Mary Ann Jackson

Mary Ann Jackson, a built environment accessibility specialist with internationally recognised qualifications and/or accreditations in Access Consulting, Urban Planning, Architecture, Applied Science, and Environment, has 30+ years experience in built environment research, design, implementation, and assessment. Several projects have been awarded local, national and international recognition and peer-reviewed research papers published in international journals. She has designed and delivered several tertiary and professional courses, seminars and workshops in design, technology, sustainability, and accessibility. The Director of transdisciplinary consultancy Visionary Design Development Pty Ltd, she is currently undertaking a PhD focused on human rights-based approaches to improving neighbourhood built environment accessibility.

Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.