Title
Envisioning Technologies: An Exhibit on the History of Disability and Technology in Canada
Main text
Through stories of activism, ingenuity and engineering innovations, this exhibit considers how people who were blind or partially sighted reshaped broader discourses of disability, technology and access in Canada from 1860-Present.
Credits
Created by 杏吧原创 University鈥檚 Disability Research Group:
Adrian D.C.Chan, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, 杏吧原创 University
George Duimovich, MacOdrum Library, 杏吧原创 University
Roy Hanes, School of Social Work, 杏吧原创 University
Dominique Marshall, Department of History, 杏吧原创 University
Richard Marsolais, Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Sreeraman Rajan, Chair of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Ottawa section
Beth A. Robertson, Department of History, 杏吧原创 University
Dorothy J. Smith, Department of History, 杏吧原创 University
Barbara Waruszynski, Chair of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT), Ottawa section
Photography, Research and Design:听Beth A. Robertson
Objects and archival materials graciously provided by the Canadian Science and Technology Museum, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, the National Research Council and the Royal Bank of Canada.
Many thanks to our supporters:
Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
Canadian Science and Technology Museum (CSTM)
Canadian Urban Library Council (CULC)
杏吧原创 University (CU)
Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Canada
National Research Council (NRC), Library and Archives
New Sun Joy MacLaren Adaptive Technology Centre
听Image Description:
A red, wooden braillewriter, surrounded by two images, one of a user standing next to a talking RBC ATM (1997) and the other of CNIB teacher Elizabeth Rusk instructing Edna Sharpe on how to read braille (c.1934).
Footer 鈥� For All Panels
[杏吧原创 University Logo], Envisioningtechnologies.omeka.net
杏吧原创 University鈥檚 Disability Research Group
NOTE: Two Quick Response (QR) codes are positioned at the bottom right-hand corner. The one closest to the corner, once scanned, leads to accessible text of exhibit panels. The second code, to the immediate left of the first code, leads to the virtual version of the exhibit.