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From: Karlen Communications
Date: Nov 1, 2018 7:40AM

Here in Ontario Canada, we have an Accessible Media Production Certificate
Program at Mohawk College in Hamilton Ontario. I'm in the process of sending
out information on it and have included information on it in this post as
something to look for in the future as we graduate more students with these
skills. January will be our second cohort.

I know that Telus, a Canadian cell/ISP provider now requires web developers
to demonstrate their skill in accessible web design and you might find
something on their website. They did a presentation on this at the
University of Guelph Accessibility Conference two years ago.
https://www.telus.com/en/ and
https://opened.uoguelph.ca/student-resources/Accessibility-Conference which
is the page for this year's conference (in case anyone wants to bookmark it
for next year). I'm not sure if past presentations are available, but you
might be able to contact either Telus or the conference organizers for the
Tellus presentation.

Accessible Media Production Certificate Mohawk College Hamilton Ontario

If you live in the Hamilton Ontario Canada area and want to earn a
certificate in accessible media production, the new cohort begins in
January! You'll learn about the Accessibility for Ontarians with
Disabilities Act, Types of disability, types of adaptive technology, how to
create captioned video, accessible Word, PowerPoint and PDF documents/PDF
forms and participate in a Capstone project bringing all your knowledge
together.

This is a great professional development opportunity or a great starting
point for creating your own business in the field of accessible digital
content.

Courses are taught by leaders in the field of accessible digital content
including Rob Harvie (Captioned Video), Karen McCall (Accessible Word,
PowerPoint and PDF), Web Accessibility (Sandi Gauder), Adam Spencer
(Entrepreneurship), Mary Neilans (Inclusive Writing), Jennifer Curry Jahnke
(Accessibility Legislation) and Lianne Fisher (Diversity Perspectives).

Learn more at
https://www.mohawkcollege.ca/programs/graduate-studies/accessible-media-prod
uction-390

Cheers, Karen

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Jonathan Avila
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] How to hire for web accessibility specialist

The IAAP Web Accessiblity Specialist credential may be useful - but there
are many who have not yet taken the exam or some that may not have even
heard of it. The exam has a body of
knowledge<https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/wascertification> they
have determined to be relevant that may be of interest.



Jonathan



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I am looking for a method to help screen candidates. Is there any good
resources on the web that i can use to test individuals for web
accessibility skill sets? I am getting a lot of people applying, but i am
unsure if these individuals truly know web accessibility

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