Lectures
Program offerings at the School of Disability Studies have been enhanced and enriched by lectures presented by social movement activists, leaders and scholars. A diverse range of topics and approaches have been addressed in the following series:
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The Annual Activist Lecture
The Annual Activist Lecture is a both a highlight and critical component of our Summer Institute curriculum. Distinguished social movement activists and leaders reflect on their personal and political experiences in campaigns for social justice locally, nationally and internationally.
David Lepofsky
Ontarians with Disabilities Act Committee
July 17, 2000
Keith Norton
Chief Commissioner, Ontario Human Rights Commission
July 16, 2001
Judy Rebick *
The CAW-Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy
“The struggle for women’s rights in Canada”
July 8, 2002
Paul Young *
Past President, People First of Canada and former Chair, Council of Canadians with Disabilities
July 14, 2003
Judy Finlay
Chief Advocate, Office of Child and Family Service Advocacy, Province of Ontario
July 8, 2004
Jo Dickey, Audrey Cole and Paulette Berthiaume
Activist Mothers
“Accidental Activists and their Campaigns to Close Institutions and Secure Human Rights.”
July 11, 2005
Norman Kunc and Emma Van Der Klift
Disability Advocates, Storytellers and Educators
“Hell-Bent on Helping: Benevolence, Friendship and the Politics of Help”
July 10, 2006
Out from Under Contributors
“History with Attitude: Showcasing ‘Out From Under’”
July 9, 2007
Mary Anna Beer
Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, Stephen Lewis Foundation
July 14, 2008
Diane Richler
President, Inclusion International
Reflecting on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: “Commitment, Collaboration and Compromise: Tensions in Activism.”
July 13, 2009
Intersections
A complex web of historical, cultural and social forces shape the disability experience. The Intersections series features presentations by distinguished visitors exploring the relationship between disability and other sites of social disadvantage.
Disability and the Holocaust
Dr. Simi Linton
Presentation and Screening of Liebe Perla, a film by Shahar Rozen
November 6-7, 2001
Race, Disability and Activist Culture*
Leroy Moore
March 21/22, 2002
A Dialogue on Citizenship*
Michael Ignatieff
with Catherine Frazee, moderated by Suhana Meharchand
December 13, 2002
Charity Telethons and Disability Activism
Prof. Paul Longmore, San Francisco State University
with respondent panelists, Jijian Voronka, Sandra Carpenter, and Dr. Akua Benjamin
November 11, 2005
Disability Studies at the ROM
A series of three public presentations at the Royal Ontario Museum
Dr. David Mitchell
Bringing Disability Out from Under
May 2, 2008
Dr. Melanie Panitch with Audrey Cole and Vida Panitch
Disability, Mothers and Organization: Accidental Activists
Book Launch and Discussion
May 9, 2008
Georgina Kleege
Blindness at the Museum
May 24, 2008
(Read an earlier talk upon which this presentation was based)
The Unexpected Visitor Series
An intermittent and serendipitous lecture series that is shamelessly opportunistic! Scholars who find themselves within reach of the School of Disability Studies share their research findings, conundrums and works in progress.
Dr. Vianne Timmons
From Rhetoric to Reality, a Conference on Inclusive Education
February 25, 2010
Dr. Brian Woods and Dr. Nick Watson, York and Edinburgh, Scotland
Towards A Sociology Of The Wheelchair *
October 17, 2002
Dr. Timothy Diamond,
Associate Professor of Sociology, Western Michigan University
Making Gray Gold: Narratives Of Nursing Home Care
January 29, 2003
Dr. Douglas Myers, Executive Director, Prior Learning Assessment Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Prior Learning Assessment and Postsecondary Education *
January 21, 2004
Dr. Tim Stainton, UBC School of Social Work and Family Studies
Reason's Other: The Emergence of The Disabled Subject In The Northern Renaissance *
February 19, 2004
Dr. Stephen Tilley, University of Edinburgh
Recovering Narrative Analysis *
October 21, 2004
Dr. Richard Ingram and Dr. James Overboe, Wilfrid Laurier University
PsychoCrips II: An Exploration of Donna Haraway's Cyborg Manifesto
May 11, 2007