During this virtual online session, ABE Factors Inc., will be updating attendees on the accessibility industry as it relates to technical Codes, Standards and Legislation. Topics to be highlighted include the Accessible Canada Act, the National Building Code – 2019 Alberta Edition, listing some of Alberta's accessibility resources that are available to the public, universal design principles and what to expect moving forward.
Samantha Ryan (Proulx), C.E.T., RHFAC, is a leading Canadian Accessibility Specialist with over a decade’s worth of experience in educating and working alongside design industry professionals and property management companies alike on how to create and maintain built environments that can be entered, experienced, and exited safely by everyone. Public, private, small or complex, building or product, she helps connect the dots between technical compliance and people-oriented design so that everyone can feel included, anywhere.