Celebrating December 3rd: The International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Dec 1, 2021 to Dec 3, 2021
12:00AM to 12:00AM
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Date(s) - 01/12/2021 - 03/12/2021
12:00 am
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Celebrating December 3rd: The International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Event Dates: Wednesday December 1st | Thursday December 2nd | Friday December 3rd
Register for the below events via this Microsoft Form.
Detailed speaker and events information available from this Sway document.
1. Flash Presentations: Critical Disability Research and Teaching Cluster (x2)
These events will bring together scholarly disability community to support and facilitate intergenerational community across roles and locations in the university, to advocate for the development of education, teaching/learning approaches, and research related to disability.
Who should attend: Open to all.
Where: Zoom
When: Wednesday, December 1st
10:00AM to 12:00PM AND/OR 1:00PM to 4:00PM
2. Disability DIScussion: The 3 Fs of Food (In)Accessibility
Join Maccess, the MSU Food Collective Centre, & the EIO as we explore the nuances of food inaccessibility and insecurity for McMaster students. Through an intersectional lens focusing on financial, faith-based, and food allergy barriers, we will provide some context and stories of lived experience, and then open the floor to discussion.
Who should attend:
Presentation (12:00PM – 12:30PM): Open to all.
Discussion (12:30PM – 1:30PM): Open to folks with disabilities or those who experience food accessibility barriers at McMaster.
Where: Zoom
When: Thursday, December 2nd
12:00PM-12:30PM (open presentation), 12:30PM-1:30PM (open to specific participants)
3. Assistive Technology – Lived Experiences and Uses
A panel discussion on assistive technologies (AT) & their impacts on those who use them, businesses, the university, & broader society.
Who should attend: Open to all.
Where: Zoom
When: Friday, December 3rd
10:00AM to 12:00PM
Events are free!
CART professional live captioning will be available for all 4 sessions. ASL is available upon request.
Please contact Kate at access@mcmaster.ca to discuss further accessibility requirements.
Register for the above events via this Microsoft Form.
These events are supported by: PACBIC’s DIMAND working group, the Equity and Inclusion Office, MSU Maccess, the MacPherson Institute, the Office of the Vice-President Research, the Employee Accessibility Network, MSU Food Collective Centre and Cultivating Change, Disability Action Group – School of Social Work.