Membership

The AAC is comprised of local and national organizations as well as individual volunteers listed below who have signalled their commitment to the AAC’s vision: for people of all ages and abilities in Canada to have access to homes that are free of barriers and support their ability to participate fully in society.

Read the members’ Statements of Support HERE.

To join the AAC, send a Statement of Support to Linda Weichel with the subject line Accessibility Coalition and tell us why accessible housing is important to you and your organization.

Members

Real estate development

  1. ARISTA Homes
  2. BentallGreenOak
  3. BILD (Building Industry and Land Development Association)
  4. Cadillac Fairview
  5. Choice Properties REIT
  6. Collecdev-Markee
  7. Crosswalk Communities
  8. Devron
  9. DiamondCorp
  10. Diamond Schmitt Architects
  11. EllisDon Community Builders
  12. Giannone Petricone Associates
  13. Greenwin
  14. GWL Realty Advisors
  15. Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area
  16. Human Space
  17. Jeffrey Kerr, RE/MAX Prime Properties Unique Group
  18. Killam Apartment REIT
  19. National Homes
  20. Northcrest Developments
  21. Percy Ellis
  22. Penguin Living
  23. Ron Wickman Architect
  24. RioCan REIT
  25. SHS Consulting
  26. Spanier Group
  27. SvN Architects + Planners
  28. TAS
  29. Tenblock
  30. The Daniels Corporation
  31. Tridel
  32. ULI (Urban Land Institute)’s Toronto District Council
  33. Jennevieve Virata
  34. Woodbourne Capital Management International, LP
  35. WoodGreen

Accessibility

  1. Accessible Housing Network
  2. AccessNow
  3. Aequum Global Access Inc.
  4. Atlantic Accessibility Consulting
  5. Bellwoods Centres
  6. Canadian Lived Experience Leadership Network
  7. CNIB Access Labs
  8. Community Living Toronto
  9. Direct Access Consultancy
  10. Incluzia Inc.
  11. Intentional Community Consortium
  12. L’Arche Toronto Homes Inc
  13. Level Playing Field Inc.
  14. March of Dimes Canada
  15. Pedesting Corporation
  16. Reena
  17. Regroupement des organismes pour aînés et aînées du sud-ouest de Montréal (ROPASOM)
  18. Rick Hansen Foundation
  19. RPATH Committee (Responsible Personal Accessibility in Toronto Housing)
  20. Safehaven
  21. Spinal Cord Injury Ontario
  22. StopGap Foundation
  23. Sunnybrook Research Institute
  24. The Right Fit Program
  25. KITE Research Institute at UHN (University Health Network)
  26. Yazmine Laroche

Civic and education

  1. Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR)
  2. City of Vaughan
  3. CivicAction
  4. PEACH Research Unit, Dalhousie University
  5. Design Industry Advisory Committee (DIAC)
  6. John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto
  7. Waterfront Toronto
  8. Centre for Feminist Research, York University

2024-2025 Committee Members

The Accelerating Accessibility Coalition launched five inaugural committees in September 2024. The (*) indicates the chairs of the committees.

Strategy

  • * Zach Day, Habitat for Humanity GTA
  • Martin Lalonde, Ex aequo, Montreal
  • Peter Athanasopoulos, Spinal Cord Injury Ontario (SCIO)
  • Mary-Kathleen Dunn, March of Dimes Canada Neisha Mitchell, CNIB
  • Neisha Mitchell, CNIB
  • Pina Mallozzi, Waterfront Toronto

Engagement and Outreach

  • * Geeta Ramdas, EllisDon
  • * Rabia Munir, GWLRA
  • Vail Zerr, Waterfront Toronto
  • Michelle Bilek, Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
  • Gary Gladstone, Reena
  • Heela Omarkhail, The Daniels Corporation
  • Roman Romanov, Rick Hansen Foundation
  • Arleigh Hack, Northcrest Developments
  • Ridhima Nayyar, RioCan REIT

Programming and Events

  • * Riva Finkelstein
  • Jody Negley, Regroupement des organismes pour aînés et aînées du sud-ouest de Montréal (ROPASOM)
  • Arleigh Hack, Northcrest Developments
  • Nikoletta Erdelyi, Spinal Cord Injury Ontario (SCIO)

Research and Development

  • * Kevin Stolarick, Design Industry Advisory Committee (DIAC)
  • * Marnie Courage, Incluzia Inc.
  • Kirstin Yuzwa, Sunnybrook Research Institute
  • Sarah Laisney, Canadian Centre for Housing Rights
  • David Demers, CNIB Access Labs
  • Anna Chow, The Right Fit
  • Evelyn Harris, DEI consultant
  • Barbara Myers, Aequum Global Access

Communications

  • * Kasia Gladki, Waterfront Toronto
  • * Jennevieve Virata
  • Megan Aird, The Daniels Corporation
  • Rachel Truant, Safehaven
  • Janis McCulloch, BILD