Meeting Ontario’s AODA requirements: Accessible conferences and events checklist – Corporate Meetings Network.
When your condo or office tower is modernizing elevators this is the perfect and lower cost time to ensure accessible design is part of this. Some of the design features to consider as both beset practice in design as well as to ensure compliance with the new Ontario Building Code include: -mirrors in the back […]
1. OPC Inc conducted a QUALITATIVE ERGONOMIC CLIENT Study following our Client’s move to their new building located in Toronto ON. For the purposes of this qualitative study we reviewed the First Floor & Sub Floor where there were a total of 29 workstations sold to and installed by a well known “ergonomic” firm who […]
Source: www.corporatemeetingsnetwork.ca Ever wonder how to get more people to attend your events or conferences? Consider the fact that most event planners and conference organizers do not give much though to ensuring venues are accessible, that marketing materials can be read by people who have low vision or blindness. Flip that around & you can […]
Great to see more restaurants and bars being reviewed based on their accessibility levels and even universal design elements. These are few and far between – the OBC will only raise the bar slightly higher. OPC Inc.
OPC Inc. conducts on-going Qualitative Research about Open Office Design’s costly losses As part of OPC Inc’s ongoing qualitative research regarding office design, we undertook this past week, interviews with 3 employees who work in 3 very different types of companies, all of which have moved to an open office design in the last 2 […]
Minimal exercise can counteract sedentary lifestyle | Toronto Star. I went to U of T with Dr Dina Brooks. She was one smart cookie then in this area of expertise and clearly remains so today. Have a read all you sedentary employees ….read this in standing before you head out for your walk would be […]
65% of employers in Ontario as of this week are NOT compliant with the basic Customer Service Standards of the AODA. Does this send a very strong message to PwD that 65% of employers and/or businesses do not care about hiring or keeping disabled employees or care about their disabled and aging clients/customers? That is […]
Source: blog.firstreference.com 65% of companies in Ontario are NOT compliant with the basic CSS Phase 1 of the AODA Act. This means PwD + aging populations in Canada cannot access the workplace fully, cannot access retail and restaurants or vacation spots in which to spend their money. The marketplace worldwide for PwD is the same […]
Remember when education gurus experimented with open classrooms? I was one of thousands of products of that not so brilliant, failed experiment. Cognitive experts and brain imaging studies clearly show the human brain functions optimally when there is quiet, uninterrupted space available to employees….and students. We get it at Optimal Performance and are not naïve […]
Organizations are finding ways employees can escape to work, rather than from work. Their initiatives aim to connect wellbeing to the built environment. Source: www.reminetwork.com Great article which outlines how much ergonomics and human factors design is very much part of Wellbeing in the workplace which Steelcase espouses. The best was to summarize the article […]
Good morning Manager We reviewed the ergonomic report generated by OPC when you first mentioned EE’s self reported increase in symptoms despite the fact the evidence indicates this will place her arms/shoulders into neutral postures and eliminate static loads at these joints. These recommendations in both ergonomic and physiotherapeutic terms (I am both an Ergonomist and Physiotherapist) means this […]
Classic Displays: Increase Accessibility with Accessible Seating via Classic Displays: Increase Accessibility with Accessible Seating. As part of the new IASR under the AODA for Ontario Public Spaces must also include accessible design. Have a look at these benches and let us know what makes these benches more accessible for aging and disabled users. OPC […]
Samsung released an advertisement this weekend for a new service intended to help people with hearing disabilities. In the ad, a person with a hearing disability encounters only people who know sig… Source: globalaccessibilitynews.com The Disabled Marketplace is the size of the Chinese economy worldwide. Samsung, Microsoft, Apple all GET this and target this market. […]
