feminist disability activist and professor in Canada and around the world. Also at @dstienstra.bsky.social
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ALT Untold Stories of Disablement and Displacement: Syrian refugees in Canada by Sukaina Dada. The cover features a child in a wheelchair with their back to us, as an older woman wearing a hijab puts their arm around them.
ALT Four disabled people of color face each other in a open circle during a meeting. Two Black people sit on a couch with a cane leaning off the side while a Black non-binary person stands with a tablet and cane. A South Asian person in a wheelchair takes notes. Text from DAWN Canada
ALT The lecture will be held virtually and in-person, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Admission is free but registration is required. The title of the lecture is "Fostering societal growth: Exploring how inclusion drives the development agenda." Most Honourable Kerryann Ifill is an award-winning advocate, pioneer, and activist for the rights of people with disabilities. Redefining the landscape of accessibility and social justice. She is a true trailblazer in both politics and advocacy. A QR Code is provided for registration. The event is presented by the Guelph Institute for Development Studies, and sponsored by the International Development Research Centre in honour of its first president, David Hopper.
ALT New Research: The Challenges of (Re)Building Trust Post-COVID—People with disabilities and Canadian governments.
ALT At the Countering Policy Exclusions: Centring Accessibility to Advance the Right to Housing panel, join civil society leaders and researchers to discuss how people with disabilities - especially women and gender-diverse folks - are being failed by, and are responding to, housing failures in Ontario.
ALT University of Guelph Live Work Well Research Centre event, Countering Policy Exclusions: Canada, disability, and international commitments, on February 27, 2025, 12:30-2:00 pm ET, Virtual on Zoom.
ALT A blue graphic of a woman in a wheelchair sitting at a desk and writing and drawing. The title “Stop Calling Me Differently-abled" is surrounded by two borders: one in the top left reads “Notes from the Field” and one in the bottom left that reads “Live Work Well Research Centre.”
