CAN-ASC-2.7: Heritage Buildings and Sites
Information
Priority area
Built environment
Status of the standard
Upcoming
Table of contents
Technical committee members
- Amy Pothier Kelly, Senior Manager, Customer and Inclusive Design, Metrolinx
- Brad Humphrey, Architect, AIBC, Jensen Hughes
- Brieann Ventura, Building Code and Accessibility Consultant, LMDG Building Code Consultants Ltd.
- Christelle Montreuil, Founder and Senior Consultant in Inclusive Design and Universal Accessibility, Idéaux
- David Pereyra, Project & Outreach Coordinator, Inclusive Design Research Centre. OCAD Univesrity
- Dominic Esposito, Senior Project Consultant, Jensen Hughes
- Harold Locke, Consultant, Locke & Locke Inc.
- Julie L. Sawchuk, Principal, Sawchuk Accessible Solutions
- Linnie Tse, Provincial Barrier-Free Administrator, Government of Alberta
- Monica A. Contreras, Senior Manager, Facilities Infrastructure, Lead Architect Architectural Project Delivery, Bell Canada, Bell Real Estate Services
- Samiddha Aryasinghe, Senior Project Manager, Tiree Facility Solutions Inc.
- Sherry Hastings, Functional Planner – Capital Planning, Saskatchewan Health Authority
- Taghreed Al-Zubaidi, Accessibility Specialist, City of Mississauga
- Tony Crimi, President, AC Consulting Solutions
Areas of focus
There are common areas where people with disabilities may experience barriers to accessibility in heritage buildings and sites. These areas include, but are not limited to:
- Inaccessible areas within the built environment, including, but not limited to:
- entrances
- interior and exterior paths of travel
- washrooms and sanitary facilities
- stairs
- wayfinding and signage
- means of emergency egress (exit)
- A lack of accessible communications related to, for example:
- heritage site descriptions and tours
- communication documents
- information products available to the public at heritage sites.
- Inaccessible information and communication technologies, such as websites, that do not align with existing accessibility standards (where relevant).
This standard is in development
Standard started: TBD
Public review expected: TBD
Publication expected TBD