The Accessibility Advisory Board established a committee of members with expertise in information and communication to develop recommendations for an accessibility standard in information and communication. This includes making sure persons with disabilities can receive, understand and share the information they need.
About the committee
The majority of committee members identify as having a disability. Committee members include:
- persons with disabilities
- representatives from organizations that represent persons with disabilities
- representatives from sectors impacted by the standard such as communications professions, interpretation professions and public and private sectors
- representatives from the Department of Cyber Security and Digital Solutions, Executive Council Office
Committee members
- Jeff Overmars, Chair - Communications Advisor, Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, Co-Chair, Nova Scotia Disability Employee Network, Dartmouth
- Linda Campbell, Vice Chair - Professor and senior research fellow, Department of Environmental Science, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax
- Ashar S Ahmed - Cyber Security and Software Advisor, Halifax
- Natasha Benincasa - Northern Region Respite Services, New Glasgow
- Shelley Berry - Manager, Advocacy Atlantic Canada, CNIB, Halifax
- Catherine Buckie - Plain language consultant, Dartmouth
- Ashley Campbell - President of Maritime Association of Professional Sign Language Interpreters and Manager of Interpreting Services, Saint Mary's University, Halifax
- Debbie Cavers - Inclusion Nova Scotia, Member of the Board of Directors, Westville
- Adam Fine - Director of Experiential Graphic Design, Fathom Studio, Dartmouth
- Brian Foran - Deaf Community Advocate, Halifax
- John Kenney - Director, Web and Content, Department of Cyber Security and Digital Solutions, Halifax
- Caroline Kovesi - Accessible digital communications specialist, Halifax
- Allan Lawlor - Director, Web and Content, Department of Cyber Security and Digital Solutions, Halifax
- Judy Lewis - Paralegal, Ambassador for Halifax Chamber of Commerce, Patient Family Advisor for Mental Health and Addictions, Nova Scotia Health, Halifax
- Heather McCallum - Clerk/Treasurer, Village of Chester, Lunenburg
- Etta Moffatt - Design Consultant, Halifax
- Christine Muise - Braille Transcriber/Tactile Illustrator, Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority, Halifax
- Michael Noonan - Communications Director and Lead for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility, Executive Council Office, Halifax
- Zoh Qureshi - Deaf Accessibility Advocate, Halifax
- John Smith - Chair Annapolis County Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) Committee, Bridgetown
- Emily Towns - Creative Developer, Forward Creative, Hubbards
- Barbara Welsford - Assistive Technology and UDL Specialist, South Shore Regional Centre for Education, Mahone Bay
- Michelle Zou - Educational Audiologist, Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority, Halifax