Tell Us Your Story. What motivated you to start your business? Why are you passionate about what you do?

As a disabled-owned and operated business, accessibility is not only our work, but part of our everyday lives. Despite the best efforts in building codes, regulations, and features, many people with disabilities still cannot participate fully in work, school, or life. Our job is to provide the feedback and recommendations to make meaningful access and enhance the accessibility of buildings and spaces.

Describe and demonstrate, including metrics, your community support. How do you support and uplift your community, and how do they show that support in return? Minimum 25 words, maximum 2500 characters.

Our best moments are when a client's face lights up as they get ideas of what to do to improve their accessibility. That is our goal – our reports depict accessibility solutions super-imposed on to photos of their existing spaces, helping to make clients realize that not only is it possible to make their spaces accessible, but it can also look beautiful and be functional for everyone else as well. Our work has also resulted in two of our buildings winning the BOMA Accessibility Challenge award in 2022 and 2023, given to the building with the highest Rick Hansen accessibility score in Canada. There is only one winner per year, making it the most prestigious annual accessibility award in Canada. Our work and accessibility awareness has also been featured on media outlets such as CBC, Citytv, and The Tyee.

Why do you deserve to win the Business Impact award?

We aim to make lives better for people with disabilities, who make up the largest minority group in Canada but are often overlooked in building operations and planning. Through our work, our impact resonates in the areas of employment, living, education, and social interactions – all of which help foster growth in careers, living, and personal well-being. In other words, meaningful accessibility is a ripple effect that lifts people with disabilities. We make sure that accessibility is not an afterthought, but part of the planning process just like everything else. We are in the business of problem-solving and innovating ways to create a more inclusive and ability-diverse community.

Tell Us About Your Culture. How are you creating a sustainable and healthy workplace where everyone feels welcome? Provide examples of leadership you show in interactions with clients, vendors, contractors, staff and others.

We are proud to be a 100% disabled-owned and operated business, with each member of our staff being part of second minority group as well. As an accessibility consulting company, we also feel it is important to be located in an accessible building, which is why our offices are in a Rick Hansen Certified Gold location. Away from the office, we also offer flexible working options, including remote and hybrid options, as well as weather-related plans that impact disabled access in the city, such as snow and storms. For our clients, we also offer various ways of interpreting our reports, including words, numbers, and photos; we want to accommodate people who understand information in different ways.