Establishing Committees
To establish a committee, the following resources may be able to assist you. View the Flip Book Guide to help you Establish a Committee (pdf version for download) created for this project.
Recruitment Document Examples
Example from the City of Vancouver, recruiting Advisory Committee members through LinkedIn
- City of Victoria Recruitment Announcement (on website)
- Crown Accessibility Advisory Committee
- Town of Collingwood Recruitment Announcement
- Wellington County Recruitment Announcement
- Destination BC Recruitment Announcement
Orientation Guide
Generic Orientation Guide your committee can use (will download as a PowerPoint document)
Terms of Reference (TOR) Examples In BC
- City of Coquitlam Terms of Reference
- City of New Westminster Terms of Reference
- Rossland Terms of Reference
- Saanich Peninsula Accessibility Advisory Committee Terms of Reference
- Whistler Access & Inclusion Committee Terms of Reference
Other Municipalities TOR Examples
- City of Regina Terms of Reference
- City of London (ON) Terms of Reference
- City of Windsor Terms of Reference
Other Government TOR Examples
- Province of BC’s Accessibility Committee Terms of Reference
- York District (US) School Board AODA Advisory Committee Terms of Reference
Member Application Forms
- Saanich Peninsula AAC Member Application Form
- Springwater Committee Application Form
- Generic Application Form
Developing Plans
Download the Toolkit & Guide for Developing an Accessibility Plan
- Appendix 1: Accessible Plan template
- Prioritization Tool (PDF Guide) (Excel Spreadsheet) – tool for your committee to use to identify barriers, prioritize barriers, and inform your accessibility strategy
Local Government
Local Governments – BC
- Delta BC Accessibility Plan
- Kamloops Accessibility Plan
- Northeastern BC Collaborative (Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Hudson’s Hope, NRRM, Pouce Coupe, Taylor, Tumbler Ridge, Peace River RD) Accessibility Plan
- North Vancouver (District) Accessibility Plan
- Parksville Accessibility Plan
- Port Coquitlam Accessibility Plan
- Port Moody Accessibility Action Plan
- Prince George Accessibility Work Plan
- Qualicum Beach Draft Accessibility Plan
- Radium Hot Springs Accessibility Plan
- Richmond Draft Accessibility Plan
- Saanich Draft Accessibility Plan
- Sidney Accessibility Plan
- Squamish Accessibility Plan
- Squamish Lillooet Draft Accessibility Plan
- Surrey Accessibility Action Plan
- Terrace Phase 1 Accessibility Plan
- Vancouver Accessibility Strategy
- Whistler Accessibility Action Plan
- White Rock Accessibility Action Plan
- Williams Lake Accessibility and Inclusion Action Plan
Other Local Governments
- City of Edmonton (AB) Accessibility Plan
- City of Toronto (ON)
- City of Huntsville (ON) Accessibilty Plan – single (mid-sized municipality
- York (ON) Region – single regional government multi-year plan
- Region of Peel (ON) Accessibility Plan
- Regional Municipality of Victoria (MB) – very small municipal
Schools and School Districts – BC
- Abbotsford SD Accessibility Plan
- Central Okanagan SD Accessibility Plan
- Chilliwack SD Accessibility Plan
- Cowichan Valley SD Accessibility Plan
- Gold Trail SD Accessibility Plan
- Gulf Islands SD Accessibility Plan
- Kamloops SD Accessibility Plan
- Kootenay Columbia SD Accessibility Plan
- Langley SD Accessibility Plan
- Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows SD Accessibility Plan
- Mission SD Accessibility Plan
- Nanaimo Ladysmith SD Accessibility Plan
- North Vancouver SD Draft Accessibility Plan
- Northern BC SDs (Bulkley Valley SD, Cariboo Chilcotin SD, Central Coast SD, Coast Mountains SD, Haida Gwaii SD, Nechako Lakes SD, Nisga’a SD, Peace River North SD, Peace River South SD, Prince George SD, Prince Rupert SD, Quesnel SD, and Stikine SD) Accessibility Plan
- Okanagan Similkameen SD Accessibility Plan
- Okanagan Skaha SD Accessibility Plan
- Pacific Rim SD Accessibility Plan
- qathet SD Accessibility Plan
- Revelstoke SD Accessibility Plan
- Richmond SD Accessibility Plan
- Sea-to-Sky SD Accessibility Plan
- Sooke SD Accessibility Plan
- Surrey SD Accessibility Plan
- Vancouver Island North SD Accessibility Plan
Other School Districts
- Akrotiri School (Cyprus) Accessibility Policy
- Avon Maitland School District (ON) Accessibility Plan
- Waterloo (ON) School District Accessibility Plan
- Simcoe County (ON) School District Accessibility Plan
- York (ON) Catholic School District Accessibility Plan
Post-Secondary Institutions – BC
- BCIT Accessibility Action Plan
- Camosun College Accessibility Action Plan
- Coast Mountain College Accessibility Plan
- College of Caledonia Accessibility Plan
- Douglas College Accessibility Plan
- Emily Carr Draft Accessibility Plan
- Justice Institute Accessibility Plan Outline
- Kwantlen Accessibility Plan
- Langara Accessibility Plan
- North Island College Accessibility Plan
- NVIT Work Plan
- Okanagan College Accessibility Plan
- Royal Roads Accessibility Plan
- Selkirk College Accessibility Commitment
- SFU Interim Accessibility Plan
- UFV Phase 1 Accessibility Plan
- University of Victoria Accessibility Plan
- Vancouver Community College Accessibility Plan
- VIU Draft Accessibility Plan
Other Post-Secondary Institutions
- Carleton University Coordinated Accessibility Strategy – an excellent example of plan for post-secondary institutions
- Centennial (ON) College – single post-secondary institution plan
Municipal Police
- Brantford (ON) Police Service Accessibility Plan
- Building an Accessible RCMP
Public Library Systems – BC (many work with their local governments)
- Kootenay Libraries (Beaver Valley, Castlegar, Creston, Elkford, Fernie, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Invermere, Kaslo, Kimberley, Midway, Nakusp, Nelson, Penticton, Rossland, Salmo, Sparwood, and Trail Libraries) Accessibility Plan
- Okanagan Regional Library Accessibility Plan
Other Public Libraries
- Ontario Libraries Toolkit
- Cape Breton (NS) Library Plan
- Markham (ON) Library Plan
- CFLA Guidelines for Accessibility in Libraries
- Toronto (ON) Library Plan
- Committee for Library Accessibility Plan (IACLA) (NS)
Crowns, Tribunals, and Other Government Agencies – BC
- BC Games Society Accessibility Plan
- BC Housing Accessibility Plan
- BC Hydro Accessibility Plan
- BC Pension Accessibility Plan
- BC Transit Accessibility Plan
- BCIB (Infrastructure Benefits) Accessibility Plan
- Elections BC Accessibility Plan
- ICBC Accessibility Principles and Pillars
- Office of the Human Rights Commissioner Accessibility Report and Plan
- PavCo Accessibility Plan
- Real Estate Foundation of BC Accessibility Plan
- Technical Safety BC Accessibility Plan
- Translink BC Accessibility Plan
- WorkSafeBC Accessibility Plan
Other Crowns, Tribunals, and Other Government Agencies
- Scotiabank (Federal) Accessibility Plan
- Manitoba Hydro Accessibility Plan
- Australian Museum Accessibility Plan
Health Authorities
Non-Governmental
Creating Public Feedback Mechanisms
- Government of BC Feedback tool
- BCIT Online Feedback tool
- Town of Pictou (NS) Accessibility survey
- Town of Antigonish (NS) Accessibility Planning Engagement Strategy
Other Tools
Employment
- BC Human Rights Employment Equity Toolkit
- Hiring People with Disabilities Framework (Federal)
- Manager’s Guide to Reasonable Accommodations (BC)
Emergency Planning
- Emergency Preparedness Guide (DABC)
- Emergency Preparedness Guide (Federal)
- PreparedBC Guide (Emergency Guide, BC)
- CDC Emergency Preparedness Guide
List of Other Committees and Plans in Canada
Canada
- Air Canada
- Amex Canada
- Amtrak
- Atomic Energy of Canada
- Bank of America
- Bank of Canada
- Business Development Bank of Canada
- Canada Border Services Agency
- Canada Deposit Service Corporation
- Canada Development Investment Corporation
- Canada Energy Regulator
- Canada Infrastructure Bank
- Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat
- Canada School of Public Service
- Canadian Dairy Commission
- Canadian Human Rights Commission
- Canadian Northern Development Agency
- Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
- Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
- Canadian Space Agency
- Canadian Transportation Agency
- Canadian Trucking Alliance
- CBC Radio-Canada
- CMHC
- Correctional Service Canada
- Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
- Defence Construction Canada
- Department of Justice of Canada
- Destination Canada
- Elections Canada
- Export Development Canada
- Federal Bridge Corporation
- Global Container Terminals
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- House of Commons
- Immigration Refugee Board
- Indigenous Services Canada
- Information Commissioner of Canada
- Infrastructure Canada
- Liberal Party of Canada
- Lufthansa Group
- Microsoft Canada
- Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada
- National Capital Commission
- Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada
- Office of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
- Office of Parliamentary Budget Officer
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
- Office of the Procurement Ombudsman
- Office of the Secretary to the Governor General
- NSERC
- Parks Canada
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Public Prosecution Service of Canada
- Public Safety Canada
- RCMP
- Royal Bank
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
- Standards Council of Canada
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Toronto Pearson Airport
- Transport Safety Canada
- Veterans Affairs Canada
Ontario
Local Governments
- Brantford
- Bruce County
- Collingwood
- Dufferin County
- Elgin County
- Essex County
- Frontenac County
- Grey County
- Haliburton County
- Halton Region
- Hastings County
- Huron County
- Kingston
- Kitchener
- Lambton County
- Mississauga
- Milton
- Peel Region
- Petawawa
- Pickering
- Prince Edward County
- Toronto
- Toronto Public Library
- Waterloo
- Wellington County
- Whitewater Region
- Windsor
- Woodstock
- York Region
Education
Post-Secondary Institutions
- Algonquin College
- Cambrian College
- Centennial College
- Fleming College
- Humber College
- Mohawk College
- Niagara College
- Ontario Tech University
- Queen’s University
- Toronto Metropolitan University
- Wilfrid Laurier University
Governmental/Not-for-Profit
- Agricorp
- CIMS
- CMHA Thunder Bay
- College of Nurses Ontario
- CSA Group
- Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario
- Health Care of Ontario Pension Plan
- Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
- March of Dimes
- Monarch Recovery Services
- Ontario Arts Council
- Ontario Food Terminal Board
- Ontario Health
- Ontario Human Rights Commission
- Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council
- Ontario Securities Commission
- Real Food for Real Kids
- TransAlta
- Tribunals Ontario
- Village Media
- Walkerton Clean Water Centre
- WSIB
Private Businesses
- 3M
- ADP
- Banyan Community Services
- BMO
- Chubb
- Coca-Cola Canada
- Decor-Rest
- Deer Creek Golf
- Edelman Canada
- Ernst & Young
- Home Hardware
- KN Crowder Manufacturing
- QuadReal
- RBC Insurance
- Shaw’s Ice Cream
- Supply Chain Alliance
- Telus
- Thomson Reuters
Nova Scotia
- Amherst
- Annapolis Royal
- Antigonish
- Bible Hill
- Clare
- Colchester and Truro Counties
- Crown Accessibility Advisory Committee
- Cumberland County
- Cumberland Public Libraries
- Dalhousie University
- Digby
- East Hants
- Halifax
- Halifax Public Libraries
- Inverness County
- Kentville
- Kings County
- Lunenburg Joint Committee
- Middleton
- Mount St. Vincent University
- Nova Scotia Community College
- Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health
- Pictou
- Port Hawkesbury
- Queens
- Region of Queens Municipality
- Regional Centres for Education (RCEs) and Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (CSAP)
- Shelburne
- St. Francis Xavier University
- St. Mary’s
- St. Mary’s University
- West Hants
- Westville
- Wolfville
- Yarmouth
Manitoba
- Brandon
- College of Paramedics of Manitoba
- College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Manitoba
- Dauphin
- Elections Manitoba
- Manitoba Public Insurance
- Portage la Prairie
- Prairie Mountain Health
- Red River College
- Selkirk
- Springfield
- Steinbach
- The Pas
- Winnipeg
- Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba
Other
- Memorial University (NL)
- Regina (SK)
- St. John’s (NL)