Disability justice through legal and political advocacy

The scientific lead for this domain is Jen Rinaldi.

The main objectives of the Disability Justice through Legal and Political Advocacy domain are the following:

1.  Document histories of institutional violence.
2.  Assess discrimination in healthcare contexts.
3.  Advance accessibility through technological innovation.

Current projects:

• Recounting Huronia 

Past projects:

• Digital storytelling

 Examples of Research Creation:

• Recounting Huronia Community Archive: https://exhibits.wlu.ca/s/huronia
• Crystal Kotow's No Room for Doubt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cbqJ7FtlNo 
• Tenniel Rock's My Diabetic Body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoddQxqjx1I
• Lezlie Lee Kam's The Journey of my Strong, Brown, Trini, Carib, Callaloo, Dyke Body(and our sexy short): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe3WOcBDU60

Event Organizing:

• Advocates Assemble: Disability Research from the Ground Up. Virtual Series to be held September-December 2022, for the Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Ontario Tech University. 

  https://idrr.ontariotechu.ca/news/virtual-speaker-series.php

• Supporting Disabled People Post Pandemic. The panel was held on March 31, 2022, for the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuWmLJ5zIbE