From the Editor's Desk
Everyone at Every Age Should Be Able to Find Their Place at School
Every child is unique. Each child must learn to live with their strengths and challenges. As adults, we each have our own reality to deal with. Despite this, we should all feel comfortable and safe in our environment, have the chance to express ourselves, and feel we matter to others. Aren’t these essential before being ready to learn?
What if we created an environment that would allow everyone to be themselves? Without categorizing differences. Without always trying to meet each need individually. What if it were possible to welcome every difference and every need so that they could live together?
Whether a student or school staff identifies with sexual diversity, a learning disability, intellectual giftedness, a visible minority, a disability, several diversities at once or even no diversity at all, everyone should be able to realize their potential
in every educational environment, without barriers and discrimination. This is
the idea at the heart of inclusive education. There are many tools to achieve
this: universal pedagogical practices, the use of accessible digital resources, the reorganization of specialized services, training and professional development, etc.
With this issue, we would like to offer you some key strategies to better understand the links between accessibility, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI). Yes, we are adding the A to the usual trio! Discover practices that foster the inclusion of all diversities and reflect on small, simple actions you can take that can potentially transform the daily lives of others for the better!
A special thanks to Marc Tremblay, our Accessibility Consultant, who accompanied
the team at every step of preparing this issue. He is a teacher in digital
accessibility at the Cégep de Jonquière and editor-in-chief of aidestechnos.com. As an expert from the ADEI, his advice
was invaluable in helping us to take ownership of this important subject.
“Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance.” - Verna Myers, Vice President, Inclusion Strategy at Netflix
Martine Rioux, Managing Editor
@riomarti
Audrey Miller, Editor-in-Chief
@millaudrey
April 2023 – Volume 2, issue 3
Writers
Geneviève Audet, Marilyn Baillargeon, Carolyn Buteau, Marie-Soleil Carroll, Chris Colley, Alexandra Coutlée, Laurie Couture, EMSB Communication, Justine Gosselin-Gagné, Mélissa Joseph, Andre Kapitan, Tracey-Lee Batsford, Mario Richard, Martine Rioux, Josée Tardif, Marc Tremblay
Editor-in-Chief
Audrey Miller
Managing Editor
Martine Rioux
Editorial Assistant
Karla Mora
Development Director
Stéphanie Dionne
Linguistic Revision
Nicole Arsenault, Tracey-Lee Batsford, Alexandra Coutlée
Translation
Tracey-Lee Batsford, Alexandra Coutlée, Martine Rioux
Additional Proofreading
Nicole Arsenault-Bernard, Alexandra Coutlée, Audrey Miller, Karla Mora
Graphic Design
Marie-Michèle Bouchard-Roussin
Kate-Lyn Lapointe
(EMBLÈME Communication)
Printing
Numerix
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Legal Deposit 2nd trimester 2023
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
Library and Archives Canada
ISSN 2564-2510 (Print)
ISSN 2564-2529 (Online)
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