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Wednesday, October 6, 2021

One year and 11 interviews later:

Update of “Oral histories of activists in the disability rights movement between 1970 and 2020” October 2021 It’s been one year since the “Oral histories of activists in the disability rights movement between 1970 and 2020” project has launched. This project is umbrellaed under Carleton University’s Disability Research Group (CUDRG)... More

Thursday, September 2, 2021

Upcoming CUDRG Presentation

The CUDRG is pleased to announce an upcoming talk by member Dr. Ryan Patterson, “Transnational Representation: MCC Canada and the founding of Disabled Peoples’ International, 1981”. The talk will be held online along with two others as part of the MCC@100 Conference panel “MCC as Incubator and Catalyst” on Friday, October 1st, 7pm-9pm.... More

Monday, May 31, 2021

Disability Futurity Exhibit Launch

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... More

Monday, May 24, 2021

OHDA Blog #2 – Update on Emerging Themes and Progress

Oral histories of activists in the disability rights movement between 1970 and 2020 Project Leadership – Dr. Therese Jennissen, from the School of Social Work. – Dr. Dominique Marshall from the Department of History Goals – Collect stories of disability rights activists through interviews. – Create an accessible archive which documents key... More

Monday, December 7, 2020

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... More

Saturday, October 17, 2020

The CUDRG is proud to have participated in the development of new access technology

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Saturday, October 17, 2020

The CUDRG sponsors a public lecture on disability rights in Canadian History on October 23, 2020

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Wednesday, October 7, 2020

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... More

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

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Monday, September 28, 2020

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... More

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Announcing the launch of “Oral histories of activists in the disability rights movement between 1970 and 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... More

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

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... More

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