1. eh11y in the Great White North Denis Boudreau @dboudreau Deque Systems, Inc. db@deque.com Patrick Dunphy @PatrickDunphy Canadian Broadcasting Corporation patrickdunphy@gmail.com Billy Gregory @theBillyGregory The Paciello Group, Inc. bgregory@paciellogroup.com

2. Web Accessibility? I’m not amoosed…

3. Legislation (Past) Provincial overviews WCAG 1.0 / CLF 1.0, 2.0 2000 2007 WCAG 1.0 What!?

4. How’s it goin’ eh? A11y & Online Media In America’s hat

5. 5 Year Review (2009 vs. 2014) 15 Canadian Media Properties 6 Sets of Criteria Overview

6. Forms Readability Mulitmedia Tables Structure Clear Focus Criteria

7. 1.Forms – Registration / Signup / Comments – Labels / Errors / Captcha 2.Readability – Fixed vs. Relative – Resize Widgets 3.Multimedia – Closed Captioning – Keyboard Exposure Details 1-3

8. 4.Tables – Appropriate use – Relationships Established 5.Proper Structure – Skip Links – Heading Structure 6.Clear Focus – Where am I? – What is happening? Details 4-6

9. Back in 2009

10. 2009 Websites

11. 2009 Results 1 / 154 / 150 / 151 / 15 0 / 15 7.8 % of all tests were satisfactory

12. Woe Canada

13. 2014 eh11y Legislation Survey 1.0 Legislation (Present)

14. Are there any specific web accessibility standards set for your country/province?

15. Are these standards based on existing W3C accessibility guidelines?

16. What conformance level, if any, is expected for these standards?

17. Are there any implementation deadlines planned for compliance?

18. Do these standards apply only to government websites?

19. Are the standards enforced as mandatory policies or just as recommendations?

20. Canadian Govt. Accessibility (Global Results Overview)

21. Canada (Federal) Nova Scotia Manitoba Newfoundland/Labrador Ontario Quebec Alberta British Columbia Saskatchewan New Brunswick Prince Edward Island 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Note: Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut are not included for the purpose of this research. Canadian Govt. Accessibility Heat Map

22. It’s 2014 Dude!

23. 2014 Websites

24. 2014 Results* 5 / 156 / 152 / 15**1 / 152 / 15 20 % of all tests were satisfactory * Test Subjects changed for wider picture; common owners replaced ** closed captioning only

25. 2009 vs. 2014 33.3%40%13.3%6.7%13.3% 6.7%26.7%0%6.7% 0% 2009 2014 5 of 6 sets of criteria saw improvements

26. What does the Canadian future hold for Web Accessibility?

27. Population 65 years +, Canada Historical (1971-2011) and Projected (2012-2061) Source: http://bit.ly/1kc8pcYhttp://bit.ly/1kc8pcY

28. Legislation (Future) 2021 & Beyond Predictions

29. Change is happening Awareness still Needed Legislation is Making Impact Improving Development Culture Online Media Future

30. Web Accessibility? Canadians give a dam!

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