Education Standard Development Committee
Recommendations to the Minister of Justice
An important part of our goal of creating an accessible Nova Scotia by 2030 is the development of accessibility standards. The accessibility standard in education is intended to prevent and remove barriers to accessing education.
The Accessibility Advisory Board established a committee of internal and external stakeholders and experts to develop recommendations for an accessibility standard in education. The Education Standard Development Committee developed recommendations in 2 phases. The committee’s work informed the recommendations that the Accessibility Advisory Board submitted to the Minister of Justice.
These recommendations are being used to prepare Nova Scotia’s accessibility standard in education.
Phase 1 recommendations for accessibility standard in education
- Recommendations to the Government of Nova Scotia on Accessibility Standards in Education: Phase 1 (PDF 287 kB)
- Recommendations to the Government of Nova Scotia on Accessibility Standards in Education: Phase 1 Summary – Plain Language (PDF 252 kB)
- Recommendations to the Government of Nova Scotia on Accessibility Standards in Education: Phase 1 Summary – American Sign Language (ASL) video
Phase 2 recommendations for accessibility standard in education
- Recommendations to the Government of Nova Scotia on an Accessibility Standard in Education: Phase 2 (PDF 793 kB)
- Recommendations to the Government of Nova Scotia on an Accessibility Standard in Education: Phase 2 Summary (PDF 137 kB)
- Recommendations to the Government of Nova Scotia on an Accessibility Standard in Education: Phase 2 Summary – Plain Language (PDF 109 kB)
- Recommendations to the Government of Nova Scotia on an Accessibility Standard in Education: Phase 2 Summary – American Sign Language (ASL) video
About the committee
The majority of committee members identify as having a disability. Committee members include:
- persons with disabilities
- representatives from organizations that provide services to persons with disabilities
- representatives from private and public early childhood, primary, secondary, and post-secondary education
- representatives from the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Department of Advanced Education and Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration
Committee members
Rosalind Penfound, Chair - Vice-President, Organizational Development, Nova Scotia Community College, Dartmouth
Cynthia Bruce, Vice-Chair - Assistant Professor, Department of Creative Arts Therapies, Concordia University, Kentville
Denise Cameron - Department Head, Learning Centre and Resource, Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education, Truro
Jacqueline Cote - Manager, Accessible Learning, Cape Breton University, Sydney Forks
Alice Evans - Executive Director, Prescott Group, Halifax
Mary Goya - Manager, Policy and Planning, Adult Education Division, Department of Labour and Advanced Education, Dartmouth
Sheila Jamieson - Classroom Teacher, Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority, Halifax
Diane Johnson-Snook - Program Co-ordinator, Achieve Program, Nova Scotia Community College, Port Hawkesbury
Alex LeBlanc – Retired Tradesman, Human Rights Advocate, Wolfville
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Chrissi Lynch – Co-ordinator, Student Services, Strait Regional Centre for Education, Queensville
Patricia Monaghan - Executive Director, Nova Scotia Early Childhood Development Intervention Services, Halifax
Adela N'Jie - Student Services Co-ordinator, Conseil scolaire acadien provincial, Dartmouth
Kevin Penny - Equipment Grants Co-ordinator, Post-Secondary Accessibility Services, Department of Labour and Advanced Education, Halifax
Ann Power - Executive Director, Student Equity and Support Services, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Halifax
Cornelia Schneider - Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University, Porters Lake
David Steele - Registrar, Dexter Institute Private Career College, Lower Sackville
Sue Taylor-Foley - Executive Director, Innovation, Programs and Services, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Chester
Matt Walsh - Accessibility Mentor and Advocate, Subway Employee, Upper Tantallon
Barbara Welsford - Assistive Technology Specialist, South Shore Regional Centre for Education, Mahone Bay
Jillian Wood - Classroom Teacher, Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education, Hastings
Contact
Phone: 902-424-8280
Toll-free (within Nova Scotia): 1-800-565-8280
TTY: 902-424-2667
TTY toll-free (within Nova Scotia): 1-877-996-9954
accessibility@novascotia.ca
Related legislation
Related information
- Access by Design 2030
- Accessibility Act review
- Accessibility Act Compliance
- Accessibility Advisory Board
- Accessibility in Nova Scotia
- Accessibility resources
- Government of Nova Scotia Accessibility Plan
- Nova Scotia Post-Secondary Accessibility Framework (PDF)
- Nova Scotia Public Libraries Joint Accessibility Framework (PDF)
- Small Business ACCESS-Ability Grant Program
- What We Heard: Accessibility in Nova Scotia