Here's the speech! www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...

📢Recently, a team from the LWWRC, including Director @dstienstra.bsky.social and PhD student @mariadidanieli.bsky.social, presented their paper—The Challenges of (Re)Building Trust Post-COVID: People with Disabilities and Canadian Governments. Read more in our latest news post: bit.ly/3KXnbeF!

On September 26, 2025, @edid-ghdi.bsky.social will co-host a virtual panel on the inclusion of persons with disabilities in United Nations peacebuilding policy and practice. ⏰: September 26, 2025, 10:30am-12pm ET 📍Virtually on Zoom Register and learn more: bit.ly/45YcGjf!

Congratulations LWWRC director, @dstienstra.bsky.social, GRA Kathryn Reinders, and former GRA Dilshan L. Fernando on their recent chapter, “A Disability Livelihoods Approach to Including Communities Meaningfully in Development.” Learn more about their chapter at bit.ly/46U6c5U!

Reinstate the dedicated WAGE cabinet position, an important national machinery central to gains made in women's rights and gender equality! We can’t risk any backpedalling! Read the joint release: https://tinyurl.com/49pyx9np Check out this resource: https://tinyurl.com/s489j8xc

CRIAW-ICREF's Jane Stinson along with researchers Leah Levac and Leah Fusco have written an op-ed about GBA Plus and impact assessments in the development of Canada's energy sector. Click here to read this editorial:

"Disabled women are making waves like never before, ushering in societal change through politics, business, acting, science, sport, music, journalism and more." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Join us April 10, from 12:30pm to 2pm ET for “Countering Policy Exclusions: Centring accessibility to advance the right to housing.” We’ll hear from panelists Mike Greer, Roz Gunn, and Alex Nelson. To find out more about this awesome event, visit tr.ee/b83cF9.

Friends, more analysis to come but: the UN #CRPD Concluding Observations re: Canada are out. Some important commentary on housing, prisons, education, and institutionalizations AND Canada’s Arms Sales to Israel: tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/... #disabilityjustice

Congratulations Leah Fusco, Jane Stinson, @dstienstra.bsky.social, and @leahlevac.bsky.social on their new report on applying Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus) to offshore wind development. Find out more in our news post: bit.ly/4kHn0RP

Join us online for this important conversation about disability, international commitments and countering exclusion.

Join us for an important discussion!

Love this zine about #postsecondary #universities and how to make them more caring places bit.ly/4htd2kV

@ccrworg.bsky.social has a new disability toolkit for employers to learn how to make their workplace more accessible! The Disability Confidence Toolkit helps employers move from a place of accommodation compliance to confidence. Find out more information in our news article: bit.ly/3CMXbP9

Vraie-Idea is hosting “Speaker Series: Uncovering Episodic Disability; An Intersectional Perspective On Accommodation and Belonging.” On January 31, 12pm-1pm EST on Zoom, Ingrid Palmer will present on episodic disabilities. Learn more and register at bit.ly/3PIhLmV.

Marsha Ireland is bridging both the deaf and hearing worlds while tackling inclusivity, Indigenous rights and revitalization in four different languages.

New (free) e-learning course on Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (DiDRR) developed by CBM Global, the Africa Disability Forum and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction kayaconnect.org/course/info....

Congratulations! LWWRC director @dstienstra.bsky.social and David R. Black recently published their chapter “Change-Making in Disability, Peace, and Development: Lessons from the Life and Legacy of Steven Estey” in "Hand in Hand? Canada at the Human Rights and Peacebuilding Nexus" - bit.ly/3ByvDMU.

If you have a #disability, live in #Canada and are experiencing or have experienced homelessness or faced eviction, the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights hopes to hear your story if you are in BC, Ontario, Manitoba or Nova Scotia. housingrightscanada.com/housing-and-...

Stats Can Barriers to Accessibility in Canada: Public Spaces, 2022 www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...

📢Check out the latest blog post for International Day of Persons with Disabilities, by @squarest-root.bsky.social. Lorelei discusses her experience with Identity-first vs. Person-first language. Read it here: bit.ly/3ZwIwAh #DayofPersonswithDisabilities

Amazing new #disability and #accessibility knowledge hub at University of Calgary -- congratulations! @wolbring.bsky.social @malindasmith.bsky.social www.ucalgary.ca/equity-diver...

Four Fixes for Canada's Flawed Disability Benefit via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

In the 2024 CSCW, we hosted a Special Interest Group (SIG) session: ''Organizing for More Just and Inclusive Futures: A Community Discussion'' to discuss critical questions and emerging possibilities of disability justice in CSCW & HCI. Here is our extended abstract: doi.org/10.1145/3678...

You can still join us virtually tomorrow for #DWC2024!

Well this feels real cute & intimate. @eriseady.bsky.social & I were both interviewed for this @huffpost.bsky.social piece on #disability doulas. I’m deeply grateful for all the disabled folks who have taught me how to be in the world as I am. www.huffpost.com/entry/disabi...

I wrote this article back in 2023 but it still rings true. #Disability stats are flat-out inaccurate. The more I research, the more that statement stands the test of time. Why Global Disability Statistics Are Inaccurate #DisabilityRights #DisabilityAwareness www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-gl...

Congratulations LWWRC GRA Kathryn Currie Reinders and affiliate Kaitlyn Pothier on their recent chapter, “Complex Erasures: Re/Production of Disability Under Settler Colonialism.” Find out more about the article at bit.ly/3Oj0Y9m.

Are you interested in receiving free updates about the LWWRC? Become a member! Researchers, students, community members, and organizations who are interested in the changing needs of families and livelihoods are welcome to join. Visit bit.ly/3ZfXbzz to sign up!

Winter #accessibility www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #disability #Canada

Calls to address backlog of #Jordan'sPrinciple in #Canada www.cbc.ca/news/indigen... #indigenous #disability

Hello Bluesky! The Department of Political Science at the University of Guelph is pleased to meet you. Check us out! polisci.uoguelph.ca

We have a problem at #UofG with supporting grad studies Change is needed Public service must be restored #HigherEd www.reddit.com/r/uoguelph/s...

Petition for changes to Canada tax code to enable exemption for virtual #disability services #CanadaSky www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Having just rode in to work on my bike, I see these benefits :-)

Many disabled & chronically ill people are feeling left behind by those who've left Twitter. Concerns range from not having enough spoons to make transition, not knowing where to go and fears they won't be able to find their people once they get there. How can we ensure no one gets left behind?

Tried to roundup a list of folks in critical disability studies & disability justice work that I know of who are already on here, please lmk if there's someone else i should add! go.bsky.app/NJWgurk

Interested to learn more about autism/autistic advocacy & how it relates to you? Read here 👉"Systemic Silencing Mechanisms in Autism/Autistic Advocacy in Ontario, Canada” (open access article) ✨https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/7747✨

Independent and local bookshops are so important and help to create and support communities. My local is bookshelf.ca. #CanadaSky

New Two-Eyed Seeing article just dropped: www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/...

The EDID-GHDI partnership is offering a one-year postdoctoral opportunity at the University of Guelph in 2025! Deadline Nov. 29 For more information about this opportunity please see: edid-ghdi.ca/en/postdocto... .