DISABILTY ACTIVISM & INDIGENEITY: A conversation about the life & work of Wendell Nicholas (1967-2018)
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
- In-person event
- Contact
- Ryan Patterson, ryanpatterson@cunet.carleton.ca
Melinda Martin, Wendell’s Widow, Wasueg Nicholas, Wendell’s daughter & Ann Seymour, Oral Histories of Activists in the Disability Rights Movement in Canada (1970-2020)
Wednesday, October 25, 2023: 15:00-16:30 EST
All are welcome to register for this live online event at the link HERE
Wendall was a warrior for Indigenous Persons with Disabilities, advocating for a journey “from isolation to selfdetermination,” on the international, national, regional, and local levels, on and off reserve, and in small rural towns. A child of the Maliseet Nation, founder of the Wabanaki Council on Disability, he coordinated the Indigenous Health of Tiohtia:ke, and the Wampum Critical Incident Stress Management. He was involved in the development of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Persons.
For more information or accommodations, please write to: ryanpatterson@cunet.carleton.ca
A seminar of the series Accessibility, Inclusion, and Disability: Connecting Scholars and Practitioners.
Funding & support: Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, Office of the Vice-President (Research & International), Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Department of Systems & Computer Engineering, Department of History, Pauline Jewell Institute of Women’s & Gender Studies