Under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, the Minister of Community and Social Services is required to establish an accessibility standards advisory council.
The council is an advisory agency. Its mandate is to advise the minister on the development of accessibility standards and on sector-specific and general public education programs to support the effective implementation of the AODA.
The council will play a key role in helping to guide Ontario as it moves towards achieving the government’s vision of an accessible society over the next 20 years.
On December 13, 2005 , the Minister of Community and Social Services appointed the members of the Accessibility Standards Advisory Council of Ontario. The council includes a cross-section of leaders from the disability community and the private and broader public sectors, with the majority of members being people with disabilities. Council members are appointed by the minister for a term of up to three years.
The members of the Accessibility Standards Advisory Council of Ontario are:
- Tracy MacCharles of Pickering, Chair
- Elizabeth Grandbois, Vice Chair
- Robert Bailey of Amherstburg
- David Borthwick of Oakville
- Tyler Campbell of Sudbury
- Uzma Khan of Mississauga
- Dean P. LaBute of Windsor
- Frank Maggisano of Woodbridge
- Richard E. McGee of Kawartha Lakes
- Mike Murphy of Kingston
- Judith Parisien of Alfred
- Jutta Treviranus of Toronto
- Jeffrey Willbond of Ottawa
- Dr. Kathryn Woodcock of Toronto
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