Employment and Social Development Canada announced a Call for Proposals for the Equitable Access to Reading Program. The program will fund projects that increase the production of alternate format reading materials for persons with print disabilities. 

Funding priorities

Employment and Social Development Canada may prioritize funding projects that include one or more of the following:

  • the production of alternate formats in one or more Indigenous languages
  • the production of multiple types (more than one) of alternate format reading materials in hard copy and/or digital alternate formats. For example:
    • embossed Braille
    • electronic braille file or eBrf
    • print-Braille
    • audio
    • DAISY text or audio
    • EPUB3 or accessible PDF
    • large print
  • meet the alternate format needs of those in rural, remote, and/or northern locations (ensuring that residents of rural, and/or remote, and/or northern locations have access to the alternate format materials)

Application period: May 9, 2024, to June 19, 2024, 3:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Funding amount: Up to $6,000,000 per project.

Eligibility

  • national, regional, or local not-for-profits
  • private sector (small for-profit organizations of 99 employees or less)
  • public sector
  • organizations that are located and operate in Canada

For further information about the Equitable Access to Reading Program or to apply, click here.