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Athina Lavoie

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Canada’s first plain language standard

CAN-ASC-3.1:2025 – Plain Language

In October 2025, Accessibility Standards Canada published CAN-ASC-3.1:2025, the first National Standard of Canada on plain language. It’s free, available in English and French, and …

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Accessible colour palette generator

Colour contrast is one of the most common accessibility failures on the web. According to the 2025 WebAIM Million report, low contrast text appeared on …

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Tags accessibility, colour contrast, colour palette

Digital accessibility is now mandatory in Canada

In December 2025, the Canadian government quietly published one of the most significant digital accessibility regulations in the country’s history. The Regulations Amending the Accessible …

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Tags ACA, Accessible Canada Act, CAN/ASC-EN 301 5479, WCAG 2.1

51 errors per page: What the WebAIM Million Report means for your website

Imagine visiting a website where one out of every 24 things you try to interact with simply doesn’t work. No labels on the form fields. …

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Tags accessibility audit, Accessible Canada Act, webAim

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