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Keynote Speaker Event: Dr. Rheanna Robinson

At the University of Victoria on June 11, 2025, from 9:00-10:20am PDT, join the Provost’s Distinguished Women Scholars Lecture Committee in welcoming Dr. Rheanna Robinson for an engaging lecture! Attend by Zoom, or in-person at the University of Victoria David Turpin Building, to learn about how Indigenous knowledges can offer the world new and important representations of equity and inclusion in unique and varying ways.

Indigenous Leadership to Guide Chemical Risk Management Decisions at U of G

Dr. Susan Chiblow, professor in the School of Environmental Sciences, Ontario Agricultural College, is making strides in chemical pollution research. Susan realized that if humans wish to continue to live on earth, then we need to turn to the original caretakers of this land.

Social Practice and Transformational Change PhD: An Interview with Amy Kipp

We had the pleasure of interviewing Amy Kipp, one of the Co-leads of the Live Work Well Research Centre’s Reimagining Care Cluster. Amy Kipp is the second person to have completed the PhD in Social Practice and Transformational Change (SOPR) from the University of Guelph as of January 28, 2025, when she defended her thesis. SOPR is a four-year, full-time graduate program that combines research-intensive classroom study with experiential and problem-based learning. The program started in 2019 with its first cohort.

Equity and Disability Learning Materials Launched by UofG Researchers

In 2012, Dr. Carla Rice—a University of Guelph professor in the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition—founded the Re•Vision Centre for Art and Social Justice. The Centre strives to conduct research on the power of arts and stories to highlight systemic inequalities in the healthcare, education, and arts fields.

National AccessAbility Week 2025: May 25–31

May 25–31 is National AccessAbility Week (NAAW)! Each year, beginning on the last Sunday in May, Canadians celebrate the disabled community and highlight the importance of accessibility and inclusion. This week is an opportunity to draw attention to the experiences of disabled people and the areas in which accessibility barriers continue to be upheld.

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia: May 17

Saturday, May 17, is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, a day to acknowledge the harassment and discrimination that people with these identities face and to campaign for sexual equality.

Tourette’s Awareness Month: May 15 – June 15

Tourette’s Awareness Month is an international celebration that takes place each year from May 15 – June 15. This month of awareness was initiated by various Tourette’s awareness and advocacy organizations. The common goal of this month is to raise awareness for Tourette’s syndrome through education, advocacy, and community building.

Global Accessibility Day: An Interview with UofG’s Digital Accessibility Resource Centre

Global Accessibility Awareness Day falls on May 15 this year and encourages people around the world to think and learn about digital access and inclusion. It is important to recognize those who live with disabilities and impairments and how inaccessible web content can be a barrier to their knowledge and access. Digital accessibility refers to the right for people with disabilities and/or impairments to consume and interact with digital content. Digital accessibility can refer to alt-text on images for users who are blind or have low-vision, captioning for users who are hard of hearing or deaf, adaptive hardware for those with motor impairments to navigate computers and mobile technologies, and cognitive accommodations for those with learning disabilities or impairments.

Don’t Miss Out: Principles and Strategies for Community Engagement Course

In February 2025, the Centre for Community Based Research launched their Certificate Program in Community Based Research. This month they are offering their new Principles and Strategies for Community Engagement course, starting May 14.

Countering Policy Exclusions: Canada, disability, and international commitments Part 2 – May 12 2025

With the election of a new federal government, we invited leaders in civil society organizations to discuss what will and should be key priorities for action around ensuring rights and justice of and with women and girls with disabilities. In this panel, we examined how the Global Disability Summit declaration to ensure 15% of development assistance funding to people with disabilities can be addressed in Canada.

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