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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992/02/11 Title A name given to the resource Access McGill calls for increased awareness Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Patrick Gladney Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available McGill Tribune ableism Access McGill accessibility campus space disability SSMU student fees and funding Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coverage from The McGill Tribune Description An account of the resource This collection holds articles from the McGill Tribune. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1994/02/08 Title A name given to the resource Senate reviews report on persons with disabilities Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ram Randhawa Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available McGill Tribune ableism Admin disability policy Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coverage from The McGill Tribune Description An account of the resource This collection holds articles from the McGill Tribune. We are not allowed to host copies of the articles for copyright reasons, but have decided to share the metadata fields, should one want to find them elsewhere. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1994/11/15 Title A name given to the resource Disability signs disappear from campus Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jeff Kishner Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available McGill Tribune ableism accessibility campus safety disability Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/62030/archive/files/4d4c2f64634817d7be801de8485b708c.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=ugR2qszY5jfrovtWYAe9NHi4%7EFR7LLPTLxZ-YgOUWYqnD5VfqMbtPNUfIjdf%7ECQES0RR9PFYdl5Xp%7ETnOchJQ3Eh3LSDYPALsgHaUn%7EIZxc8kVqFcIr6y-UKyo36yleqOhvkjfHeQBEul6HTABq18lGVvT%7EMSUlFn33-K%7ES58mdJ%7EVYr5UruYeFgiFq7g79EqGgUHtklgTIL5AtsCfsXt6YiKCKM3PfNpY%7EIlmurCBEoC77Mbi1J7Sg-lpPscIspSUEoZLVGh%7EeZ2bcH8at0%7EU7ImA-MvtK5biGB3hT09wKuZLlVh2I3uxYGe6Uj5YXr3BCfjwzofYNy8xKmnTV3eg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM d3ec1007de800355d5229525e1d514b2 PDF Text Text Volume 80, Number 28 by Neelam Sandhu Mter much agonizing debate, a women-only collective concerned with violence against women has tenninatcd its short-lived relationship with QPIRG. Women Against Violence (WAVE) made the move last week, after deciding the group's objectives could not be realized within QPIRG's structure. . "WAVE is still a radical idea. Some people still do not recognize the patriarchal society. QPIRG was nervous about how students would react to us," said WAVE member Tara McMurty WAVE originally approached Bobbing for applca since 1911. theQOObccPublicintercstRescarch Group (QPIRG) for funding this summer. In September, QPIRG adopted the women's collective as one of four major project for the year. Divisions arose when WAVE would not compromise its womenonly membership. QPIRG guidelines require that activities and meetings be open to all members. The proposed solution was a parallel men's collective on Violence Against Women. "Our idea was to offer men an opportunity to work on an issue that is truly societal in scope," said QPIRG spokesperson, Tom - lnelitia plagues by Kathleen Hlckey AccessMcGill,astudentgroup dealing with issues facing the disabled on campus, has everything it needs but members and money. In the past, Access McGill has been funded by Students' Society. The group's chair, Robert Fabcs, did not submit a budget this year. "I didn't feel that I could act alone," he said. McribahAikcns, Coordinator of Disabled Students' Services, thinks the lack of membership is partially an image problem. "Disabled students want to be with everyone else," she said. According to Aikens, it is a corn- mon misconception that Access McGill is only for the disabled. . Former Access McGill coordinator Sam Miller agrees, adding that disabled students often feel apathetic about activism because they compose only about one per cent of McGill's student population. "We have always had a small core of people involved with Access," he said. rcprcsentati ve for the National Education Association for Disabled Students (NEADS). "We need able-bodied and disabled students working together. I am very optimistic that we'll be Heintzman. WAVE's five members welcomed the creation of a men's group, but objected to mixing the two collectives. McMurty said, "We have a ·re- Wednesday, October 31, 1990 sponsibility to women on campus. "We hope that WAVE will still Our energies need to ·be directed work with the men's group," said towards them, but we arc not able member Daron Westman, "but we to do .this while worrying about also think that there is a place for money and demands from the struc- those women who still wantto work ture." in a women 'sonlycollectivewithin The women's collective was QPIRG." wary of "playing a support role for The split was amicable accordthe men." ing to Heintzman. "I think the two "ll is important for the men to groups are better off separate and work on the issue for themselves," content with the appoach they arc said McMurty taking to this serious problem, than The men's collective will con- together with misgivings." tinue to meet, despite WAVE's WAVE was to receive S2000 departurcfromQPIRG.Atprcscnt, from QPIRG. Now, as an indethe men's collective is working on pendent group, it can apply for disa film project about violence against cretionary funding for individual women. projects. sfmdents' gr-oup able to gain momentum," said Miller. Fabes said that once there is a group of people and a set of objectives, funding can be obtained quickly and easily from Students' Society. But just what Access McGiU will be doing is an open question. Fabes said he would like to get the group started again, but doesn't feel comfortable dictating his ideas to the organization. Instead he hopes interested people to tell him what they'd like Access McGill to do. Fabes said possible activities include promoting awareness, making the Univer- sity accessible, and restructuring the present organization. Miller also thinks Access McGill could address a variety of issue. He would like the group to explore the effects of higher tuition for disabled students and the fact that lcm;ning-disabled students arc not recognized by the government and arc ineligible for benefits like special equipment grants. NEADS is planning a provincial conference with students from McGill and Montreal that could help Access McGiU get involved with other groups in the province. Access McGill was originally founded by Law and Occupational Therapy students who wanted to provide more support for disabled students. The group is one of three at McGill for disabled students, but it is the only one open to all students on campus. The Office for Disabled Students and the Joint Senate-Board Commiuce for Disabled Students are run by the administration. Access McGi/1' s first meeting this year will be held on Wednesday,November7inrooml05 (Stu· dents' Society lounge) at 19h. Cifr¥ Protestors dumped garbage on City Hall last Saturday. by Peter Clibbon voice for environmental groups in Protestors littered municipal decision-making. Prostreets on Saturday, treating mu- tection of air and water quality, nicipal politicians to a messy rc- urban green space, and public eduminderoftheCity'senvironmenlal cation were also included in the negligence. protestori' list of demands. The 300demonstrators dropped Action Montreal Vert is only a plastic boltles, bags, and bundles of few weeks old, but·represents 40 newspapers on thedoorstepsofLa- community environmental groups, Presse, the Gazette, thecity's trans- including Le Monde A Bicyclettc port department, and Hydro-Glasnost. and City Hall. "We want to tell' them to stop producing great public declarations and make large scale recycling a reality," said Nadine St-Louis of Eco-St-Henri. Only the Gazeite was prepared for Saturday's protest. The newspaper left recycling bins outside its St-Jacques street offices. At City Hall, protesters formed a human chain passing recyclable garbage to collection bins behind the building. The protest was organized by Action Montreal Vert, a new coalition of Montreal environmental groups. The coalition wants a larger Many voiced disappointment with the Montreal Citizens' Movement (MCM) after four years of administration. "We supported the MCM, but they haven't delivered the goods. More bike paths were built by' (previous mayor) Jean Drapeau," said Le Mon de au Bicyclettc President Bob Silverman. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coverage from The McGill Daily Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Volume 80 Issue 28 Page Number(s) 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Inertia plagues disabled students' group Description An account of the resource Describes student group Access McGill's trouble finding funding and members. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kathleen Hickey Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The McGill Daily Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1990/10/31 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Access McGill accessibility campus space disability student fees and funding https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/62030/archive/files/70fe0298aaa9cc668a00427e3eb4d5fc.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=GULYWDNa7xcvQq56OF-m0%7EMiM0RHtsECu-a4A9kisCSbK-CYbn865LEGNwsvIpxSKqCttlhGrDLntrKJW9ggWYDOWPDDE3TIna9hfMZN9uBCW-HXL4Kj1YhRA57PQNURdWWvABek3Cqg-k6WxbR4823J50J8w2IPFJBoIbEsqtQLs%7EiPPzjJxDEAhROZ7jDDWlwgsPHYETRX6u%7E4BFrTMTl7rnfgJ1qXdTFZHdUQIE4m9MCjjT-xa4jN70JxH5h0POLucHfHR2FwhJNLJWbMAy88S%7EmNZHQrgXVW6331kC1M52%7E3iyH71MehQ4-QK94AikkheUNSRU%7Elw6O6rAxXLw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 88e8f59b3f191eaa33a7345e1b8ca8bd PDF Text Text Volume 90, Issue 29 • Janu.ary 29, 2001 • mcgilldaily.com • On our hands and knees since 1911 The .Uphill Climb to Make MCGi/1 Accessible pg. 8 �8 THE McGILL DAILY • News 29,_ 20Q!. Access Denied ' ; An activist for the mobility-impaired thinks McGi/1 and the community have a long way to go in their to make campus accessible BY ROIIERTO ROCIL\ Neu·s Refiorler ra Bednarski never IX?Cn inside le She rowsc the architecture library stacks ami she never cats in the cafeteria. That's because is one of alxlllttwo do1.cn students with mobilityimpainncnls who rdy onwhl'elchairs or cmtches totramportthem· selves. \X11al troubles her l'\'C n more th:m McGill's mediocre accessibilityisthatnothinl\ isdone ahout it until shespeaks out. Many obstacles confronted Nora when she came to Mcfiill in 1995to be a law student. As if il weren'I that the law faculty's Chancellor Day Hall buildinj\ on a steep hill, there was no ramp to the main entrance while the restroom stalls were too narrow to accommodate a wht'C Ichair, and had no hamllebars. "After some lcller-wriling and a lot of they were able to accommo· date students with disabilities, espcciall)' those in wheelchairs," she rL'Calls. Following lengthy consultation, Nora's with the building were eventually addressed. And when construction began on the law faculty's nt•w library a few years ago, designers worked extra hard to make sure that the new facility accessible. "When students with disabilities raise the issues ami make sure that the admiilislration is taking their needs into :JCcounl, gel done," she sa)':i. "Uutthe problem is, when we're not there as a constant watchdog reminding people, problems occur." She also points to the rL'C cnt construelion of a newpath from the Roddick Gates to the llurnside terrace. "There a difference in elevation of about thrt'C feet. No ramp, oni)' stairs," remembers Ucdnarski. N in McGill's Office for Students with Disabilities and a wheelchair user himself, "McGill has come along to impr0\1ng for students with mobility disabilities." Louis S:L)':i that a "fair of McGill building arc currentlyaccL'\Sihle. And installing r:unpsisn't all that McGill done tomake McGillmorc accessible. In addition to services theOSD, there exists a Senate conunillee on students with disabilities, and regulations for -the Barrier·frL'C Standard -that arc even stricter than national building codes, Louis says. Allr.wsn But even an accessible campus is not necessarii)' a conrcnient one for llcdnarski. She d&ribcs the new Brown student services building as a hellish labyrinth for anyone in a wheelchair.To gel to the Health Scn•ices offices, she S:l}':i, she must take a total of thrt'C different elevators. "I wht'CI in at McTavish, take an elevator, whl'CI down a hallway, take a second elcmtor, wheel though Health Services which is this nw.c of doors and corridors, then there's a liule lift that takes me up to rL'Ception. ll's just had she says. But Chuck i\dlcr,director of the University Office, contends that that's an unavoidable conSC<jUcncc of ha1ing a university built on a The elevation gradient on McT.1vish, he explains, resulted in the Brown building's "half-floors." Nonethclcs.<;, he says, the building is "onecent Bcdnarski thinks, however, that in spite of the many sen·icL'S provided by not much seems to be done. ''There arc people who know what the arc, those who want to be Nom Bedn11rski StiJWsbe bas complainIs 11boul accessibili(J' a/ McGill the only way to the elevators is up a flight have to say tl1erc arc different that we of stairs. Sim, University Affairs can communicate about a building with the Coordinator for the Post-Graduate Students public and still make it acccs.sible, tl1a1 tl1crc Society recounts that McGill's solution was is a univcrs;li appro:JCh that can to provide wheelchair users with special ID include L'\'el')unc," S:I)'S Bedn:U':iki, who is cards that would allow them to use the cor- now stud)ing url>:m design. porate entrance with elevators proMcGill allots $100,000 yearlyfor :JCccsgrammL'tllo stop only on university floors. sibility projects, according to the Office for "We were concerned with the dignity of Unirerslly Planning. Ideas for the projects wheelchair users, of ha1•ing abnonnal arc put forth by joan Wolforth, the OSO's acccs.<;," said Sim. Nonetl1clcss, nothing Director, who collects a number of commore was L'Vcr done, he says. plaints from students like Nora e\'CI')' year. One other problem area for llcdnarski And for ;myone wanting to know what is the Blackader L1utennan library stacks. makes these projects worthwhile, Bcdnarski "I have to get someone to go and get likes to empahsi7.c the importance of havthe books for me," she explains. "But when ing a c:unpus frL'l' of barriers. doing research, I look not for one particu"We llitlc 10 tl1ink of tl1cfunaioning of tl1e lar book, but for many books around the Mdiill as a wi10le and we it same area. I can 'I do that in certain aisles. to lx! inclusirc,:md we want :myonc 10 lx! :d>le This is clearly a barrier to learning. But to apply here knowing this le; a barricr-flt'C that's whyI'mhere, and otherstudents like \\'c hal'c to our me - because we want to learn.'' L'Xtmditurcs bynumlm ofdlo;.'lblru Rr.riiiSKISG OuR NoR\IS But the fact that McGill is on a mountain and that its buildings arc in lamentable disrepair is on I}• part of the problem. A Quebec law prohibits any"chanj\CS to be made to the front of historical silL'S without consent of the Viger Commission, a heritage protection watchdog. Sure enouj\h, many McGill building.s arc considered historical, includinl\ the Rcdpath Museum which h;Ls no cntr:mce r:unps. "As a person with a disability my-:;clf, I &df!alb lfttff :,· a dmmling prospecl for sltulenls trilb mobili(J' impairmenLI' find. it incrt'tliblc that the prcscn·ation of What she finll'i most outraj\eous, howmr, ami there arc those who ;Ire making deci- buildings precedence over human is that apparent!)' there was a ramp in the sions ondesign," she says, ''but somewhere rights," says Louis. orit:inal design that sacked in the along the line there seems to be a commulndct'<l it seems like laying all the name ofculling costs for the projt'C I. "Only nication breakdown. I! like an bl:unc on the university is sidestepping the lx.•c:1usc of student and adrocacy, efficient procedure." root of the issue. Acconling to Bcdnarski, the unircrsity realized their mistake ami About two years ago, McGill's Senate society as a whole needs to·do awaywith the the of what they did. to address what it agrees was inade- idea that large staircases com·e)' structural They just recently repavcd." quate accessibility in building at 688 eminence. llutthe uni1·ersity thesituation for Sherhrookc. McGill's le:L<;e on the "\\11)' not just hare a nice entrance with studentswith mobilityimpainucnts is alloll':i ilto make a separate entrance from a gradual slo1X!?'' sheoffers. "If youwant illo not :L'i dire :L'i it mar Accordinl\ to the main doors, where students can ele- be grandiose, you don'I hare to hare st:U,rs. an Accc:\'i Serl'ices Coordinator vators to go to unil·crsity-held floors. But \Vc hare to challenge our design nomlS. \\'e A."i UsASS\\l:HW Pm Bcdnarski also thinks that campus acccs.<;ibility problems maycrcn lead many with impainnents who arc considerinj\ McGill, to go elsewhere. A llalif:tx natil'c, sheS<l)':i she had some apprehensions about moving to Montreal. "\'c ry often routes a re I'CI')' obscure. M1en you have to face obstacles L'I'C ry day, alw.tys having to \\Tile lcllcrs, and complain, I'm sure it would put some students off from roming to McGill." For students \\'ilh mobil· ity impainnents choosing a it seems hard to ignort' the great some other schools ha1c made in the name of acccs.sibility. Carlcton niversil)' has tunnels connecting all of its York University and the of British Columbia arc notorious for their :JCccssibility. Given tl1c choice, Bcdnarski thinks many dis.'lblcd students likelyha1c to weigh accessibility when dL'Ciding whether to come to McGill. "That is not a criterion that should affect where you choose to study," she S.1)'S . Last she adds, she wrote a letter to McGill's \'ice-Principal Administration and Finance Mort)' YaiOI'S k)•. The letter addressed six problemareas that need remedy.She is still wait in!\ for a reply. What makes her most upset is not so much that these problems need fixing, but thatlillle isdoneabout themuntil students like her speak out. At the end of the inter· l'il'll' she smiles, and lea1·es a final rL'SOnant note of wisdom accrued from years of a solitaryfight. "ll's a responsibilityfor all of us to ensure that our society is acccssihlc. 11 can 'I be the disabled people who arc reminding creryone. If something doesn't look it's our duty to speak out." 17x: Engineering Cafelen(t: 11110/ber unaccessible sfiol on Cli111/JIIS � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coverage from The McGill Daily Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Volume 90 Issue 29 Page Number(s) 8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Access Denied Description An account of the resource Struggling to navigate McGill's campus, a student who uses a wheelchair raises awareness of the inaccessibility of campus buildings. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Roberto Rocha Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The McGill Daily Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001/01/29 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF ableism accessibility campus space disability https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/62030/archive/files/c8b0ba6089c44c7fd78cd94db26dd2af.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=ecPFVbhL-XYcWbXiNJA4iUgl1gVgs9TeIhAqSA0VhfFQDdYMMPzTVcz2jMCNz6gRs5Ley7H%7EZbtEJfQjtwxOy401SshtQyHShJdpEc9Q0fCYQ2Zb3j9D0X8q0zULt%7EZIe0ZKCHUQ4joQ4YJ7XpmHKeNNHx4sm2%7Ee2ab8CcO-iyIinmS7Of8zxZ9qnnAhS4kRU%7EPFZZDsBSgxEHdXi4m8BSlCXzAjiDKlo2Y1DCuZ1dLkPDTa5Shhrpsy2KcV50XSubKAWo5fqsUwO9rBaHQhDhcX267Uzf6RKFMAzl4oG-W0FQiYNFAnu9B5i6x7TYzX0GxELjUrLDIaJSJsN0zTSA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 82fd4ba01bc45ba65667c9a0b39b4c1c PDF Text Text News The McGill Daily • Monday, March 12, 2007 7 Moving toward a Lack of University funding for barrier-free society renovations prevents accessibility implementation. In law school you learn how to interpret the law, but the huge subject of great importance to us is taking what looks good on paper and turning it into a practical reality. FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH Despite numerous legal advances since the 1970s, disabled people still face systemic oppression in Canadian society. One man acutely familiar with this is David Lepofsky, founder of the Canadian Association of Visually Impaired Lawyers and one of the country’s most prominent disability-rights activists. Fully blind himself, he has argued for disability rights before Parliament and will speak at McGill next week in a lecture entitled “Achieving equality for persons with disabilities – What works?” To preview his talk, The Daily spoke with Lepofsky about disability, Canadian law, and a question of faith. The McGill Daily: What does equality mean as it relates to disabled people? David Lepofsky: The right to live in a barrier-free society in which everyone can fully participate based on their individual talents. What that means is [having] a society where we gradually identify and remove the barriers that are there now, and prevent new ones from ever being created. You participate fully based on your talents, not based on arbitrary things that aren’t really quite fair. MD: What is the current legal situation that disabled people face in Canada? DL: We’ve got court decisions that interpret the Charter and the Human Rights Code pretty well for us. What we don’t have is effective MD: Where does resistance to tougher implementation come from? DL: There’s no kind of “enemy.” This isn’t like racial bigotry or something. It comes from organizations in the public and private sector that just don’t think about including everybody as employees or customers or users of their services. They design their products under the false assumption that they’re only going to be used by people who don’t have disabilities. Everybody eventually gets a disability, so they’re doing it in a way that hurts everybody. One of the problems in human rights case law is that they all talk about good faith versus bad faith. It isn’t a question of good faith versus bad faith – it’s a question of doing it versus not doing it. I don’t care what the “faith” is. MD: What are the next steps that the disability rights movement needs to take? DL: What we really need right now is for the legal profession and legal education to change dramatically on a couple squares. Number one, they need to teach [lawyers] how to act for clients with disabilities and how to meet their needs. Number two…law students don’t get trained how to do legislative advocacy very often. There’s a whole lot of knowledge, skill sets, [and] analytical skills that could be brought to bear, and we need to teach people how to do that – because we’re not going to serve people if [we] do not know how to fight in that venue. David Lepofsky will speak at Chancellor Day Hall on Wednesday, March 14 at 12:30 p.m. – compiled by Alex O’Brien KELLY EBBELS THE MCGILL DAILY T he two full flights of wooden stairs up to the McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women will not be replaced by a ramp or elevator any time soon. The Centre, at 3487 Peel, is just one of more than a dozen McGill buildings on the street that lack basic wheelchair access. Because they are old limited-capacity buildings, renovation laws and low prioritization in McGill’s funding has kept them from being renovated for years. Blossom Schafer, an Administrative Officer who has been involved with the Centre for 12 years, said that its members have been unsuccessfully pushing for full accessibility for nearly a decade. “There’s no funding. They – the big ‘they,’ McGill – feel the money would be better spent in other ways,” said Schafer. McGill currently allots its Office of Students with Disabilities (OSD) an annual spending budget of $100,000 for capital accessibility projects. Director Joan Wolforth said that a part of the budget is sometimes put toward larger on-campus accessibility projects like renovating an old building. “It’s amazing how fast that money disappears,” said Wolforth, adding that the OSD pledges part of its own budget to larger accessibility projects undertaken by McGill’s Planning Office as a way of encouraging progress and stretching the $100,000 budget. According to Brian Karasick, physical developer for office of Planning and Institutional Analysis, the greatest hurdle to making McGill fully accessible is the great cost associated with fixing the smaller buildings on campus, like the ones on Peel Street. “[We] accomodate academic buildings and buildings with students first,” said Karasick, adding that their priority also depended on the cost of renovations. Wolforth agreed that the older Kelly Ebbels / The McGill Daily Blossom Schafer, top centre, has asked for wheelchair access to the McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women for years. of every building complex be barrier-free.” Some heritage architecture advocates find full accessibility a bitter pill to swallow, since it often means compromising an old or unique building’s structural integrity. But Dinu Bumbaru, director of politics at Heritage Montreal – a citizens’ group for education and advocacy on what they call “responsible development” – said that in most cases, “intelligent application” of design principles could find a solution. “We need to be more imaginative. We have great resources, great architects and engineers in Montreal. There should be a goal of accessibility…but it needs to be done responsibly,” he said. However, Bumbaru added that such renovations could be costly – which, according to Karasick, is the problem. He said that there is a severe lack of funding for renovations – whether they be for accessibility projects or others. “The University remains extremely short of capital renovation funds in general, and to date no significant government funding programs are available to address this issue,” he said. buildings along Peel Street were a problem area at McGill, and pointed out that the University faces unique environmental challenges in renovating buildings on the steep Mount Royal slope. According to the OSD’s Access Services Provider Gordon Dion, renovating old downtown buildings was also tricky because heritage groups fought against having the facades touched, making establishing a wheelchair ramp at the front of a building difficult. He added that bylaws requiring renovations on any old building to bring them entirely up to current building codes were another hurdle, since getting rid of wooden staircases and adding wheel-chair accessible bathrooms to each building would be expensive. Schafer said that a third-floor fire exit at the back of the Centre could be converted into a wheelchair ramp, if McGill would not touch the main entrance and Victorian-style wide wooden staircase. However, she acknowledged that a back entrance could be perceived as a second-class entrance, and would still violate the McGill Standards for Barrier-Free Campus and Universal Design, which demands that “the main entrance(s) – with files from Sarah Colgrove CITY LIVING, AT ALL COSTS... Visit our model condos Buy, get your key and move-in! starting at $139,200 Financing available 5.12% for 5 years Tel: 514-396-4600 98, rue Charlotte, Montreal www.ledistrict.ca Promotion: Hours: • Mon-Thurs. 12-7 p.m. • Fri. - Sat. - Sun. 12-5 p.m. Receive wood floors or a 3000$ rebate* 5 stainless steel appliances *if occupancy before April 1st, 2007 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coverage from The McGill Daily Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data PDF Volume 96 Issue 40 Page Number(s) 7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lack of University funding for renovations prevents accessibility Description An account of the resource Discussions about how the McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women is not wheelchair-accessible. 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