Happy National AccessAbility Week (May 30 to June 5)! To celebrate, the CUDRG is launching a new virtual exhibit, Disability Futurity: Interdisciplinary Anticipations of a Non-normative Tomorrow. See the announcement here and the exhibit here.
OHDA Blog #2 – Update on Emerging Themes and Progress
The “Oral histories of activists in the disability rights movement between 1970 and 2020” project began in September 2020 and we are pleased to share an update on the progress and learnings to date. Oral histories of activists in the disability rights movement between 1970 and 2020Project Leadership- Dr. Therese Jennissen, from the School of …
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New Technology in Patterson Hall featured in AMI This Week news story
Hello, this is Brittany Clayton with an AMI This Week exclusive. Last Monday, a story about a new technology was featured on AMI This Week.This new technology was developed in Ottawa by a company called Proto-Dev. The technology allows users to operate elevators with the use of their smart phones. Users can download an app …
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The CUDRG sponsors a public lecture on disability rights in Canadian History on October 23, 2020
The CUDRG is proud to have participated in the development of new access technology
CUDRG Fall 2020 Events
Dear Friends and Affiliates of the Carleton University Disability Research Group, We hope everyone is managing well during these hard and unpredictable times. The CUDRG is pleased to announce an invitation for you all to three events sponsored by our research group this Fall. Please disseminate the publicity in your networks and consider attending. 15 …
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The Archiving of the Disability Rights Movement in Newfoundland.
Hello. This is Brittany Clayton writing again. I am here to tell you about a fascinating piece of history in regards to the disability rights movement in NewfoudlanJoanne MacDonald and Mary Reed are two advocates for the disability rights movement in St. John's, Newfoundland. MacDonald is a former Para-Olympian, while Reed is the former executive …
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Announcing the launch of “Oral histories of activists in the disability rights movement between 1970 and 2020”
September 2020 The “Oral histories of activists in the disability rights movement between 1970 and 2020” project has launched! The project is led by Carleton University’s Disability Research Group (CUDRG) members Dr. Therese Jennissen, from the School of Social Work and Dr. Dominique Marshallfrom the Department of History. Our hopes in this project are to collect the …
A Most Interesting Find
Hello, readers. This is Brittany Clayton writing. Almost two weeks ago now while I was scrolling through my twitter, I found a tweet from a friend of mine. He talked about a show that he was hosting on a channel called AMI, (Accessibl Media Incorporated.) This show was called Blind Sighted and it peeked my …
