Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act

In compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, Humber College continues to promote a barrier-free learning, living and working environment. Under the AODA, Humber College is required to provide individualized workplace emergency response information to employees who have a disability.

How to Develop Individual Workplace Emergency Response Information

Managers should consult with employees who have disabilities, so that the individualized workplace emergency response information meets the employees’ needs. This is because the AODA requires Humber to be prepared for the specific needs that employees with disabilities may have in emergency situations, such as: fire; power outages; severe weather; natural disasters; security incidents and any other circumstance in which an employee may require assistance when evacuating the workplace in emergencies.

Humber is also required to review the individualized workplace emergency response information to make sure it remains effective and up-to-date.

How might Humber be made aware of the need to provide individualized workplace emergency response information?

1. A new employee may have requested accommodations during the recruitment process.
2. An existing employee tells their manager that they have a disability.
3. An existing employee develops a temporary disability such as a broken leg.

Documenting Individualized Workplace Emergency Response Information

If an employee has an individual accommodation plan, then the individualized workplace emergency response information provided to the employee should be included in the plan.

Thank you for ensuring Humber’s compliance with the AODA

For more information about the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act contact or the Workplace Emergency Response Information template, please contact Michael Thompson, Equity Generalist, Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Diversity at michaelchris.thompson@humber.ca or 416.675.6622 x5220.

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Increasing Accessibility at Humber: Customer Service Standard Requirement for the Availability of Information in Alternate Formats

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005)
Humber College continues to promote a barrier-free learning, living and working environment. Humber is required to comply with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). Under the AODA Customer Service Standard, Humber College is required to notify the public about the availability of information in alternate formats. This means that Humber must inform the public that, upon request, the information it creates, sends, receives, and distributes will be provided in alternate formats.

How can your school or department inform the public that the information you distribute will be provided in alternate formats upon request? You can do one, or all, of the following:

1. Include an accessibility footer on the information that your school or department creates and distributes. For example, the footer can state the following: 

This document is available in an alternate format upon request

2. A message can be posted on your school or department’s website. Please see below for an example of a website message:

If you require any information on our website or any of the information that our school/department distributes in an alternate format, please contact: (include the name and contact information of a designated contact person)

3. A poster can be created indicating that alternate formats will be provided upon request and display the information in visible areas throughout your school or department.

What types of alternate formats might a person with a disability request?

Common alternate formats include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Electronic text, such as Word documents or PDF’s
• Large Print in 16-20 point font or larger;
• Verbal explanation of a written document;
• Video Captioning, transcripts;
• Sign language interpretation.

Thank you for your continued support in ensuring Humber’s compliance with the AODA (2005)

For more information about the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005), please contact Michael Thompson, Equity Generalist, Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Diversity by email at michaelchris.thompson@humber.ca or by phone 416.675.6622 x5220.

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