Draft standard

CAN-ASC-6.7: Accessible and Equitable Physical Artificial Intelligence Systems

Information
Designation number
CAN-ASC-6.7
Priority area
Information and communication technologies
Status
Draft
Developed by
Accessibility Standards Canada
Date posted
November
2026
Publication date
To be determined
Technical committee members
  • Nancy McLaughlin, Senior Policy Advisor on Accessibility, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
  • John Willis, Senior Program Advisor, OPS Accessibility Office, Centre of Excellence for Human Rights
  • Toufic Sbeiti, Director of Social Media and Visual Communications, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada  
  • Jutta Treviranus (Chairperson), Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre and Professor, OCAD University 
  • Gary Birch, Executive Director, Neil Squire Society  
  • Lisa Liskovoi, Senior Inclusive Designer and Digital Accessibility Specialist, Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University  
  • Clayton Lewis, Professor, University of Colorado
  • Tara Connolly, Assistant Director Research and Development, Accessibility Institute, Carleton University  Julia Stoyanovich, Associate Professor and Director, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University
  • Anne Jackson, Professor, Seneca College  
  • Kave Noori, Artificial Intelligence Policy Officer, European Disability Forum  
  • Mia Ahlgren, Human Rights and Disability Policy Officer, Swedish Disability Rights Federation
  • Sambhavi Chandrashekar (Vice-Chairperson), Global Accessibility Lead, D2L Corporation  
  • Julianna Rowsell, Senior Product Manager, Product Equity, Adobe  
  • Hala Anwar, AI Research Leadership, Adobe Labs
  • Kate Kalcevich, Head of Accessibility Innovation, Fable  
  • Saeid Molladavoudi, Senior Data Science Advisor, Statistics Canada  
  • Merve Hickok, Founder, President and Research Director, Alethicist.org, Center for AI and Digital Policy, University of Michigan