10:00- 10:15 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks Meric Gertler, President, University of Toronto |
10:15- 11:45 |
Session 1: Ableism and the Canadian Academy – Interrogating the Culture and Systems of Exclusion This session examines how ableism (encompassing structures, beliefs and/or practices) privileges non-disabled people and defines all aspects of life and work in the Canadian academy. Panelists will identify and interrogate ways in which students, faculty, staff, teaching and research assistants experience structures and systems of “compulsory able-bodiedness”. They will also explore actions related to policy, accommodation, culture, and personal attitudes that interrupt ableist marginalization and exclusion, and advance systemic change. Panelists: Moderator: |
11:45- 12:30 | Lunch Break |
12:30 - 14:00 |
Session 2: Inclusive (Co/Extra) Curriculum and Learning Design, Work Facilitation, and Research Supports This session examines strategies and actions that promote movement away from a pedagogical and research environment in which people with disabilities seek individual accommodations, to one that builds and sustains classrooms and research environments which are anti-ableist and inclusive from the outset. Drawing on the concepts of the duty to anticipate accommodation and intentional inclusion, areas to be covered will include pedagogical approaches; design of (co/extra) curricula; format of assignments; and research funding structures, protocols, processes, and assumptions. Panelists will address pathways to genuine engagement with people with disabilities, with the goal of building institutions which recognize and embrace learners and scholars who function in, and investigate, disabling learning and research contexts. Panelists: Moderator: |
14:00 - 14:30 |
Health Break |
14:30 - 16:00 |
Session 3: Inclusive Infrastructure Design and Planning: From Procurement to Technology Systems and the Built Environment This session examines the nature of the built environment, the kinds of technological systems that are in use in institutions, the assumptions and procurement practices that shape them, and their impact on work, learning, scholarship, and community engagement. Panelists will examine the benefits of inclusive design principles, systems, and practices; address resistance to change; and explore effective ways to advance institutional commitments to inclusion that correct inequities and create a supportive and healthy living, learning and working environment for all. Panelists: Moderator: |
16:00 - 17:00 |
Closing Session: Wrap Up and Next Steps Panelists: Moderators: |
17:00 |
Closing Remarks Wisdom Tettey, Vice-President, University of Toronto and Principal, University of Toronto Scarborough |