Billion Dollar Accessibility Bungle: Accessibility Problems at New Toronto Courthouse: Short Version

The new Toronto Courthouse, which opened in the first half of 2023 and which cost almost 1 billion dollars, has serious disability accessibility problems, as this video reveals. Said to be Canada’s largest courthouse, this mega-courthouse, which includes some 63 criminal courtrooms, totally or partially replaces 6 courthouses around Toronto. Narrated by blind Toronto lawyer and disability rights advocate David Lepofsky, Chair of the non-partisan Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance, this video shows that this is a billion dollar accessibility bungle. This video will interest anyone concerned with disability rights, architecture, design of the built environment, equality or social justice. This long version provides detailed explanations of just some of this courthouse’s disability accessibility problems. A short version of this video more briefly summarizes these disability accessibility problems. The long version is available at    • Billion Dollar Accessibility Bungle: ...  

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