MEDIAC is an accessibility specialty firm providing research, analysis, standards development and marketing services in the communications, cultural and entertainment industries.

Its ACCESSIBILITY LENS products and services offer compliance reporting; inclusive public policy and regulatory analysis, development and reporting; and business strategy solutions.

MEDIAC's portfolio includes an international, national and regional expertise including accessible content multi-platform distribution, accessible media monitoring and accessible content creation as it relates to legislation, funding, engineering, research and development, project management and validation.

MEDIAC has offices in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal providing accessible solutions and services in both official languages.

MediaAccess Canada (MAC) is a not-for-profit corporation focused on strengthening Canada's cultural sector through research and analysis. In June 2010 it announced the creation of five new awards to honour new, quantitative research regarding Canadian communiciations.

Beverley Milligan, President and CEO of MEDIAC and MAC, has built a consortium of partners to collaborate in media projects. She has a strong background in all aspects of accessible content, having played a leadership role in bringing closed captioning to Canada. Her companies focus on strengthening Canada's cultural sector, to serve Canadians' interests.