Voices of Access and Disability in Higher Education is a 2-part webinar series that seeks to address and highlight disability inclusion and access. This panel was held on July 17th 2020.
In this first panel, we define access and identify barriers rooted in ableism that impede access to education spaces.
This webinar series aims to centre lived experiences of disability in education and academia and encourage dialogue around addressing and challenging ableism in our institutions. We hope that it will initiate conversations within our universities and other learning spaces around the importance of broadening our understanding of access and disability as a justice-centred issue.
For education to be truly inclusive, we need to care for students, staff and faculty with disabilities beyond means of accommodation. How can we better support our campus community made up of learners and educators with diverse abilities in an equitable manner?
We gratefully acknowledge Creating Accessible Neighbourhoods BC, UTown@UBC’s Community of Caring grant and the UBC Department of Geography’s Equity and Diversity Committee for their financial support to this event series.
Speakers:
Mike Prescott
UBC PhD candidate in Rehabilitation Studies
Dr. Lucia Lorenzi
Independent scholar/artist
Dr. Juanita Sundberg
Associate Professor, UBC Geography
Dr. Heidi Janz
Assistant Adjunct Professor, John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre at the University of Alberta
Moderator
Amanda Mah
Occupational therapy student, University of Alberta
The above full recording of the panel is captioned, and an audio transcript is available here.
