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Meggan Van Harten

@meggan_ddp

Accessibility-Focused Designer & Business Leader | Partner & Strategic Leader at Design de Plume | She/her

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I have heard people say that they are afraid to say the wrong thing to a colleague/classmate/employee/friend with a #disability. Saying the 'wrong' thing is better than saying 'nothing.' The only way to get it right is to start the conversation. #a11y

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As a big fan of the musical Chicago and promoting DE&I I love this piece by EveryBODY on Stage! Congrats on your WebbyAward! winners.webbyawards.com/2023/video/gen…

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.Meggan Van Harten is speaking at OpenEd next week on May 24. Her session "Accessibility in Action: Indigenous Communities" will explore the issues that #Indigenous people with disabilities face and how to use accessibility to best reach these audiences. opened.uoguelph.ca/accessibility-…

.<a href="/Meggan_DDP/">Meggan Van Harten</a> is speaking at <a href="/UofG_OpenEd/">OpenEd</a> next week on May 24. Her session "Accessibility in Action: Indigenous Communities" will explore the issues that #Indigenous people with disabilities face and how to use accessibility to best reach these audiences.
opened.uoguelph.ca/accessibility-…
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“If we had an alphabet in our language [anishinaabe] we wouldn’t start with the letter A. We would start with what’s most profound” - Elder Stanley Peltier #IHHG #IHHGConference

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I love my toddlers ability to take everyday words and make them hers. Bumble bees are “bum bee bees” and Link from Zelda will now forever be known in my house as “Sugar man”.

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Auto-captioning distorts Indigenous languages, resulting in inaccurate translations that are incorrect and less meaningful overall. DDP partner, Meggan, spoke to Mashable about this topic. Read the full article here: mashable.com/article/ai-bia…

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Hey @RGD Design Thinkers TO attendees! Don't miss out on this preconference workshop about practical application of accessibility in your design work. Learn how to use the programs you have access to right now and make your designs more #accessible! #a11y

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The DDP team traveled to Toronto to accept an @RGD award for our work with the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages (OCIL). OCIL was established to address the declining use of Indigenous languages in Canada. We're honoured to be among this year's winners!

The DDP team traveled to Toronto to accept an @RGD award for our work with the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages (OCIL). OCIL was established to address the declining use of Indigenous languages in Canada. We're honoured to be among this year's winners!
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Jennifer Taback recently appeared on The Unlikely Innovators podcast presented by Cambrian College! In this clip, she discusses the role of designers in the Truth and Reconciliation process in Canada. Full episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=vYVzAW…

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We polled the DDP team to get to the bottom of this very important question once and for all ... and cat people took this round! 🐱🏆 Are you a cat person? Dog person? Let us know!

We polled the DDP team to get to the bottom of this very important question once and for all ... and cat people took this round! 🐱🏆 Are you a cat person? Dog person? Let us know!