Transforming Grief, Loss, and Togetherness in COVID-19 — Fort York National Historic Site
"Transforming Grief, Loss, and Togetherness in COVID-19," a community-co-created exhibition for the City of Toronto at Fort York National Historic Site, opened in 2022 with a fully multimodal accessible design by Prime Access Consulting; it won a Bronze award from the International Design Awards and was a Society for Experiential Graphic Design finalist.
| Venue | Fort York National Historic Site |
|---|---|
| Project type | Temporary Exhibition |
| Status | Completed |
| Year completed | 2022 |
| Technologies | tactile graphics, audio description, sensory rooms |
Credits
| Firm | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Prime Access Consulting | Accessibility / Inclusive Design Consulting | Designed, produced, and launched a fully multimodal, tri-lingual, community co-created exhibition for the City of Toronto in an 8-month engagement (September 2022 – March 2023), including audio description, tactile graphics, touch objects, visual description, wayfinding, sensory rooms, and digital accessibility. Curated by Armando Perla and Raven Spiratos with guest Indigenous curator Heather George; featured the Passion Fruit Collective and artist Gloria C Swain. |