Full course description
Event Details:
- Date: Thursday December 4th 11:00am - 12:00pm
- Location: Zoom. (Once you’ve registered, you will be directed to the course Canvas page where you can find the Zoom and calendar invite link.)
- The presentation will be 40 minutes with 20 minutes of discussion. Please join us in a way that makes you feel comfortable: camera on or off, with your own name or an anonymous name.
- Optional break out rooms will be open for 30 minutes after the event for those who wish to continue the discussion.
Academic Ableism and its Alternatives:
Dr. Jay Dolmage, UBC alumnus, Professor and Head of the Department of English, University of Waterloo
Please join the Centre for Workplace Accessibility and the Equity and Inclusion Office in celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. In this workshop, we will collaborate to address the ableist attitudes, policies, and practices that are built into higher education. We will also interrogate the minimal and temporary means we have been given to address inequities, and the cost such an approach has for disabled students and faculty. We will then work together to share and develop strategies and tools for a much more accessible classroom and campus.
Event accessibility:
- CART (real-time captioning) and ASL will be provided for the event.
- Presentation materials will be provided in advance.
- The event will be recorded and will be available on the event website for asynchronous viewing. An event transcript will also be made available.
- Let us know how we can support your access needs by contacting the event’s Access Coordinator, Stephen Pannuto, by email (pannuto@ubc.ca) or by phone: 604-822-2180.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Jay Dolmage is a leading scholar in disability studies whose work brings together rhetoric, writing, critical pedagogy, and disability justice. He is the author of several influential books, including Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education, which is available in open access online. As the Founding Editor of the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, Jay continues to advance conversations about access, equity, and justice in education and beyond.
Other events: To learn more about events celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities, please visit CWA Accessibility News.
Please contact the Centre for Workplace Accessibility (CWA) at workplace.accessibility@ubc.ca if you have any difficulty registering for this event.