Community Engagement

TIC will not claim to represent or speak on behalf of communities of marginalized persons. It will nonetheless include members of these communities in its governance/operations and more importantly listen to the wants and needs of representatives of these communities through an organized community engagement process, and apply what is learned to the prioritization of its work to be performed and in its research.

Inclusive Design

Design that considers the full range of human diversity concerning ability, language, culture, gender, age, and other forms of human difference.

Inclusive design has three dimensions: recognizing diversity and uniqueness; inclusive processes and tools; and broader beneficial impact.

Policy Consulting / Development

By bringing together the complementary fields of inclusive design and human rights law, TIC will be able to make a business case, identify public and private standards and guidelines and/or provide draft legislation, regulations and policy proposals that advance the visions and values of TIC. This consultative role is assumed to be distinct from a partisan political or advocacy role.

Precedent Setting Litigation

Sometimes business, government, and social institutions are resistant to inclusion. Cutting-edge systemic litigation can advance public awareness, identify needs and barriers that were not previously well recognized/acknowledged, and give institutions and bureaucracies the push they often need to advance the vision and values of TIC.

Education

The goal of inclusion is advanced by expanding, diversifying and addressing succession amongst those with inclusion expertise.

International

TIC may provide leadership, but also benefit from the leadership of others, in all the functions it has identified for itself. TIC will research, create policies, educate, and litigate at provincial, national, and international levels, including seeking to hold Canada accountable for complying with its international obligations.