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Organizer	University of Manitoba, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences' Office of Equity, Access and Participation
Title	Ableism in the Academy: Who�s Listening? (online)
Category	Education
Location	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Date	May 15, 2023
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Web site	https://www.neads.ca/en/about/events/index.php?id=15992
Description	Ableism in the Academy: Who�s Listening? Monday, May 15 \| 1:00 � 2:30 p.m. Central Time 7-8:30 pm UK Time Presented via Zoom � (Link below) This event is hosted by the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences� Office of Equity, Access & Participation, Disability Studies and College of Rehabilitation Sciences, along with the UM Office for Equity & Transformation. The academy is very comfortable with the level of oppression experienced by disabled people. The assumption that a disabled person shows up is exceptional. �We are letting you in, but we are letting you in on our terms.� The colonial bias toward disability is based on a medieval notion that education belongs to the elite. Ableism has been reinforced by the medicalization of disability and the medicalization of suffering. Disabilities studies sees the presence of disability as a human rights and social justice issue. The purpose of this panel discussion is to discuss these concerns and provide concrete solutions to these substantive issues. Moderator: Valerie Williams, Director, Office of Equity, Access & Participation, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Panelists: Dr. Melanie Thorley, University of Greenwich Alicia Pauld, Montreal-based activist, public speaker, writer, content creator, organizer, artist and sociology and sexuality studies graduate Dr. Wesley Crichlow, University of Toronto, Critical Race Intersectional Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization (CRIEDID) scholar _________________________________________________________________________ Zoom Link: https://ca01web.zoom.us/j/63962790232?pwd=Qkl2QS9IYm1HL2Fkb3V5ZnVUeCtNdz09 Passcode 351135 _________________________________________________________________________ Please contact me, Elizabeth Markwart Elizabeth.Markwart@umanitoba.ca, if you have questions or concerns

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