\u2019s Sakai-based learning management system website at <a href=\"https:\/\/lms.brocku.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"s3\">https:\/\/lms.brocku.ca<\/span><\/a>. Isaak\/Sakai uses the same account and password as the my.Brocku.ca portal.\u00a0 Employees are required to print the page after selecting the \u201cSubmit for Grading\u201d button following completion of\u00a0the quizzes and provide it to their supervisor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If you have any questions<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> or <\/span><span class=\"s1\">requests for<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> alternative formats and<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> in-class <\/span><span class=\"s2\">sessions <\/span><span class=\"s1\">contact Christopher Lytle, AODA Co-ordinator at 905-688-5550 x5454 or via email at <a href=\"mailto:clytle@brocku.ca\"><span class=\"s3\">clytle@brocku.ca<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New training around the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and Human Rights is now available for Brock University employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[2239,129,1087],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36307"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36307"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36358,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36307\/revisions\/36358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}