{"id":222,"date":"2021-05-24T20:20:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T00:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/disability-research-group\/?p=222"},"modified":"2023-10-24T20:21:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T00:21:59","slug":"ohda-blog-2-update-on-emerging-themes-and-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/disability-research-group\/2021\/ohda-blog-2-update-on-emerging-themes-and-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"OHDA Blog #2 \u2013 Update on Emerging Themes and Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oral histories of activists in the disability rights movement between 1970 and 2020<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Project Leadership<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2013 Dr. Therese Jennissen, from the School of Social Work.
\n\u2013 Dr. Dominique Marshall from the Department of History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2013 Collect stories of disability rights activists through interviews.
\n\u2013 Create an accessible archive which documents key players and moments in history that have promoted disability rights in Canada.
\n\u2013 Contribute to the body of knowledge concerning the development of disability rights in Canada.
\n\u2013 Inspire future work in the field of disability activism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n

To date, eleven interviews via zoom have been conducted with ten participants with disability rights activists across Canada. While the findings are evolving, some of the initial themes brought forward by the interviewees include the following:<\/p>\n