{"id":155,"date":"2025-06-26T08:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/?page_id=155"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:20:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T18:20:28","slug":"dunton-tower","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/buildings\/dunton-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunton Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The 22-storey tower houses various schools, institutes, departments, and research centres. The Dunton Tower honours the memory of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´\u2019s longest serving president A. Davidson Dunton, who led the university from 1958 to 1972. During his long and distinguished career chaired the CBC and co-chaired the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Accessibility Guide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Parking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

4 accessible visitor parking spaces on Library Road between Dunton Tower and Azrieli Pavilion. 4 accessible visitor parking spaces in small lot near Dunton Tower and tunnel entry. For information on accessible permit parking, visit Parking Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Exterior Entrances<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Three accessible exterior entrances: via ramp from quad onto second level; tunnel entrance via bus terminal off Library Road; and ground level from west side of Tower, near tunnel entrance to MacOdrum Library.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Interior Entrance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tunnel entrance fully accessible with newly installed automatic doors and gradual ramp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washrooms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Accessible all-gender washrooms on levels 5 (door openers) and 6 (open entry). Accessible stall in multi-stall female washroom on level 8 (door opener). Numerous accessible washroom options in nearby MacOdrum Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Telephones<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pay phones on level 1 are accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Study Areas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Food\/Beverages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Vending machines on ground level and at tunnel junction. Nearest cafeteria\/lounge facilities can be found in Nideyin\u00e0n<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Elevators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

4 accessible elevators serve all 22 levels. All elevators feature 2 panels with tactile and braille buttons, an audible announcement system (voice and beeps), and mirrors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classrooms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Explore accessibility features of campus learning spaces by building<\/a> or accessibility feature<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dining Services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Please visit the Dining Services website<\/a> to view all campus dining locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Printing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For the nearest public printing location, visit CU on the Go<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Existing Obstacles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Inaccessible washrooms on most levels; better lit stairwells; better indoor and outdoor signage; need alternate emergency warning system for persons who are hearing impaired.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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The 22-storey tower houses various schools, institutes, departments, and research centres. The Dunton Tower honours the memory of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´\u2019s longest serving president A. Davidson Dunton, who led the university from 1958 to 1972. During his long and distinguished career chaired the CBC and co-chaired the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism. Accessibility Guide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":133,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[14,15,13],"class_list":["post-155","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_page_type-academic","cu_page_type-admin-services","cu_page_type-buildings"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions\/336"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}