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Symposium and workshop on the evolution of technical aids for persons who are blind or partially sighted in Canada is underway, today March 3, at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University.  The symposium emphasizes both the brilliant inventors and makers of technology and also focus on the users of these technologies, showcasing how people and technology move forward together in design, development, education and accessibility.

The program is . For updates follow #envisiontech.

Beth Robertson (PhD History, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´) is leading the research and design of the virtual exhibit Envisioning Technologies for ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´’s Disabilities Research Group. The exhibit opens in the spring of 2016.  For a preview, go to the   And read the to the preview exhibit by History Chair, Dominique Marshal, a member of the Disabilities Research Group.

As she explains, “This project started when ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University Biomedical Engineering Professor  wanted to provoke his students’ imagination by restoring the wealth of forgotten inventions. He began developing an idea for a series of virtual exhibitions on history, technology and disability, and assembled what would become ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University’s Disabilities Research Group. This group joins a growing number of interdisciplinary initiatives at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University, including a new minor in . The first exhibit we created was . The second is Envisioning Technologies, now under the direction of professor of social work, , with research and design by historian .”