ACCESSIBILTY
ICER Press aims to ensure that all its publishing activities are accessible to all who may interact with the Press’ material and content.
ICER Press believes that every person has the right to navigate spaces with independence, access knowledge with ease, and to participate in research and community with dignity.
As an Open Access publisher, accessibility is central to how ICER Press understands and approaches equitable publishing. Designing and publishing content in an accessible manner is a practice that benefits all who engage with ICER Press. Specifically, ICER Press has invested time, resources, and expertise to ensure that its physical and digital publishing efforts (including this website) are easier to use and navigate for all users, especially people with disabilities.
In relation to community engaged publishing, this means that the materials and content the Press produces and distributes is done so in a manner that supports equitable access to information, removes barriers, encourages greater accessibility, and responds to the diversity within ICER Press’ community and audience.
Accessibility on ICER Press Website
As one support, ICER Press website relies on UserWay's Web Accessibility Widget. This app is powered by a dedicated accessibility server. This software allowa ICER Press’ website to integrate digital accessibility best practices and supports according to current Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1).
Enabling the Accessibility Menu on this Website
On the ICER Press website, an accessibility menu can be enabled by clicking the accessibility menu icon that appears on bottom left corner of each page. After selecting the accessibility menu, please wait a moment for the accessibility menu to load in its entirety. After the menu loads, you will be able to select a variety of supports such as increasing text size, cursor size, and contrast.
Here For You and to Support You
ICER Press recognizes that accessibility is a collective and iterative process. The work of ensuring the accessibility of the content on this website comes primarily from the vast and varied lived experience of people with disabilities. Our Team strives to learn and improve the accessibility on this website and in relation to its publishing activities.
Despite our best efforts to make ICER Press’ physical and digital publishing activities fully accessible, some content may not have yet been fully adapted to the strictest accessibility standards and best practices. This may be a result of not having found or identified the most appropriate solution or support. We are in the process of applying our newly updated accessibility protocols to past publications. This means that visual- and audio-based content published with ICER Press prior to 2022 may not have access supports such as complete transcripts and closed captioning. If you are experiencing difficulty accessing any content related to ICER Press or have any questions regarding accessibility, please contact us and we will be happy to work with you to find a solution that best supports you.
If you wish to report an accessibility issue, have any questions or need assistance, please contact ICER PRESS us as follows:
Email: icer.press@ubc.ca
Disclaimer
ICER PRESS continues its efforts to constantly improve the accessibility of its site and services in the belief that it is our collective moral obligation to allow seamless, accessible and unhindered use for those of us with disabilities. Please note that ICER Press strives to meet and exceeds local and federal legislation in Canada for accessibility and works in compliance with standards in Canada.