AccessAbility Week

TRU’s Accessibility Committee is hosting an event for AccessAbility Week on June 3, 2026 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. online (TEAMS).

Navi Dhanota ( she/ they) has drawn on her lived experience as a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of colour) person in post-secondary education to shape their research, policy, and consultation work on issues of access and disablement. They hold a PhD in Critical Disability Studies from York University. Their doctoral research centered BIPOC students and BIPOC Accessibility Advisors, identifying best practices for delivering accommodations through a disability justice lens. This work has culminated in the BIPOC Student Guide to Accommodations—designed to foster community and dialogue in the accommodation process. BIPOC student guide

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Online: TEAMS

Date: June 3, 2026

Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

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Abstract

In 2016, Navi collaborated with the Ontario Human Rights Commission to develop new guidelines for post-secondary students registering for accessibility services. Removing the requirements to disclose a diagnosis during registration was a piece of Navi's larger project to create better access for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of colour) students and students experiencing intersectional and systemic marginalization. The initiative for this project was born from an essay requirement in Navi's MA program, where she wanted to experiment with system change at the institutional level. In this presentation, Navi will review how this small level change experiment culminated in an intervention by the Ontario Human Rights Commission and change for all post-secondary students in Ontario.

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