Measuring Up: The Accessible and Inclusive City
Day / Time Wednesday, June 21st / 13:30 - 15:30
Event Description
This session features Measuring Up, a guide to assist communities in assessing and advancing common elements of access and inclusion issues, such as Support Services, Access to Information, Economic Participation and Community Participation. The Measuring Up framework recommends engaging a broad cross-section of community representatives in a dialogue process to effectively establish priorities and solutions to local access and inclusion issues. Focusing on the importance of dialogue, the Measuring Up experience will be described by members of a panel representing diverse communities. Participants will engage in an interactive forum demonstrating the importance of inclusive dialogue in achieving effective results and the adaptability of the guide to diverse structural, economic, cultural and other circumstances.
Session Language
English
French
Chinese
Speakers
City of Vancouver / 2010 Legacies Now Society / VANOC
Municipalities of Vancouver, Powell River and Whistler
Venus Ilagan, Chair, Disabled Persons International; CACL; Int'l Paralymic Ctte
Host Organization
2010 Legacies Now
Host Organization
Description 2010 Legacies Now is a not-for-profit society that works in partnership with community organizations, non-government organizations (NGOs), the private sector and all levels of government to develop sustainable legacies in sport & recreation, arts, literacy, and volunteerism. 2010 Legacies Now actively assists communities discover and create unique and inclusive social and economic opportunities leading up to, during and beyond the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. For more information please visit www.2010LegaciesNow.com.
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