{"id":8842,"date":"2025-03-13T11:11:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/?page_id=8842"},"modified":"2025-09-08T14:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:56:10","slug":"peac-instructors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/peac\/peac-instructors\/","title":{"rendered":"PEAC Instructors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        PEAC Instructors\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"meet-our-peac-instructors\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet Our PEAC Instructors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"accessibility-professionals-in-action\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessibility Professionals in Action<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>PEAC instructors are experienced accessibility professionals dedicated to empowering learners with the knowledge and tools needed to integrate accessibility into their work. With diverse backgrounds in accessibility consulting, policy development, inclusive design, and workplace accommodations, they bring real-world expertise to every course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Passionate about fostering inclusive environments, our instructors provide practical insights, industry best practices, and actionable strategies to help participants apply accessibility principles effectively. Whether guiding individuals, teams, or organizations, PEAC instructors are committed to making accessibility a fundamental part of professional practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on each profile below to read more about each instructor and what they bring to the PEAC program!<\/p>\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\" 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pt-8 pb-2 mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg cu-figure--round\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/JL-Headshot-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>\n                        <\/figure>\n    \n    <header class=\"px-6 first:mt-6\">\n        <h2 class=\"text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                            Jenna\n                Lambert\n                    <\/h2>\n    <\/header>\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n        <ul class=\"space-y-2 text-sm text-cu-black-700 @sm:md:text-base\">\n                            <li class=\"text-base @sm:md:text-lg italic\">\n                    PEAC 100 Instructor\n                <\/li>\n                                                    <li>\n                    \n                                    <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto md:pt-5\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/people\/jenna-lambert\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n            View Profile\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                for\n                Jenna Lambert\n            <\/span>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/footer>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 text-center group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n            <figure class=\"px-6 pt-8 pb-2 mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg cu-figure--round\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/Justyna.jpg\" alt=\"Justyna\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>\n                        <\/figure>\n    \n    <header class=\"px-6 first:mt-6\">\n        <h2 class=\"text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                            Justyna \n                Szluinska\n                    <\/h2>\n    <\/header>\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n        <ul class=\"space-y-2 text-sm text-cu-black-700 @sm:md:text-base\">\n                            <li class=\"text-base @sm:md:text-lg italic\">\n                    PEAC 600 Instructor\n                <\/li>\n                                                    <li>\n                    \n                                    <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto md:pt-5\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/people\/justyna-szluinska\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n            View Profile\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                for\n                Justyna Szluinska\n            <\/span>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/footer>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 text-center group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n            <figure class=\"px-6 pt-8 pb-2 mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg cu-figure--round\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/Kristen-Habermehl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>\n                        <\/figure>\n    \n    <header class=\"px-6 first:mt-6\">\n        <h2 class=\"text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                            Kristen\n                Habermehl\n                    <\/h2>\n    <\/header>\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n        <ul class=\"space-y-2 text-sm text-cu-black-700 @sm:md:text-base\">\n                            <li class=\"text-base @sm:md:text-lg italic\">\n                    PEAC 800 Instructor\n                <\/li>\n                                                    <li>\n                    \n                                    <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto md:pt-5\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/people\/kristen-habermehl\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n            View Profile\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                for\n                Kristen Habermehl\n            <\/span>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/footer>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 text-center group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] 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                     <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto md:pt-5\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/people\/mandi-crespo\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n            View Profile\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                for\n                Mandi Crespo\n            <\/span>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/footer>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 text-center group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n            <figure class=\"px-6 pt-8 pb-2 mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg cu-figure--round\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/ML-Headshot-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>\n                        <\/figure>\n    \n    <header class=\"px-6 first:mt-6\">\n        <h2 class=\"text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                            Melissa\n                Luhtanen\n                    <\/h2>\n    <\/header>\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n        <ul class=\"space-y-2 text-sm text-cu-black-700 @sm:md:text-base\">\n                            <li class=\"text-base @sm:md:text-lg italic\">\n                    PEAC 200 Instructor\n                <\/li>\n                                                    <li>\n                    \n                                    <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto md:pt-5\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/people\/melissa-luhtanen\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n            View Profile\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">\n    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