Want to make your production more inclusive and accessible?
Industry IX brings together Production and Access Coordinators to guide and support film, television, photography, marketing, and advertising teams. We help improve access for disabled cast members and make productions more accessible to everyone involved. We support inclusive production environments and representative stories that challenge stereotypes and resonate with audiences—turning good intentions into practical action.
Diverse expertise. One coordinated team.
Industry IX is a partnership between Inclusive Experiences co-founders Elisabeth Walker-Young and Shawna Lawson, and Tilly Nelson and Reedan Elizabeth.
From script development to release, we tailor our support to your project. This may include script and materials review, access planning and coordination to improve accessibility, and advice as your needs change. Our connections across the disability community help us bring in relevant perspectives and specialist expertise.
Tell us what you’re making and where you are in the process. We’ll meet you there. Our approach is firmly non-shaming, collaborative, and practical: we work alongside your team to find clear next steps that fit your production.
Who we are:
Elisabeth Walker-Young:
CM, LLD, PLY | Inclusion and accessibility
Elisabeth Walker-Young is Co-Founder and Inclusion Lead at Inclusive Experiences, a four-time Paralympian and Member of the Order of Canada. She brings lived experience of disability together with expertise in accessibility, facilitation, community engagement and representation.
Known for making uncomfortable conversations more comfortable, Elisabeth helps creative teams make inclusion practical and approachable. She advocates for both purposeful and incidental representation—stories where disability matters, and stories where it simply isn’t the point.
Her work helps productions ask better questions, challenge assumptions and create more authentic, inclusive experiences.
Reedan Elizabeth:
Acting, production and lived expertise
Reedan is an actor and producer who brings lived experience of disability and a performer’s perspective to access and representation. Her contribution connects the experience of being on camera with the decisions made around it, helping teams consider talent’s preferences, participation and the realities of working on set. She has advocated and worked to include the creation of access riders, as well as consulting on script and on-set accommodations for talent in major film and television productions including AMI television productions, and for talent in the upcoming films, Being Huuman and The Dismantled. Off-set, she works as a technical writer and advocate for accessibility in community infrastructure. She served as co-chair for the Squamish Accessibility committee from 2023- 2026.
Shawna Lawson:
MA | Innovation and systems change
Shawna is Co-Founder and Innovation Lead at Inclusive Experiences and a former Director of Research and Social Innovation at viaSport. She brings expertise in project design, research synthesis, meaningful engagement, facilitation and systems change. Her strength is connecting evidence and people’s experiences with clear analysis, useful tools and actions teams can put into practice.
Tilly Nelson:
Photography and inclusive production
Tilly is a commercial photographer whose work centres diversity, representation and human connection. She brings expertise in authentic representation of the disabled community, hands-on production knowledge, extensive inclusive casting experience and a practical eye for how creative decisions affect people’s experience on set. Her clients include Canucks Autism Network, Specsavers, UBC and BCCHF. As part of the team that launched Canada’s first exclusively inclusive talent agency, she has contributed to international conversations around accessible advertising. Through Industry IX, she connects creative ambition with preparation, collaboration and authentic representation.
What we offer:
Cast and crew
Work with disabled talent and support inclusive casting in partnership with talent agencies, casting leads, and community networks. We collaborate with talent to develop access riders and plan for the needs of cast—including doubles, stand-ins, and background performers—and crew.
Pre-production
Assess locations and site-specific access; advise on design, transport, basecamp and equipment. Develop clear talent and crew communications, provide non-shaming education, and coordinate with existing advisors and additional community or specialist partners.
Set preparation
Informed by access riders and individual access needs, we support location scouting and practical set planning, including layouts, routes, and departmental preparations.
Production
Provide real-time access guidance, crew support and problem-solving. Help departments apply agreed recommendations on set and on screen, maintain accessible routes and spaces, and portray mobility aids and equipment accurately and respectfully.
Post-production and release
Review representation, language and continuity. Advise on audience accessibility, marketing, social media, press and events. Connect teams with specialist providers and facilitate community feedback where useful, with access and compensation agreed in advance.
Community expertise throughout
We involve relevant community members and specialists at the stages where their insight can shape decisions. Our role includes thoughtful outreach, accessible consultation and clear expectations about participation and compensation.
Flexible involvement, coordinated delivery
We can support a defined task, a production phase or a longer partnership. On-set work is ordinarily delivered in pairs, combining expertise and shared problem-solving. Planning, reviews and other tasks are allocated to the appropriate team member. You receive clear roles and a designated contact for the engagement.
How can we support you? Reach out.
Email us: industry@inclusive-experiences.ca or fill out this form.