Join us for a panel discussion about what we know and don't know about the appearance and disappearance of disability on campus.
Stick around and celebrate the end of term with our amazing colleague, USW member and award winning DJ Nik Redman, who will close out the evening with great music.
MODERATOR: June Larkin (Director, Equity Studies at New College and Senior Lecturer, WGSI)
PRESENTERS:
Loree Erickson
Tanya Titchkosky, Professor, Social Justice Education, OISE
Karen Yoshida, Associate Professor,Department of Physical Therapy and the Rehabilitation Science Institute at the University of Toronto
Fiona Cheuk, PhD Candidate, from Students for Barrier Free Access
Key questions for discussion will include:
- What are some of the ways that the appearance and/or disappearance of disability matter to work-life?
- What aspects regarding the politics of disability on campus are important for us to think about?
- How might the official measures of "being included" not be adequate to the task of creating a disability-friendly workplace?
Wheelchair accessible space, ASL intepretation provided