1. eh11y in the Great White North Denis Boudreau @dboudreau Deque Systems, Inc. db@deque.com Patrick Dunphy @PatrickDunphy Canadian Broadcasting Corporation patrick.dunphy@cbc.ca 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? Accessibility & Online Media In Canada

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

6. Forms Readable Multimedia Tables Structure Clear Focus Criteria

7. Details 1-3 1) Forms Register / Login Markup Errors Captchas 2) Readable Font Size Resize Widgets White Space 3) Multimedia Closed Captioning Keyboard Transcripts Described Video

8. Details 4-6 4) Tables Proper Use Scope Title / Summary 5) Structure Headings Skip Links Consistency 6) Focus Where am I? What’s happening?

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. It’s unBEARable

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. Present Day

23. Forms Readable Multimedia Tables Structure Clear Focus Criteria Recap

24. 2014 Websites

25. 2014 Results* 6 / 158 / 152 / 14**2 / 153 / 15 27% of all tests were satisfactory * Test Subjects changed for wider picture; common owners replaced ** closed captioning only

26. 2009 vs. 2014 40%53%14%13%20% 7%27%0%7% 0% 2009 2014 ALL CRITERIA IMPROVED!

27. PROGRESS!

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

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

30. Legislation (Future) 2021 & Beyond Predictions

31. Room for Improvement Change is happening Awareness still Needed Legislation is Making Impact Improving Development Culture Online Media Future

32. Web Accessibility? Canadians give a dam!

33. The Great Maple Syrup Q&A

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