Canadian Disability Studies Association-

Association Canadienne des Études sur l'Incapacité

“Capital Ideas” Conference

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario

June 2^nd–4^th, 2015

“Capital Ideas” Conference Program Update: The conference program can be accessed via the following link: http://www.cdsa-acei.ca/CDSA-ACEI-2015-Conference-Program-May-2-2015.pdf

Conference Events

Canadian Centre on Disability Studies (CCDS) Plenary Panel: Realizing a Sustained Presence of Disability Studies in Academe, the Community, and the Broader Society
June 2, 10:15am-12 noon, Room LMX 219
Chair: Susan Hardie, CCDS Executive Director
Nancy Viva Davis Halifax, Michelle Owen, Nancy Hansen, Esther Ignagni, Debra Hernandez Jozefowicz, Tanya Titchkosky, Anne McGuire, & Katie Aubrecht

Enabling Disability Studies on the Market and Beyond: A Roundtable on Professionalization
June 2, 12 noon-1:30pm, Room LMX 219
Chair: Kelly Fritsch
Nancy Hansen, Karen Yoshida, Jay Dolmage, Esther Ignagni, Michelle Owen, Gail Fawcett, Ravi Malhotra, Andrea Nicki, Alexandre Baril, Christine Kelly, & Anne McGuire

Eli Clare: A Dialogue About Cure
June 2, 3:30-5:00pm, Room LMX 122
Disability activists, artists, and scholars have long engaged with cure as a concept and practice deeply embedded in the white Western medical model of disability. But often our engagement has lacked nuance. Join Eli Clare in an exploration of and dialogue about cure as ideology, justification, and promise. Interdisciplinary Collaboration with Women and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes & Sexuality Studies Association.

CDSA-ACEI Tangled Arts Cabaret

June 2, 7:00-9:00pm, Social Sciences Building (FSS), Room 4007

The CDSA-ACEI Tangled Arts Cabaret marks the Ottawa stop of Tangled on Tour! This cabaret features spoken word, dance, and DJing by international disability artists and disability artists local to Ottawa.

Keynote Speaker Dr. Jay Dolmage: Capital Ideas: Disabling Studies, Disability Studied, Disability Studies
June 3, 2:00-3:30pm, Room LMX 122
How has Canadian higher education profited from positioning disability as an object of study? How have Canadian institutions of higher education used disabled people in ethically problematic and further disabling research studies? Finally, how can Disability Studies address this history and its legacies, creating new creative possibilities for research?

Student Paper Awards
June 4, 10:15-11:15am, Room LMX 219

CDSA-ACEI is pleased to announce the winners of our annual Student Paper Award. With a record number of submissions this year, the award committee was particularly impressed by the significant and important scholarship being undertaken in disability studies by students across Canada.

1st place: Kim Collins, Ryerson University
"How do we tell our children?: Keeping this history of Huronia Regional Centre through radical children’s literature"

2nd place: Tracey Edelist, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
"Capitalizing on Cultural Dichotomies: Making the “Right Choice” Regarding Cochlear Implants"

3rd place: Hilda Smith, York University
"Say that how? Differences in accessibility guidelines for people with cognitive disabilities in Canada and Britain"

We look forward to the presentations of these scholars at the June Conference in Ottawa! Thank you to everyone who submitted and to our awards committee for their work in selecting the winners.

CDSA-ACEI Tanis Doe Award for Disability Study and Culture Awards
June 4, 10:15-11:15am, Room LMX 219

English Recipients: Patricia Seth & Marie Slark
As disability activists, Patricia and Marie's work over the past six years has both challenged and educated the Canadian public regarding some of the grotesque practices to which people with developmental disabilities have been subjected over the past two centuries. They were the lead plaintiffs in the precedent-setting class action lawsuit against the Ontario government on behalf of former residents of the Huronia Regional Centre, a total institution designed to warehouse people labeled with developmental disabilities. In their search for historical justice, Patricia and Marie have shown extraordinary courage and leadership. Their willingness to speak the truth about their institutional past has made manifest new communities of survivors who otherwise would not have had the opportunity to engage with one another and share their own traumatic lived experiences.

French Recipient: Dr. Patrick Fougeyrollas
Patrick is a social anthropologist and Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology, Laval University. Founding member and president of the International Network on the Disability Creation Process (INDCP), he played a major role in establishing the Interdisciplinary Centre for the Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (CIRRIS). He directed and took part in numerous studies and research projects. He has published profusely and sits on several national and international boards of directors and expert committees in the areas of rehabilitation, integration of people with disabilities, and the revision of the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps (ICIDH). Patrick has played an essential part in the cultural changes surrounding the concept of Disability that have taken place in past decades

CDSA-ACEI gratefully acknowledges the support of the Université de Saint-Boniface. In supporting this award, the Université wishes to underscore the rich legacy and cultural heritage of Tanis Doe and to promote social justice.

Sponsorships

Gold Level Sponsors
School of Disability Studies, Ryerson University
Interdisciplinary Master's Program in Disability Studies, University of Manitoba
Graduate Program in Critical Disability Studies, York University

Silver Level Sponsors
Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, University of Calgary
Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Equity Studies Program, New College, University of Toronto
Maria Fernanda Arentsen, Professeure agrégée, Université de Saint-Boniface

Bronze Level Sponsors
Christine Kelly, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, University of Ottawa
Nova Scotia Centre on Aging, Mount Saint Vincent University

Special Event Sponsors
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
Tangled Art + Disability
Canadian Centre on Disability Studies
Dr. Jay Dolmage, University of Waterloo
Students for Barrier-Free Access, University of Toronto