VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION DETAILS
Date: Tuesday, April 29th
For those who have not yet attended the training, the training will begin at 10:00 am.
For those who have already completed the training, the inventory will begin at 12:30 pm.
All volunteers are encouraged to join us for lunch at 12:00 noon.
Both the training and inventory will be held at:
CIE - Centre for International Experience
33 St. George St. (just north of College St on the East side)
Room 102 (Cumberland Room)
IMPORTANT: We ask that you please ensure that your phone/tablet/device is fully charged (if applicable) as many of you have indicated that you will be using your device to conduct the washroom inventory. You are also encouraged to bring your charger with you in case you need to recharge your device on the go.
We look forward to seeing you!
The WIP Team
Turns out we are not the only ones busy populating databases with accessible and gender inclusive washrooms.
Refuge Restrooms, a US based website about to be launched, plans to have thousands of inclusive washrooms listed.
Other than the cool icon, the best part of this project is that users will be the ones to add listings to the database. We at WIP will make sure to include the data we gather during our Inventory next week. Speaking of which, it’s not too late to
sign up to volunteer, and help us map out washrooms at U of T!
As a child of the 90s, I am a big fan of superheroes. They serve an importance by providing children a role model to inspire to be like. With the WIP program, I think we can learn quite a bit from one particular hero… Captain Underpants. In particular, in Attack of the Talking Toilets we see what happens when we do not expect the institution to hold an audit. We go through the years without ever really considering that there are issues with our bathroom, then one day the toilets come alive and start eating people. In the ultimate form of inaccessibility, it takes brave and committed students/heroes such as yourself to stop this from happening. Whether you know it or not, inaccessible bathrooms effects everyone in their own unique ways. People learn from interacting with one another and address the problems that we see. If there is not a forum to address this, there is a ripple effect from students not feeling as though their opinions are valued. If we cannot provide an easy to access map for bathrooms, how can students feel valued amongst their professors and peers? We as a community miss out on some great ideas that students can provide. For all you know, it could be one of these students that rally against talking toilets and that saves millions of lives. So when you consider taking part in helping as map it out, we must consider the long-term influence of our decisions. Think about students within the different groups now, in the future, and the larger community. Let’s look back at our heroes as a child, think about what they would do and I think the decision should be fairly obvious.
