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On Drupal.org for 18 years 9 months
Over 100 edits to documentation
Mike Gifford is a Senior Strategist at CivicActions. His primary focus is on building digital accessibility confidence and capabilities in the public sector.
Previously, he was the Founder and President of OpenConcept Consulting Inc., a web development agency specializing in building open source solutions for the open web. We worked primarily with the Drupal CMS. In this role he was an active part of the Government of Canada's Open Source Advisory Board.
Pushed by a desire to build better and more inclusive world, Mike has been involved with accessibility since the beginning of the 90s. He has spearheaded accessibility improvements in Drupal since 2008, and officially became Drupal’s Core Accessibility Maintainer in 2012.
As a techie at heart, Mike likes to get into the code when he gets the chance. There is always more to learn and he is always exploring better practices to resolving problems. Usually better incentives and policies provide an improved experience for people with disabilities than incorporating artificial intelligence. Not always though.
Mike's wide range of experience provides the ability to understand the technological big picture.
Contributor roles
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Engaging in slack.
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Accessibility maintainer
Documentation guides
✓ Can opt projects into security advisory coverage
Since 2009, I've contributed to the accessibility enhancements adopted by the Drupal community, including improvements in Drupal 7 core. I've also presented at DrupalCamp Toronto & Montreal and organized meetups and events showcasing Drupal in government. I've played a leadership role in the Ottawa Drupal Users Group and am contributing to our first Drupal Camp.
Events spoken at
Credited on 262 fixed issues
- Drupal core, 155 issues
- Drupal.org customizations, 10 issues
- Search 404, 1 issue
- Talking Drupal Podcast, 2 issues
- DrupalCon Europe, 4 issues
- Drupal 8 Contrib Porting Tracker, 13 issues
- Homebox - Individual user dashboards, 3 issues
- Aggregator, 1 issue
- Drupal Community Governance, 2 issues
- Coding Standards, 1 issue
- Project Browser, 3 issues
- Facets, 2 issues
- Automatic Alternative Text, 1 issue
- EIM - Extended Image Module: Make alt / title required, 1 issue
- Accessibility Scanner, 3 issues
- Simple OAuth (OAuth2) & OpenID Connect, 1 issue
- Webform Represent Integration, 1 issue
- Editor Advanced link, 1 issue
- Node Link Report, 1 issue
- DrupalCon North America 2021, 1 issue
- The Better Mega Menu, 1 issue
- Chaos Tool Suite (ctools), 1 issue
- CKEditor Accessibility Auditor, 1 issue
- EU Cookie Compliance (GDPR Compliance), 1 issue
- Select (or other), 1 issue
- A11yTalks (Accessibility Talks), 3 issues
- Midwest Drupal Camp (MidCamp), 1 issue
- Drupal.org content, 2 issues
- IMCE, 1 issue
- Drupal.org site moderators, 6 issues
- Path redirect import, 1 issue
- Drupal.org cross-site customizations, 2 issues
- Drupal core ideas, 1 issue
- Open Social, 1 issue
- Modifiers Pack, 1 issue
- San Francisco Drupal User Group (SFDUG), 1 issue
- Accessibility, 2 issues
- Views (for Drupal 7), 1 issue
- Ultimenu, 1 issue
- Entity Embed, 1 issue
- Security Check, 2 issues
- Calendar, 1 issue
- Voting API, 1 issue
- Fluidproject UI Options, 1 issue
- Link, 1 issue
- HybridAuth Social Login, 1 issue
- Svg Image, 1 issue
- jQuery Waypoints, 1 issue
- D7 Media, 2 issues
- Radix, 1 issue
- Transliteration, 1 issue
- simplytest.me, 1 issue
- Panels, 1 issue
- Automated Logout, 1 issue
- Block ARIA Landmark Roles, 1 issue
- Field collection, 1 issue
- Colorbox, 1 issue
- RefreshLess, 1 issue
- Views Slideshow Configurable Controls, 1 issue
- Openlayers, 1 issue
- Panelizer, 1 issue
- Search API Autocomplete, 1 issue
- File Entity (fieldable files), 1 issue
Projects maintained
mgifford helps support and grow the Drupal community with the Drupal Association.
19 people list mgifford as a mentor