Tag: NEADS conferences

  • NEADS Event Calendar: May 2016

    NEADS Event Calendar: May 2016

    Organizer: Richmond Centre for Disability
    Title: 2016 Invisible Illness Awareness Forum
    Category: Education
    Location: Richmond, British Columbia
    Date: May 14, 2016
    Telephone: 604-232-2404
    E-mail: rcd@rcdrichmond.org
    Web site: http://www.rcdrichmond.org
    Description: In 2015, the RCD hosted a Panel Forum to explore the notion of “Relationship and Disability”; we then realized how powerful and poignant this topic is. Basically it is hitting very close to home. This year we want to carry the theme further to involve inputs from participants, and this becomes the key cornerstone of this event.

    DATE: Saturday May 14th 2016, 11 AM to 4 PM
    VENUE: Richmond City Hall – Council Chambers
    THEME: Relationships and Disability / Chronic Illness
    FOCUS: “Intimacy” What has changed? What do we miss? How to move forward?
    STYLE: A safe, nonjudgmental and collaborative discussion session
    HIGHLIGHTS: Free Admission, Lunch Included, Door Prizes


    Organizer: Disability Resource Network of British Columbia
    Title: The Disability Resource Network of British Columbia for Post-Secondary Education 33rd Annual Conference
    Category: Education
    Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
    Date: May 17, 2016 – May 18, 2016
    Web site: http://www.drnbc.org/annualconference.php
    Description: The Disability Resource Network of British Columbia for Post-Secondary Education 33rd Annual Conference – “Great Expectations: The Post-Secondary Challenge”
    To register and for more information follow this link:
    http://neads.ca/en/about/events/index.php?id=1487


    Organizer: Canadian Disability Studies Association (CDSA)
    Title: Canadian Disability Studies Association (CDSA) conference – University of Calgary
    Category: Education
    Location: Calgary, Alberta
    Date: May 28, 2016 – May 30, 2016
    Web site: http://congress2016.ca/program/events/293-cdsa
    Description: About the conference:
    The Canadian Disability Studies Association-Association Canadienne des Études sur l’Incapacité (CDSA-ACÉI) conference will be held at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta from Saturday, May 28 to Monday, May 30, 2016, as part of the Congress of the Humanities 2016.

    The conference brings together critical scholarship, arts, and activism that treats disability as a site rich for socio-political engagement, and as a culture, community, and a vibrant way of being in the world. The work presented at this conference thinks about disability, Deafness, and Mad-identity in relation to themes as diverse as neoliberalism, community building, sexuality, race and colonial relation, Indignity, citizenship, culture, sport, policy, religion, art, family relations, fashion, war, and futurity.


    Organizer: Hamilton Mad Students Collective
    Title: Hamilton Mad Students Collective – Wellness Recovery Action Plan at McMaster University
    Category: Education
    Location: Hamilton, Ontario
    Date: May 28, 2016 – May 29, 2016
    Description: Hamilton Mad Students Collective – Wellness Recovery Action Plan© self-help group at McMaster!
    Are you a student (or soon to be student) who experiences mental health difficulties or distress?
    Do you want to learn more about wellness tools and how to incorporate them into your life?

    Join a free 2 day educational Wellness Recovery Action Plan© self-help group at McMaster!
    Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29 from 10-5pm.
    @McMaster (email hamilton.mad.students@gmail.com to register and for room location)


    Organizer: Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers
    Title: The 2016 CACEE National Conference – Montreal
    Category: Employment
    Location: Montreal, Quebec
    Date: May 29, 2016 – June 1, 2016
    Telephone: 1-866-922-3303
    Web site: http://www.cacee.com/cgi/page.cgi/_evtcal.html?evt=714
    Description: The 2016 CACEE National Conference will be held at the Le Centre Sheraton Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. This four-day, May 29 – June 1, annual conference will bring together 200 employers, career services professionals, and co-op educators from across Canada.


    Organizer: University of Guelph
    Title: The Guelph Accessibility Conference
    Category: Education
    Location: Guelph, Ontario
    Date: May 30, 2016 – June 1, 2016
    Telephone: 519-767-5000
    E-mail: info@OpenEd.uoguelph.ca
    Web site: http://www.AccessConf.ca
    Description: The Guelph Accessibility Conference
    In Letter and Spirit: Realizing the vision of the AODA
    Monday to Wednesday, May 30 to 31, 2016
    University of Guelph
    Join the 2016 Accessibility Conference
    • Conference Sessions – Monday and Tuesday May 30 and 31
    • AllyCamp – Tuesday, May 31
    • Workshops – Wednesday, June 1
    Submit a Presentation Proposal!

  • Disability Studies: Exploring the Margins ( Conference in Hawaii)

    Disability Studies: Exploring the Margins ( Conference in Hawaii)

    The conference Disability Studies: Exploring the Margins from the Center and the Center from the Margins will take place from April 25-26, 2016 at the Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. The due date for conference submissions is December 17, 2015.

    Follow this link for proposal questions: http://neads.ca/en/about/media/index.php?id=302

    Disability-related issues are becoming more and more mainstreamed. For instance, several universities are starting to offer Disability Studies as an undergraduate major option. At the same time, people with various disabilities, ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender issues, for example, expressly discuss how they remain at the margins and may be even at the margins of the margins.

    Where does Disability Studies fit in these discussions of multiple oppressions/identities and social inequalities, and what are scholars doing to advance theories and understandings of intersectionality? We are interested in presentations that will address less discussed areas of contemplation, critical reflection and analysis.

    If you have a proposal that may not fit in to the above targets, we will welcome them as part of our discussion. We welcome proposals in any presentation format. We also welcome presentations in innovative formats including readings, performance art, graphics and roundtables. Please see presentation formats on our webpage at http://www.pacrim.hawaii.edu/presenters/formats. Please check the criteria for each format and ensure that you have the appropriate number of presenters for your chosen format. You may submit proposals online at: http://www.pacrim.hawaii.edu/submissions or send your proposals via email to prcall@hawaii.edu. For more information about this topic area, contact the topic chair, Steve Brown, sebrown@hawaii.edu.