Useful Links
This page contains a list of key links for ESDC's IT Accessibility Office.
| Title | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Part of a Whole | Nicolas Steenhout writes about accessibility. | Learning |
| Stories of Web Users | The following stories of people with disabilities using the Web highlight the effect of accessibility barriers and the broader benefits of accessible websites and web tools. | Learning |
| Personas with Disabilities for inclusive user experience (UX) design | The purpose of this document is to assist the user in understanding how to build personas with disabilities. | Learning |
| Which Video Conferencing Tools Are Most Accessible? | In this article, Claudio Luis Vera explains what to keep in mind when choosing between video conferencing tools to benefit everyone on your team — including those with disabilities. | Learning |
| Accessibility Best Practices | Accessibility is an important corner stone of iOS development. It enables all people to use your apps, no matter their abilities. Fortunately UIKit offers many APIs, which allow Developers to offer support for system technologies within their apps. | Development |
| Centrally Deployed Templates Solution (CDTS) | The purpose of the CDTS is essentially to deliver the presentation layer of the Canada.ca theme or Intranet.canada.ca theme to web assets. | Development |
| Web Experience Toolkit (WET) | An award-winning front-end framework for building websites that are accessible, usable, interoperable, mobile friendly and multilingual | Development |
| Canada.ca Content Style Guide | These are the rules to create web content that can be easily found, understood and used. They are based on writing principles and techniques that help make web content clear and adapted to the needs of all people. | Development |
| Canada.ca Content and Information Architecture Specification | The Canada.ca design system provides user-tested templates, patterns and design principles. The system allows designers and developers to create a more usable, consistent and trustworthy online experience for people who access Government of Canada digital services. | Development |
| A11Y Style Guide | This application is a living style guide or pattern library, generated from KSS documented styles...with an accessibility twist. | Style guide |
| Asking users for dates | Follow this pattern whenever you need users to provide or select a date as part of your service. | Development |
| Web accessibility for Canada.ca (CSPS - T716) | This course outlines federal standards and guidelines on web accessibility and emphasizes the requirements, roles and responsibilities for compliance with this standard. Participants will learn how to assess and apply WCAG 2.0 in a consistent manner throughout the Canada.ca web pages under the Web Renewal Initiative. | Learning |
| 18F Accessibility Guide | Accessibility guide developed by the US Government. | Development |
| Nutrition Cards for Accessible Components | A11Y Nutrition Cards is an attempt to digest and simplify the accessibility expectations when it comes to component authoring. | Development |
| The A11Y Project | The A11Y Project is a community-driven effort to make digital accessibility easier. | Style guide |
| CDS Accessibility Handbook | The Canadian Digital Service is committed to building accessible and inclusive services. Building accessible services means meeting the needs of as many people as possible. | Learning |
| International Association of Accessibility Professionals | Accessibility professionals from around the world come together to define, promote and improve the accessibility profession through networking, education and certification. | Learning |
| Guide to Planning Inclusive Meetings | Well-planned meetings are an essential communication tool for any organization. Meetings in the workplace and in volunteer and community groups regularly bring people together to share information, develop strategies, work toward common goals and celebrate successes. | Learning |
| Guideline on Making Information Technology Usable by All | This guideline supports the Government of Canada’s direction to ensure that departments, agencies and organizations consider accessibility in the acquisition or development of information technology (IT) solutions and equipment to make IT usable by all. | Policy |
| EU EN 301 549 (Managing accessibility in the public procurement of ICT) | Accessibility requirements suitable for public procurement of ICT products and services in Europe. | Policy |
| General accessibility services, tools and resources listing Internal link | Learn about the services, tools and resources for making communications products and activities accessible. | Listing |
| Making communications accessible in the Government of Canada | Accessibility is about respecting differences and removing barriers so that everyone can participate. | Development |
| M365 accessibility | List of resources and learning material on M365 accessibility | Learning |
| Accessibility Portal | Our believe is that digital equality is a human right for websites, mobile applications, and digital content. But it doesn’t stop there. We need to do it for quality, innovation, compliance, relations, user experience and much much more. | Learning |
| Short note on aria-label, aria-labelledby, and aria-describedby | Be careful when you use the aria-label, aria-labelledby, and aria-describedby attributes, because they do not work consistently with all HTML elements. | Development |
| YouTube: Apple: Accessibility | From using your iPhone without seeing the screen, to adapting gestures to your physical needs, discover how the accessibility features built into your Apple devices can help you do more. | Learning |
| Screen reader considerations when choosing between Google at IU My Drive and Microsoft OneDrive at IU | The choice between Google at IU My Drive and Microsoft OneDrive at IU isn't simple when considering screen reader accessibility. There are pros and cons to both, which can differ depending on the screen reader and browser combination used. | Learning |
| The web, design, and accessibility – tempertemper | I’m Martin, a user interface and interaction designer, lover of HTML and CSS, and co-founder of Frontend NE. Here’s a wee bit more about me and what I’m up to. | Learning |
| Web Content Accessibility Guide | The fundamental basis for you to have truly inclusive and accessible digital products. | Learning |
| Accessibility Maze: a fun game to learn about web accessibility | Ryerson University created the Accessibility Maze, a fun game, to help people new to web accessibility practise and learn more on barriers and challenges that people with disabilities usually experience when navigating the Web. The game provides quick lessons on how to avoid those barriers or correct them. | Learning |
| Web Accessibility Assessment Methodology (Level AA) | Assist with measuring conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level A and Level AA Success Criteria | Development |
| Digital Accessibility Toolkit | Digital accessibility resources for public servants, by public servants. | Learning |
| Accessibility Courses | Courses, webinars, educational videos, and more, offered in web accessibility. | Learning |
| Accessibility Support | Check if your code will work with assistive technologies. | Development |
| A Way with Words and Images | Suggestions for the portrayal of people with disabilities. | Learning |
| Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) in HTML | Defines the authoring rules for the use of ARIA attributes on HTML elements. | Development |
| Web Accessibility Development Course by Alison | Create accessible websites and apply WAI-ARIA guidelines with this free online course. | Development |
| Web Accessibility for Developers by Ryerson University | This course is intended for Web Developers who want to develop skill using WAI-ARIA to create accessible interactive applications for the Web. | Development |
| Digital Accessibility Toolkit: Best practices for hosting virtual meetings | This is a guide for hosting accessible virtual meetings created by Accessibility, Strategy and Planning / Chief Information Office / Shared Services Canada. | Learning |
| Directive on Privacy Practices | Provides direction to government institutions on how to implement effective privacy practices. | Learning |
| Web Analytics Privacy Impact Assessment Report | The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) commissioned this Web Analytics Privacy Impact Assessment Report (PIA Report) on the use of Web analytics by federal government institutions. | Learning |
| Standard on Web Usability | Describes the usability requirements for Government of Canada websites, including requirements for domain names, terms, conditions and archiving online web content, as well as common page layouts and visual design elements. | Learning |