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2026

Adaptive Fashion Symposium: Rethinking Fashion through Disability & Human-Centered Design

14 - 15 November 2026 11:00 AM - 08:00 PM
Adaptive Fashion Symposium: Rethinking Fashion through Disability and Human Centered Design
The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU)
80 Gould Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2M7

Be part of a landmark Canadian event at the intersection of fashion, accessibility, innovation, and inclusion. The Adaptive Fashion Symposium brings together leading voices from across industry, research, healthcare, and the disability community to showcase emerging ideas and real-world solutions that are helping shape a more inclusive future. Whether you're passionate about design, technology, research, or social impact, this is an opportunity to learn, connect, and be inspired.

KITE New Trainee Orientation

17 September 2026 14:00 - 16:00 PM
TRI University Centre Auditorium (2nd floor at 500 University Avenue)

The KITE New Trainee Orientation is a chance for new trainees to learn about the Office of Research Trainees (ORT), Director’s Office Staff, trainee resources and more. Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to enjoy free coffee and snacks while networking with upper-year trainees and the KITE Executive Committee (KITEC) executives. Register by Thursday September 10th at 11:59 p.m using the registration link.

Accessibility Innovation Exchange (AIX) 2026

24 June 2026 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
2nd Floor Auditorium, KITE Research Institute
550 University Avenue

Canada’s accessibility innovation community is coming together and you should be in the room. This is a ticketed event, register here: https://events.humanitix.com/accessibility-innovation-exchange-2026 Join us for the Accessibility Innovation Exchange (AIX) 2026 at the KITE Research Institute in Toronto, where the future of accessibility, disability tech, and inclusive innovation comes together. Across Canada, some of the most influential organizations are funding and accelerating disability innovation, each focused on different sectors and stages of growth. These organizations are rarely all accessible in one space. AIX brings together Ontario Brain Institute, Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation, MaRS, UHN, KITE Research Institute, Praxis Spinal Cord Institute, CNIB, envisAGE, and AGEWELL (organizations subject to be confirmed), giving you a unique chance to understand how the ecosystem works, where you fit, and how to unlock multiple pathways for collaboration and scale.

We Walk UHNITED

30 May 2026 08:00 AM - 12:30 PM
https://www.wewalkuhnited.ca/join/KITE
Toronto General Hospital (outdoor parking lot) 201 Elizabeth St. (Gerrard St. W. and Elizabeth St.)

We Walk UHNITED presented by Rogers isn’t just a walk. It’s an event to raise critical funds in support of UHN. When you raise money for We Walk UHNITED, you help pave the way for UHN to provide world-changing health care and make groundbreaking innovations. Join KITE's team at https://www.wewalkuhnited.ca/join/KITE.