I’m excited to be speaking today about Accessibility in Branding at #RGDDT but unfortunately I have laryngitis which is also going to make today very hard.
Today I woke up reflecting on the Indigenous story of the hummingbird.
Meggan Van Harten
@Meggan_DDP
Accessibility-Focused Designer & Business Leader | Partner & Strategic Leader at Design de Plume | She/her
- Technology needs to be more inclusive of Indigenous languages. It’s amazing to see this happening with Apple products.The Mi'kmaw language keyboard, which rolled out last month. was a partnership between Apple and Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey, a language education authority for 12 communities in Nova Scotia bit.ly/3Qd8OSt
- Hey @RGD Design Thinkers TO attendees! Don't miss out on this preconference workshop about practical application of accessibility in your design work. Learn how to use the programs you have access to right now and make your designs more #accessible! #a11yDon't miss this accessibility workshop for designers on November 1st! Details at: eventbrite.ca/e/accessibilit…
- I love my toddlers ability to take everyday words and make them hers. Bumble bees are “bum bee bees” and Link from Zelda will now forever be known in my house as “Sugar man”.
- “If we had an alphabet in our language [anishinaabe] we wouldn’t start with the letter A. We would start with what’s most profound” - Elder Stanley Peltier #IHHG #IHHGConference
