RADS ROADS
In This Issue
“Has it been 15 years
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Greetings
Alumnus look
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A Fond Farewell
Goodbye, for
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Exploring the lives of the Ryerson Alumni of
What are
Disability Studies
students and
alumni up to?
Reviews
Greetings
From the
RADS Roads is written by students and alumni
for students, alumni and the DST community.
Director’s Desk
Congratulations
All DST students and alumni are encouraged to
and Awards
contribute pieces of writing and resources.
Out from Under Together we make this newsletter. Submissions
for the newsletter are welcome at any time.
Moves to the
Please send content to Sandra Phillips at:
National Stage
s.phillips@sympatico.ca or s.phillips@nhcia.ca.
Press from the
Content can also be submitted to Kim Collins
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partnership
agreement
Disability Studies
in the news
Keeping in
Touch
June 2014
Sandra Phillips and Kim Collins are the editors of
RADS Roads
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Alumnus Look Back
To the left is a picture of Paula Murphy.
15 years of Disability Studies at Ryerson? Wow, has it
really been that long since I took a huge chance and
returned to school after being the in the workforce for a
decade?
As soon as I saw the flyer for the program I knew that
was what I needed to do. I was in the very first class for
the program (but certainly not the first to graduate). I
still remember so many of my class mates as well as
Melanie, Kathryn, Catherine…so many fantastic role
models and advocates. I said after taking that very first
course DST 501 that anyone getting paid for any type of
support for anyone with a disability should HAVE to take
it. It literally changed me.
7 years after I started the program, 2 jobs, a marriage,
3 moves and 2 children later, I graduated. It was
definitely one of the proudest moments of my life and I
am still proud to say I have a degree in Disability Studies
from Ryerson University.
I am currently the Director of Services for New Visions
Toronto and am still passionate about advocacy for
people with disabilities.
Congrats School of Disability Studies! You have done
well!
To the left is a picture of Heather Willis
"The most important lesson I learned in Disability
Studies..." The lesson which I relearn on a daily basis
here in my role as Accessibility Coordinator at Ryerson,
is about "defining the problem" and how the way you
define a problem has a direct impact on how it is
addressed. In other words - make sure you are
addressing the right problem!
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Alumnus Look Back
To the left is a picture of Sandra Phillips.
15 years my how that time has flown by. I can hardly
believe it has been 10 years since graduating. I have some
awesome memories of this program, truly life changing.
That first summer and witnessing the beginning of Art with
Attitude, how transforming that was to watch the validation
of such an important aspect of Disability Culture. The
opportunity to share ideas, viewpoints and challenges faced
by others becoming activists. The wonderful and hilarious
experiences of living in ‘residence’ for the two week summer
experiences and how that made the working online
experiences to come so much more engaging. Listening to
David Lepofsky speak about the creation of ODA before it
had become real. So many great lectures that made me feel
less isolated as I returned to my day to day work. The
opportunity to become a part of ‘Out from Under’ and the
surreal experience of seeing the installation at the ROM as
well as accompanying it to the Para Olympic games in
Vancouver. Attending some ground breaking classesHuman Rights and Disability with Catherine Frazee.
Spending time with such great mentors- Malcom Jefferies.
Being part of the creation of RADS Roads that helps people
hopefully stay connected. Not to mention making some
great friends and connecting professionally with so many
wonderful people who have remained in my circle. To
anyone contemplating taking this program I would so highly
encourage you to take it and all the fantastic opportunities it
will provide. Happy 15th Anniversary to Disability Studies at
Ryerson.
To the left is a picture of Jenn Patterson
It's hard to believe that it has almost been fifteen years
since the first DST 501 class in July, 1999. Walking into that
classroom, I had no idea how profoundly I would change. I
began the program intending to become a teacher but so far
I have ended up doing nothing that I set out to do and
everything has worked out as it was meant to.
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The school will be
planning some
events to celebrate
this momentous
anniversary.
Emails will be sent
out when the details
are finalized.
We look forward to
seeing you this
summer!
As many of you know, I was the school's student
engagement coordinator until a few years ago. I left the
position to pursue sexual health promotion. It was a very
difficult decision and I miss everyone and the work very
much. That being said, I am enjoying the challenge of
doing disability work outside of the comfort of the program.
Certainly, working in public health is a daunting place for
someone with a critical disability studies perspective but its
really important work. I am creating and delivering sex
positive sexual health education with a disability lens and
tackling a lot of disability and accessibility issues. My job is
a great example of the endless ways a degree in Disability
Studies can be used.
Just over a year ago, I adopted a beautiful toddler who
brings my partner and I so much joy and teaches us a lot.
Their life has been shaped by disability issues and my
critical disability lens informs how I parent and move
through the world.
My love for learning and keeping up with Disability Studies
is still a big part of my identity. My plans to complete a
PhD are on hold for a couple of years to focus on parenting
and working in the sexual health field.
I am very interested in talking about adoption, disability
issues and queer families so please get in touch if that
interests you: jpatersontoronto@gmail.com.
A Fond Farewell
To the left is a picture of Kirsty Liddiard.
This summer, the Ryerson School of Disability Studies says
farewell to one of its leaders. Dr. Kirsty Liddiard, the much
loved Ethel Louise Armstrong Postdoctoral Fellow, will be
returning to her native UK to begin a new and exciting
chapter in her career. While we are sad to be losing such a
passionate advocate, academic and friend, we are
fortunate to have had Kirsty’s imprint on our community
for the last two and a half years.
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A Fond Farewell Continued
Since arriving in our urban sprawl in early 2012,
armed with her PhD from the University of Warwick,
Kirsty has become a dedicated member of Toronto’s
disability community. Her academic record and
innovative research has been a huge asset to the
School of Disability Studies, where she has seemingly
done it all. She has taught and inspired countless
students, contributed innovative research to disability
studies literature and represented the school at
countless conferences. She even worked on crutches
during the 2013 Summer Institute, proving once and
for all her commitment to the school, the students and
her colleagues.
Kirsty’s impact has been just as profound beyond the
classroom, and the wider disability community will
miss her equally. Barely two months after moving
across the Atlantic, Kirsty volunteered to sit on the
Board of Directors of the Rose Centre for Young Adults
with Disabilities. With no paid staff, the Rose Centre
relied on Kirsty to bring her expertise and dedication
to what we do. Not only did she deliver beyond
expectations, she became an integral reason that the
fledgling organization got to the place that it has for
the last two years. The Rose Centre will never forget
the influence that our resident Britain has had on our
organization.
The Rose Centre is not the only organization to have
benefited from Kirsty’s extracurricular brilliance.
Project Revision and its digital storytelling journey has
also seen what Kirsty can do. In everything she has
done, she has helped make Toronto a more vibrant
and disability-aware city. That is a pretty cool thing.
We will all miss Kirsty deeply. We will miss her trays of
delicious baking. We will miss her innovative and
thought-provoking research. We will miss her pushing
the envelope in everything she does. Above all,
however, we will miss Kirsty, and who she is. Good
luck in the next stage of your journey, Dr. Liddiard.
You will always have a place in Toronto’s disability
heart.
By: Tim Rose
Friend and Colleague
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Goodbye, for now
To the left is another picture of Kirsty Liddiard.
For a petite person, Kirsty leaves pretty big post-doctoral
boots to fill. As my colleague Tim notes, Kirsty has amassed
an impressive list of academic accomplishments during her 30
months in the School of Disability Studies. I’d like to try to
point to some of the more intangible contributions and give
you sense of the impression she left on myself and others in
the School of Disability Studies’ office.
In the post-modern, high theory world that is the Toronto
Disability Studies ‘scene’, Kirsty held the experiences, feelings
and worlds of her fellow disabled people near to her heart.
One of the earliest impressions I have of Kirsty is her
insistence in centering the voices of disabled people in the
work she did. One of her first projects in the School was to
translate her thesis into an accessible document for disabled
people whose sexual lives were reflected in its pages. That’s
not the usual course of activities for a newly defended PhD.
More often, the new grad tries to insert herself into the
privileged milieu of senior scholars. By taking a different
route, Kirsty ensured her work remain relevant to her
disabled comrades.
I have a vivid memory of Kirsty at the Summer Institute
Awards ceremony introducing herself as a ‘proud disabled
woman’. For the new students in our School, and possibly
some of our stalwarts, there’s complexity in that simple
statement. It places an analysis on the table, it is a claim to a
political and social identity, and it challenges the all too
enduring misconception that disability is a site of shame. That
pride is also infectious. In a School that is continually thrust
into serving as evidence of the academy’s moral and social
conscience, it somehow refuses to be simply a marker of
diversity. It’s a statement that takes up space, creating a
little room for the rest of us to make similar claims in
solidarity.
Another aural image I have is Kirsty’s renditions of Celine
Dion (and other pop artists) as she sat behind her big
computer and her even bigger desk. Kirsty has demonstrated
the most impressive work ethic. She is seemingly tireless.
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Goodbye, for now
And while I have email evidence documenting her belief that
we should all take to ourselves away from work – perhaps
even taking the weekends off (!!!), I notice Kirsty seemed to
always have a ‘virtual’ presence – responding to late
night/early morning messages, posting the latest Guardian
clip on Facebook, decrying the latest patronizing and
disablist marketing initiative. In fact she seems constantly
vigilant for the next disability representation in the cultural
realm to be explicated in an article or dissected for its
pedagogical possibilities. Her office light at the far end of the
Disability Studies office is often on when I come in the
morning and burns well into the evening. She’s well
rewarded for her diligence, with a long list of articles, media
interviews and even films. I would never diminish her
labours by suggesting they look effortless – they don’t.
She’s a hard worker who enjoys the work.
I can also picture Kirsty’s emails just before grades were
due, wondering what to do when most of the students did
brilliantly. Was it possible to give 11 A’s in a class of 15
students? I had the pleasure of co-teaching with Kirsty on
several occasions over the last couple years. Students
rarely get to see what goes on behind closed doors (or at
home by our computers). I believe they would be gratified to
see how thoughtful Kirsty was each time she contemplated
the classroom. She thought through issues of access,
learning style, academic background, job preparedness and
FUN. I would often hear students worry about how serious
Kirsty might be – “it’s something about that English accent”
was uttered more than a few times by a nervous student.
However, Kirsty blow those fears out of the water as soon as
she integrated a little Miley Cyrus, Beyonce and even erotica
into the class! With a knack for finding free stuff (ebooks,
bootleg documentaries come to mind), Kirsty brought ideas
and images into the class to which students might not
otherwise have exposure. And in front of the class, Kirsty
was warm and passionate…and very smart. By the way,
Kirsty resolved her grading dilemma by eschewing the
normal grade distribution. Of course.
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The other image I have of Kirsty is in Victoria BC. It was a
sunny Friday afternoon, sitting in a cocktail lounge with a
cotton candy martini in hand… and Kirsty was regaling us
with her thoughts on epistemic violence.
Kirsty is a valued colleague, who can make all the hard work
seem fun. I’ve appreciated her positive energetic
demeanour in the office. Always up for a little chat, Kirsty is
quick to engage in scholarly banter. Always humble, she
shares her insights, ideas, opinions and even her books
readily. Always patient, she has been a generous audience
for my endless praise of Canada! My only regret is that we
never took her and Luke (her partner) on a School canoe trip
to Algonquin. Next time maybe….. In the office we will miss
her deplorable taste in candy, her baking, her bouncing up
and down in her chair when there was a grievous instance of
disability injustice and her songstress solos.
Safe travels dear colleague. Good luck in your new post at
the University of Sheffield. And keep the spare room ready
for your Canadian friends who will be visiting.
Below are more pictures of Kirsty Liddiard.
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What are students and alumni up to?
To the left is a picture of Kevin Jackson receiving the Jake Edelson
Award in Community Organizing last summer from David Reville.
Kevin Jackson, one of the DST 99 students who recently
presented his final paper, is currently co-authoring a chapter
for a UBC collection of writings entitled Canadian Disability
Activism Beyond the Charter: Locating Artistic and Cultural
Interventions.
The chapter will report the unique history of the Toronto
Disability Pride March from its creation in 2011 up until its
current development as an inclusive, cross-disability social
and cultural movement. Inspired by the events of the
Occupy movement, and the marches against cuts to
disability services that were happening in the UK, the march
strives to address the intersectional nature of disability while
reshaping the meaning of what disability rights and
advocacy can be in Toronto. In the years since the Occupy
movement began we are noticing oppression in the form of
cuts by stealth, and a political scene that divides us by our
various disabilities. For too long, the rights and oppression of
people with disabilities have been discussed behind closed
doors, or not at all, but through actions like the Toronto
Disability Pride March we find our voice, and make ourselves
heard in the chorus of movements. All founding and
organizing members are people who claim diverse academic
and cultural backgrounds who proudly self-identify as
disabled. The focus of this paper will be on the importance of
creating a visible cross-disability movement, as well as
strategies that the organizers use to make the march
happen in light of an almost non-existent budget. The paper
concludes with a section on lessons learned and a discussion
of future issues and opportunities for the Toronto Disability
Pride March and for cross-disability activism in Canada.
We look forward to reading the chapter, Kevin.
“Cripping” the Comic Con: Take away the suit and what are
you?
By: Robin Kellner
To the left is a picture of presenters at Cripping the Comic Con.
The 6-hour drive to Syracuse was well worth the
mileage. Held by the Disability Cultural Center at Syracuse
University, the symposium discussed representations of
disability in the media. I was invited to present my short
story “Undone,” that I wrote for an elective called “Writing
for Disability Activism.”
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Behind our name tags were three cards: green, yellow
and red. Labeled in black for those who don’t see colour, they
represented your level of comfort being approached by
someone new. If you did feel overstimulated, the symposium
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interpreters ensured accessibility for those who are deaf or
hard of hearing. “Inclusion is practice,” are words that are true
to Diane Wiener, lifelong activist, professor and director of the
Disability Cultural Center at Syracuse University.
The symposium launched with a one-woman show by
Naomi Grossman who plays ‘Pepper’ in American Horror Story:
Asylum. She then opened up about her experience playing a
character who has a disability as a non-disabled actor. From
comic books to paintings, short stories to movies – all art
forms were welcomed. International motivational speaker
Becky Curran worked in casting at CBS and she presented on
disability in mainstream media. Curran happens to be a little
person she shed a light on the impact of media portrayals of
dwarfism; “If someone has seen us in a positive light, I’m
treated with respect and if someone sees us in a negative light,
they’re likely to approach me with fear.”
“Cripping” the Comic Con was truly an enriching
experience. It taught me the importance of viewing media
representations of disability with through a critical lens. As
stated by Curran, “If someone has never met a person with a
disability, most of their initial reactions are based on what
they’ve seen on TV or in movies.”
More information about “Cripping” the Comic Con can be found
at http://crippingthecon.com/
Sources:
Curran, Becky. "The Ultimate "Mainstreaming." Disability and
Mainstream Media." "Cripping" the Comic Con: Take Away the
Suit and What Are You? Syracuse University, Syracuse, New
York. USA. 10 Apr. 2014. Speech.
Wiener, Diane. Director of Disability Cultural Center, Syracuse
University. Personal interview. 10 Apr. 2014.
To read a copy of Robin’s work, Undone please go to the
Vision, Passion, Action blog…
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Reviews To the left is a picture of “Good Kings, Bad Kings” by
Susan Nussbaum.
I was once told that you can tell the tenor of a book by the first few
lines. “My tia Nene said three is the magic number and when three
things happen to you are so, so bad and you feel like the whole wide
world is just throwing up on your shoes, don’t worry. Your bad luck is
about to change” (Nussbaum, 2012). This is the opening of Susan
Nussbaum’s award winning debut novel, Good Kings, Bad Kings. The
those first lines drew me in and for the next day all I could do was
read, cry, rage, laugh and read some more.
The story revolves around the lives of seven people; young disabled
pre-teens and adults, staff, and recruiters, whose lives are shaped by
their involvement or incarnation at the Illinois Learning and Life Skills
Center. Nussbaum writes the classic coming of age story for a group
of young adults who happen to be disabled and for a variety of
reasons end up at this state run nursing home.
We would love
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blog, play,
movie, art
exhibit, etc…)
by you. Send
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The novel is based research that Nussbaum had been doing while
she was working at an Access Centre. In an interview for Bitch
Magazine she states that “the whole staff would get frequent emails
detailing horrifying incidents that occurred at various nursing homes
or other institutions. I started keeping the articles, and after a while
I started gathering studies, law journals, newspapers, whatever I
could get my hands on. I suppose I knew I'd write a book, or try to,
and that it would be a novel.”
Good Kings, Bad Kings, is written as a play; you can see in your
mind’s eye characters coming to the front of the stage to relate their
part of the story. The scenes are so vividly described that you can
lose yourself in the novel. The brilliance of the work is that it not only
shows the good and the bad, but all of the varying shades of gray in
between. While, there are clear heroes and protagonists, these lines
blur at points in the novel. It does not focus on pity nor do the main
disabled characters require non-disabled people to ‘free’ them, rather
it tells the story of resistance, pride and humour.
Susan Nussbaum, a disabled activist, and playwright won the 2012
Barbara Kingsolver’s PEN/Bellwether Prize for socially engaged fiction
for Good Kings, Bad Kings. She states in Bitch that, “I can't stand the
way disabled characters are used in most books, and for that matter
in TV and film. We always see the lone disabled character
surrounded by non-disabled characters, and there's only one reason
there's a disabled character in the story in the first place and that is
to have a disability, which serves as The Problem.”
Good Kings, Bad Kings turns the idea of ‘disability as the problem’ on
its head and creates disabled characters which run the plot rather
than fill a stereotypical need. It is an engaging story which I would
recommend you read.
By Kim Collins
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From the Director’s Desk
To the left is a picture of Kathryn Church.
I can hardly grasp the passage of time (naively, I had promised
to write regularly ‘from the director’s desk’), the complexity of
issues that have presented themselves, and the insistent
demand for personal and organizational learning. Thank you for
bearing with me and for supporting your faculty, staff and
instructors in the many ways that you do.
Like all universities, Ryerson is reorganizing rapidly in the
squeeze between decreasing government funding for education
and the explosive impact of digital technologies on life and
learning. It is creating more openness in its (full-time) curricular
arrangements and more entrepreneurialism in its financing. It is
positioning itself to take advantage of the diversity of its student
population and the diverse possibilities of e-Learning as an
emergent strategy.
Disability Studies is celebrating its 15th year in this volatile
context. We are considering new pathways for program delivery
– specifically, a two-year full-time option for program
completion. But first – in response to university-wide budget
cuts -- we need to generate more mass in terms of student
admissions and course registrations (fees).
So, program students! If you have not registered in a
while…..please come back to us. Let us assist you to get going
again and complete your degree.
And alumni! If someone you know -- perhaps someone you work
with -- is a good candidate for admission to the School….please
recruit them. The Dean has asked us to increase our yearly
admissions from our historical average of 75 to 121. Towards
that end, we need your active assistance as most of our
students reach us through personal networks and
recommendations.
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Congratulations and Awards
We are always
interested in
profiling alumni.
Please let us
know about a
project that you
are working on,
an award that
you have
received or if you
have been
accepted or
completed
another degree.
Please email
rads@ryerson.ca
Congratulations to all of the DST 99 students who presented
their final projects to each other, faculty and eager DST 88
students. Well done! Below is a picture of the 99 students who
presented their work.
Congratulations to Nicole Meehan who received the Mentee of the
Year award from the Tri-Mentoring program at Ryerson.
Congratulations to alumnus Carrie Plum Leo. She was named
Instructor of the year for Mohawk Fennell Campus 2013-2014.
Congratulations to Kevin Jackson. Kevin received the Dennis
Mock Student Leadership Award. This award recognizes students
who have made outstanding voluntary contributions to their
school or their academic Program or to Ryerson as a whole.
Below is a picture of Kevin Jackson receiving his award.
Congratulations to Heather Willis, alumnus and Accessibility
Coordinator at Ryerson. She recently received the Alan Shepard
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award for university faculty/staff.
To the left is a picture of Heather Willis.
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Congratulations and Awards Continued
Congratulations to all the students who graduated this year and
recently had their convocation. We wish you all the best!
Below is a picture of most of the graduating class.
Congratulations to Neeta Pol who recently completed her
Consecutive Bachelor of Education from York University.
Congratulations to Nusrat Perveen who will be attending the
B.Ed. program at OISE.
Congratulations to Kevin Jackson who will be entering the
Critical Disability Master’s Program at York University.
Congratulations to Deirdre Boyle who will be attending the
Masters of Arts, Public Policy and Administration program at
Ryerson University.
Congratulations to Carolyn Branch-Spadaro who will be
attending the Occupational Therapy Master’s program at
MacMaster University.
Congratulations to Carmela Caputo-Figliomeni who is attending
Teachers College at Tyndale University College.
And finally, congratulations to all Ryerson faculty, students and
research assistants who presented at this year’s Canadian
Disability Studies Association conference at Congress!
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Out from Under Moves to a National Stage
To the left is a picture of Catherine Frazee. This was written by her
and was read at the signing ceremony between Ryerson and Canadian
Human Rights Museum.
Three hard-working women whom we have come to know as May,
Audrey, and Mathilda. Two pioneers – one woman and one man – at
their full powers two decades apart – Mae Brown and Al Simpson. A
spirited nine-year-old boy named Jean Paul, and 600 km away, a
seven-year-old boy we know as James. A bright–eyed girl named
Sheila and a precious baby named Kristen Anne.
History is personal.
It is personal and full-bodied, even when we don't know it by name.
Wary adolescent faces accosted by a camera's ruthless lens.
Calloused hands gripping a rusty shovel. Sweaty palms wrapped
around a pencil, performing to the strange rhythms of a tester's
stopwatch. Heads of all shapes and sizes – bald, bristled, braided,
shaggy and cropped – pulled through indifferent sweatshirt collars.
Real people live in, through and in ever-expanding circles out from
this exhibit. Real people seeking freedom… franchise… dignity…
livelihood… place.
Those of us who have conspired and collaborated to evoke their
histories, have found ourselves awakened to voices and yearnings
rooted deeply in the human condition. From our different vantage
points as exhibit contributors, designers, curators, promoters and
supporters, we have felt our own lives quiver with the recognition of
history's sacred trust.
Today we honour real people, people whose lives and struggles and
everyday indignities are inextricably bound up in our own habits of
heart and circumstance. Today we can be assured that these real lives
and struggles and everyday indignities will be held in due regard.
They will be seen, heard, reckoned with and valued in the clear light
of a covenant first authored by another disabled Canadian, John
Peters Humphrey – the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The lives and struggles of disabled Canadians are now firmly rooted in
human rights history.
This afternoon, in the full resonance of Professor Humphrey’s text, we
proceed toward a milestone partnership. In doing so, we commit our
very best to the project ahead – our diligence and respect, our
passion and fearless conviction.
Because, for all of us, it's personal.
Catherine Frazee
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Press Releases from the Partnership Agreement
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Listen to CBC Winnipeg’s report on the partnership
agreement between the Canadian Museum of Human Rights
and the School of Disability Studies
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Read Ryerson Today’s coverage of Out From Under
moving to the Canadian Human Rights Museum.
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Read the Canadian Human Rights Museum’s press release
about the partnership agreement
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Read about the partnership agreement in Leisure
Management.
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To learn more about the Canadian Human Rights Museum
go to their website.
Below is a double picture of Kathryn Church and Melanie
Panitch at the ceremony.
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Disability Studies in the News Continued
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Watch Dr. Winnie Ng discuss her history as an
activist. Please note, this video is not yet captioned.
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Watch Mia Mingus discussion disability justice at a
recent event in Ottawa. Transcription is provided.
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Watch AMI’s Blindsighted discuss Out from Under
when it was exhibited in London. The video is captioned.
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Read about the School’s activity in the Faculty of
Community Services newsletter.
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Read Dr. Kirsty Liddiard article in Shameless entitled,
Storying Disabled Women’s Sexual and Intimate Lives
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Check out this article in the New York Times about
the growth of Disability Studies.
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Read about Melanie Panitch in Ryerson’s Leadership
Spotlight.
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Mad Matters has been reviewed by the Scandinavian
Journal of Disability Research. Read the full review.
Read post-Doctoral fellow, Kirsty Liddiard’s discussion
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about Pistrious, Patriarchy and Disability in her article,
(Re)Producing Pistorious: Patriarchy, Prosecution and
Problematics of Disability in the Sociological Imagination
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Read about Heather Willis who received the Alan
Shepard Equity, Diversity and Inclusion award.
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Read Catherine Frazee’s op-ed piece in the Toronto
Star, “A respectful postscript to Edward Hung’s end of life
letter”
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Watch Jess Sachse Ted talk about Disability, Art and
the Internet. Please note, the video is not yet captioned.
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Watch Kirsty Liddiard discuss intersecting identities at
a Ryerson Soup and Substance lunch. Please note, the
Ryecast is not yet captioned.
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Read Catherine Frazee piece in the Montreal Gazette
about Quebec’s Bill 52.
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Ryerson University will be hosting the Congress of
the Humanities and Social Sciences in 2017.
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Watch Dr. Jennifer Poole discuss Madness and
Sanism. Please note the video is not captioned.
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Read Ryerson Today discuss how Mad People’s
History has been adapted for Queen Margaret University.
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Read Imprints, the Faculty of Community and Social
services magazine and see the large impact that the
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