Here\u2019s what\u2019s making news in the CUDRG this fall.<\/p>\n
1) Ryan Patterson\u2019s exhibit Transnational Representation: Canada and the founding of Disabled Peoples\u2019 International, 1981, based on his CUDRG-supported research at the Mennonite Central Committee in Winnipeg, is complete and ready to go live online soon. This will be part of third virtual exhibit on transnational histories of disability and technology, to add to the two existing ones.<\/p>\n
2) Dominique Marshall and Ryan have hired 2 new research assistants for the SSHRC funded Disability Futurity seminar series. Julia Aguiar and Chloe Dennis will lend their extensive experience in web design, event planning, and public outreach to the project. With their help, the CUDRG website will host closed-captioned video of all seminars, transcriptions of the presentations and discussions, and described video for images and presentation text. The first seminar is on November 20 (https:\/\/cudisabilityresearchgroup.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/28\/disability-futurity-e-seminar-series-full-shedule\/<\/a>) and all are welcome.<\/p>\n 3) Here\u2019s what Roy Hanes has been up to: 4) Adrian Chan contributed the following news items: The afternoon of Friday October 4, was 3rd Annual READi Symposium featuring Emily Glossop from the Abilities Center Ottawa and Hannah MacLellan. You can find their biographies and more information at<\/p>\n
\nMay: Took over responsibility as Acting Chair of the Disability Studies Minor.
\nJune : Paper presentation \u201cDisabled in the Academy\u201d Canadian Disability Studies Association Conference, Social Science and Humanities Congress, Vancouver British Columbia.
\nJune : Paper\/panel discussion \u201cViolence toward women with Disabilities.\u201d Canadian Disability Studies Association Conference, Social Science and Humanities Congress, Vancouver British Columbia.
\nJune: Became Chairperson for the Persons with Disabilities Caucus of the Canadian Association for Social Work Education.
\nJune: Represented the CUDRG with Adrian Chan at a consultation meeting with the New Zealand, Minister of Disability.
\nJune: Consultation: Met with a delegation of German Parliamentarians- Embassy of Germany to discuss disability, employment and educational experiences in Canada.
\nJune- July: External Examiner Review of \u201cThe Lived Experiences of First Generation of Immigrant Women with Physical Disabilities living in Canada: Intersections of Gender, Ethnicity, Physical Disability and Immigrant Status.\u201d PhD. Thesis.
\nJune: As a member of the City of Ottawa Accessibility Advisory Committee reviewed and addressed a number of site plans for parks and roadways to ensure that they meet accessibility standards.
\nJuly -August: Developed paper pertaining to Canadian immigration policies and people with disabilities for a conference in Cologne, Germany.
\nAugust- present: Supervising MSW thesis: \u201cAutistic Perspectives of Autism Funding in Ontario.\u201d
\nAugust: External Examiner for History MA Thesis Defense: Academic Accessibility: A Case Study of Carleton University 1942 to 2019.<\/p>\n