Gavin Ogston
Senior Accessibility Specialist at Thomson Reuters
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolGavin Ogston is a Senior Accessibility Specialist with over a decade focused on digital accessibility and two decades in web and digital media, currently shaping inclusive product practices at Thomson Reuters from Ottawa. He partners with design and development teams to build sustainable internal processes, deliver tailored training, and lead remediation on complex web and native app projects across government, private, and nonprofit sectors. Gavin’s background spans hands-on front-end development, project leadership, and consulting—helping organizations move accessibility from checklist to culture. Known for mentoring teams and creating pragmatic, testable strategies, he blends technical fluency with user-centred anthropology-trained insight to surface less obvious barriers and drive better experiences for people with disabilities.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. (Honours), Anthropology, B.A. (Honours), Anthropology at Carleton UniversityMultimedia Production, Multimedia Production at Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology
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Github contributions (2)
simplyaccessible/angular-a11y-ticket-tracker
Feb 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 comment in 2 years
gavinogston/gavinogston.github.io
Jul 2024 - Jul 2024
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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