September Meetup (HYBRID EVENT)- Hosted by Rangle.io + Fable

  Sep 22, 2022  |    5:30pm
  Spaces Queen West
  180 John St, Toronto, ON M5T 1X5, Canada

Event Image for Toronto Meetup with the title, "Building Inclusive and Accessible Products hosted buy Rangle plus Fable" It also includes photos of Speakers Thomas Schemmer, Software Architect, Rangle.io and Richard Marion, QA Web Accessibility Tester and the URL: queertech.org/toronto_meetup_22sept22 on a bright blue background

Join us on Thursday, 22 Sept as our partners, Rangle.io and Fable, welcome our QTs for an evening of great networking and conversation.

This month, we focus our conversation on what it means to build inclusive and accessible tech products and how to overcome challenges we may encounter along the way. This fireside chat will be between Thomas Schemmer, a Software Architect at Rangle.io who is passionate about creating inclusive experiences, and Richard Marion, a blind QA Web Accessibility Tester and Contractor for Fable. The conversation will illuminate just how broad and difficult it is to encompass all forms of accessibility and inclusion, dial in on tactical things you could do today to make your products better and discuss how this is meaningful to the 2SLGBTQ+ community.

Whether you are attending in person or virtually, make sure to come with your questions, and be ready to meet and connect with your fellow QTs! 

Here's what to expect :

5:30-6:00 pm: Arrival and Open Networking at Spaces Queen West

6:15 pm: Start of the event for Zoom attendees

6:20-6:30 pm: Welcome by QueerTech and Rangle.io + Fable

6:30-7:00 pm: Conversation

7:00-7:15 pm: Community Ask & Offers

7:15- 7:45 pm: More Awesome Networking

7:30 pm: End of the event for Zoom attendees

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Photo of Thomas Schemmer

Thomas Schemmer, Software Architect, Rangle.io

Passionate about deriving efficient solutions for complex problems and creating inclusive experiences. I am a hands-on software-architect and web accessibility specialist, challenging the notions of complacency and reactionary development. I pull a wealth of knowledge from my career experiences from working within many different types of company settings.

Richard Marion

Richard Marion, QA Web Accessibility Tester

Richard has been involved in the accessible technology field for over five years. As a blind person, he gained knowledge of accessible tech from an early age and has been using computers with adaptive equipment for most of his life.

One of the achievements Richard is most proud of is working with The Vancouver Pride Society to include live Audio Description at the Vancouver Pride Parade. The first year this was done was 2015.

Richard is happily married to his husband for over six years now and they have a new member of their family as Richard just received a new guide dog this year.

MEET RANGLE.IO
The word Rangle in Red
We are a leader in building digital products. If your company wants the kind of partner who can refine your entire product lifecycle from the idea to launch, our experts will coach your team through the journey, designing and building together.
At Rangle, we care about building a representative and inclusive culture, one that reflects the cities we do business in. Diversity, equity and inclusion for us means doing the work — it’s a process that doesn’t end with creating and publishing simple statements, but with putting the effort in every day. This includes conversations, new initiatives, being led by our Community of Practice, and changing any rule or policy that doesn’t reflect the needs of everyone at Rangle.
MEET FABLE
Fable Logo
Build inclusive products.
Most of the internet is inaccessible, but you can change that with Fable. Enterprises use Fable Engage to connect to people with disabilities for user research and accessibility testing. Fable Upskill provides custom training for digital teams to gain the skills to build inclusive products.

THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT THE EVENT

Space is limited so please be sure to RSVP for this event and if your schedule changes, be sure to release your spot. Admittance will be on a first come first serve basis. 

We will be following current COVID recommendations for Ontario public health:

  • Contact information will be required upon entry for contact tracing purposes
  • Please stay home if you have been exposed to COVID or are feeling any symptoms
  • Hand sanitizer will provided upon entry
  • Please use your best judgments and be considerate of all those around you

For any accessibility accommodations, please contact us in advance. 

We are looking forward to seeing many of you in person, and for those not in Toronto or not quite ready for IRL, we hope to see you in our digital spaces, including  Discord!

THANK YOU TO OUR QT CONNECT SPONSORS

Smaller banner that includes the logos for Presented by: RBC (Pride) BDC, Canada Media Fund, TouchTunes, Twitter, Unity Technologies, Wealthsimple (Ally) Google Chrome, Moment Factory, Sun Life (Qmunity) BDO Canada, Osedea. in a white box laid on a pink background. There is a fun coffee cup character and a space cow character under the words qt connect

Presented by: RBC ; Pride: BDC, Canada Media Fund, TouchTunes, Twitter, Unity Technologies, Wealthsimple ; Ally: Google Chrome, Moment Factory, Sun Life ; Qmunity: BDO Canada, Osedea

Annual Sponsor banner - Black background with white logos of Platinum Sponsor - RBC , Gold Sponsors - Google Chrome, Moment Factory, Wealthsimple, Silver Sponsors - SunLife and touchtunes, Bronze Sponsors - OroHealth and Osedea

Thank you to our Annual Sponsors: Platinum: RBC ; Gold: Google Chrome, Moment Factory, Wealthsimple; Silver: Sun Life, TouchTunes; Bronze: ORO Health, Osedea

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