Claudia
I would strongly suggest Dr. Gregor Wolbring as a speaker who in my view is
a bright political light in the international disability community and
Canada. Dr Wolbring is a well respected intellectual who has published in
ethics, disability and political journals and he has a
penetrating grasp of disability politics and ethics. And for those of us
abled folk there is much to learn from Dr. Wolbring's work on human rights
in general and the disability community in particular. He has also
pioneered a course on disability ethics that will be offered I believe
through the university of Alberta next year if I am not mistaken. He is
also a member of Executive of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.
Biochemist at the Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty of
Medicine University of Calgary, Canada
Adjunct Assistant Professor for bioethical issues at the Dept. of Community
Rehabilitation and Disability Studies Faculty of Education University of
Calgary, Canada
Adjunct Assistant Professor with the John Dossetor Health Ethic Center,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Founder and Executive director of the International Center for Bioethics,
Culture and Disability Founder and Coordinator of the International Network
on Bioethics and Disability http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bioethics/join
His bio-ethics web site and contact information
follows. http://www.bioethicsanddisability.org/start.html
His email: Gregor Wolbring <[log in to unmask]>
In my view Mr. Wolbring would be an ideal Canadian candidate who has a well
deserved international reputation for his contribution to disability rights.
As an able bodied medical ethicist who is interested in the politics of
human rights I attended a lecture Dr. Wolbring delivered in Ottawa a couple
of years ago on the politics of disability rights which was stimulating to
say the least. It also thoughtfully challenged my views and made me
rethink various issue. He would be an ideal candidate in terms of what you
outline below
Sincerely
Mark Wilson
Director of Medical Ethics
Health Research Associates
Ottawa, On
Canada
At 09:24 AM 1/22/2005, you wrote:
>Our Alberta (in Canada) university is looking for a speaker on disability
>issues. So far, the suggested speakers have been fairly predictable -
>sympathetic, mainly business or self-help related motivational speakers
>who focus on the ability to triumph in spite of all obstacles laid in
>one's path. This type of speaker would be in keeping with the kind of
>speaker that the university brings in each year - male,
>mobility-challenged, inspiring, and pointedly non-political.
>
>I am on the committee that will organize the talk this year, and I'd like
>to expand the boundaries to include someone who will speak to the politics
>of disability, and who might even make people feel angry or guilty or
>thoughtful rather than simply warm and fuzzy. I wonder if anyone from
>Canada has any suggestions?
>
>Best,
>Claudia Malacrida
>Sociology
>University of Lethbridge
>4401 University Drive
>Lethbridge, Alberta
>T1K 3M4
>
>Tel: (403) 329-2738
>Fax: (403) 329-2085
>
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