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CEO: Suzanne Share, M.A.
Suzanne Share has a M.A. in Health Policy and Critical Disabilities from
York University. This degree includes a specialty in disability law from
Osgoode Hall Law School. Ms. Share taught Health Policy and Government at
York University and has been a part-time instructor at Brock University.
Suzanne Share has diverse skills, with more than twenty-five years experience as a business and accounting consultant. Ms. Share is a popular professional lecturer, researcher, trainer and consultant. She is known as a cross-disability consultant, accessibility auditor, public speaker and author of custom handbooks as required by the customer.
Ms. Share consults on all matters related to business including restructuring,
accounting, inclusive solutions, sensitivity awareness education, compliance
with the AODA and Federal mandated obligations to people with disabilities.
Ms. Share is the Director for Central Western Ontario for the Accessibility
Consultants Association of Ontario.
Ms. Share maintains connections with the disability community that enables
her service to find practical solutions for stakeholders. In the recent
past, she was on the board of Citizens with Disabilities-Ontario (CWDO)
as the Treasurer and Chair of the Built Environment Committee; and on the
Board of the AODA Alliance. Ms. Share represented the disability community
when the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario required input on the subject
of implementing the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service. She is
presently on the Accessible Built Environment Standards Development Committee
for the Province of Ontario as a voting member. Ms. Share is also a consultant
on the accessible built environment.
Ms. Share offers courses or speaking engagements where topics include
international, national and provincial legal obligations to persons with
disabilities. On demand, topics/courses focus on the Accessibility for Ontarians
with Disabilities Act, 2005; Accessibility Standards for Customer Service,
2008; the proposed Accessible Information and Communication Standards, proposed
Accessible Built Environment Standard, proposed Employment Accessibility
Standard, information on interacting with people with disabilities; and
identifying realistic policy, practice and procedures. Audiences/customers
include Adobe Systems, First Byte Software, senior programmers, webmasters
and senior staff of the Federal Government and many cities; numerous corporations,
the Ministry of Ontario and Human Resources Professionals Association Ontario.