Conversation Series: Disability & Access

Oct 26, 2023 to Apr 11, 2024, 12 - 1pm
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Castlegar, Side Pit

Cultivating Knowledge, Understanding, Community and Change

Join us for a series of conversations on topics related to disability. This series is open to students, employees and community members with lived experience with accessibility and disability as well as those interested in social justice and equity, diversity and inclusion.

Thursday, October 26

Language: Person First, Condition First and Beyond

Thursday, November 9

Ableism: Peeling Back the Layers

Thursday, December 7

Accessibility: Beyond Ramps and Elevators

Thursday, January 25

Disability in Media: Central vs. Supporting Characters, Stereotypes and Tropes

Thursday, February 8

Neurodiversity in Post-Secondary: Not New, Just News

Thursday, February 15

Cripping Resilience: Supporting Ourselves and Each Other

Thursday, March 14

Social Model of Disability: What's Broken, the Person or the Access?

Thursday, April 11

Social Justice in the Disability Realm: Rights, Funding, Access, Co-Support