For any Festival Goers
"I am sending this email so you can please share it amongst your networks. we are looking for people with disabilities or support people who have disabilities to sign up to attend a focus group around event and festival accessibility. Link is in bold half way down this email to sign up,
Hello,
We are bringing together people with disabilities, and those who support us, to talk about barriers in Canadian outdoor, indoor, and online festivals and events. Share your experiences in a 90 minute focus group in June - Aug, and we will give you a $50 gift card. We have limited spaces, so sign up early!
The focus groups are part of Independent Living Canada’s Festival and Event Accessibility Research Project. Your input in a focus group will help make accessibility recommendations for Canadian festivals and events. They will also help inform future standards for Accessibility Standards Canada.
To sign up, go to our focus group form at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SignUpFestivalAccessFocusGroup. Other formats are located can be found here, https://www.ilc-vac.ca/festival-event-accessibility-focus-groups . We look forward to hearing about your experiences at Canadian festivals and events!
If you have any questions, or you need other access options, please contact Lisa, the Festival Accessibility Research Project Coordinator by email festivals@ilc-vac.ca, or call toll-free at (888) 660-4755.
Accessibility Standards Canada, and the Government of Canada have funded this project. Independent Living Canada is a national non-profit association of community-based Independent Living Centres. They are run by, and for, people with disabilities. "
Website: https://www.ilc-vac.ca/
Hello,
My name is Lisa, and I am the Research Coordinator for the Independent Living Canada Festival and Event Accessibility Project. Our Site Coordinator was in contact with you earlier in the year. Thank you for helping us with our January survey, and June focus groups, we really appreciated it!
Our new Festival and Event Accessibility Quick Survey was created to gather final input from Canadians with disabilities, and those who support us. We need your help with the final round of information gathering!
Please distribute our Quick Survey on your social media feeds, lists and listservs, in your office to volunteers, employees, members, and committees, and at any events and festivals you create or attend. We need all input no later than January 31, 2025 (Extended!).
The Quick Survey takes two to three minutes to fill out, and is anonymous. It is online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FestivalEventAccessibilityQuickSurvey . More information on the other options, such as Word, ASL, LSQ, and voice, are on the website, https://www.ilc-vac.ca/festivalaccess-quicksurvey .
To remind you, our project focuses on the accessibility of Canadian outdoor, indoor, and virtual festivals and events. The input we get will create Canadian festival and event accessibility recommendations. Canadian festivals and events will use these, and they will inform future standards for Accessibility Standards Canada.
Please let me know if you have any questions. I really appreciate any help you can provide.
Cheers
Lisa
This project is funded by Accessibility Standards Canada, and the Government of Canada.