Sambhavi Chandrashekar

Global Accessibility Lead

D2L Corporation

Canada

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D2L Corporation is a learning innovation company with a vision to build a better world where learning can be accessible, engaging, and inspiring and a mission to transform the way the world learns by reaching every learner, regardless of their differences in age, abilities or location. Brightspace is their award-winning, cloud-based learning platform that is currently being used by more than 1000 customers in over 40 countries across K-12, higher education, healthcare, government, associations, and the corporate sector. In over 23 years since inception, the company has grown to include over 1000 employees around the world. D2L operates globally, including presences in Canada, the United States, Europe, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, and Brazil.
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Dr Sambhavi “Sam” Chandrashekar is the Global Accessibility Lead of D2L Corporation, a global education technology company head-quartered in Ontario, Canada. Focused on humanizing online education and building an inclusive education ecosystem, Sam is passionate about making education accessible to all learners through accessible technology and inclusive pedagogy.

Sam has a doctorate from the University of Toronto and two master’s degrees from University College London, UK and Indian Institute of Technology, India. She holds academic positions with 3 universities in Canada and supervises Masters and Doctoral research. Sam advocates and practices Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a means for catering to human variability in teaching and learning.

Sam actively influences policy and legislation as Vice-Chairperson of Accessibility Standards Canada's Accessible & Equitable Artificial Intelligence Committee, Vice-Chairperson of Accessibility Standards Canada's ICT Products & Services Committee, Co-Chair of Global Leadership Council of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals, Advisory Council Member of the Canadian Accessibility Network and many more.

My organisation

D2L Corporation

D2L Brightspace is an award-winning, cloud-based learning platform that is currently being used by more than 1000 customers in over 40 countries across K-12, higher education, healthcare, government, associations, and the corporate sector. In over 23 years since inception, our team has grown to include over 1000 employees around the world. D2L operates globally, including presences in Canada, the United States, Europe, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, and Brazil.

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Thursday, 22 February 2024

12:40 - 13:00

Canada’s Research-based Accessibility Standards: A Cutting-edge Approach to Inclusion

Format:Live streamTrack:Location: Fireside Chat - First floor
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