The event was jointly organized by George Brown College’s Office of Anti-Racism, Equity and Human Rights Services and Toronto Metropolitan University. GBC’s Manager of Accessibility, Inclusion and AODA Compliance, Yin Brown, developed a jam-packed program of thought leadership and discussion from faculty, staff, and students as well as a therapeutic dance workshop led by current GBC student Ishaa Chopra.
In his address, Dr. Dolmage said that post-secondary institutions must find ways for students, staff and faculty with disabilities to have more agency and voice in how equitable access is set up campuses, and urged a shift in the way people with disabilities are regarded. “The largest paradigm to understanding disabilities is that they are a problem to be fixed,” said Dr. Dolmage. “That doesn’t leave enough space to understand disability as a positive identity in the community.”
Dr. Dolmage noted that while post-secondary institutions make efforts to accommodate persons with …