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The School of #DisabilityStudies is the first in Canada to offer a degree education that is strongly rooted in a #disability studies perspective.

https://www.torontomu.ca/disability-studies/
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The Unify Deaf Film Festival (UDFF) is back this year in Toronto from October 21–26, 2025!

📍 350 King St W, Toronto, ON

🌐 More info: undividedproduction.com/pages/event-...
#UDFF2025 #DeafFilmFestival #DeafCulture #Accessibility
Poster for the Unify Deaf Film Festival, 21-26 October 2025. A tall tower made of stacked TVs against a blue sky, surrounded by stylized text. Audience seated in a dimly lit theater, facing a stage with five panelists under a large screen displaying "Unify Deaf Film Festival" in bold colors. A group of people sit facing a panel of speakers in a brick-walled room. Panelists watch as an interpreter signs. A sign reading “Urbanspace Gallery” hangs above the panel. A group of people in a bright room watch a presentation. A woman speaks, while an interpreter signs. The setting is casual and engaged.
October 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Workshops4Gaza is a collective of autonomous writers, organizers, educators, and creatives offering skill-sharing and knowledge-mobilizing workshops to raise funds for Palestinians in Gaza.

Past sessions are available by donation.

Request a workshop or donate here: airtable.com/app2F3TGsD60...
July 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Dr. Drew McEwan, who will be joining the School of Disability Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University as a limited-term faculty member beginning July 1, 2025!
A picture of Drew who has long brown hair with bangs, smiling in front of a full cozy bookshelf.
June 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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🎓 Congratulations, Class of 2025!
It was such a joy to celebrate with those of you who attended convocation today, whether in person or virtually. Your years of dedication, brilliance, and hard work are truly worth celebrating. We can't wait to see what you do next! 💫🌿
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June 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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📣 From Toronto Disability Pride March organizers:

TDPM is back July 5, 2025!
1–5PM | Queen’s Park to Grange Park

More info + access guide:
torontodisabilitypride.wordpress.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Join us for the Toronto launch of Hardly Creatures by Rob Macaisa Colgate—May 30, 7PM at Tangled Art Gallery. A night of disability arts, original work from Tangled staff, and poetry rooted in Rob’s time at Tangled and TMU as a DST fullbright scholar. Tour details: www.robmacaisacolgate.com/events
A promotional graphic with a tan and pink background. Text reads: “Rob Macaisa Colgate, author of Hardly Creatures.” On the left is a black-and-white photo of Rob, wearing a graphic T-shirt and blazer. On the right is the cover of Hardly Creatures, which features a golden sculpted face with a pink salamander-like creature crawling over it. Below: “Friday, May 30 • 7pm ET, Tangled Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada.”
May 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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🌟 Apply any time—our program accepts students year-round.
💻 Info: torontomu.ca/disability-studies
📧 Contact: m2paris@torontomu.ca
#TMU #DisabilityStudies #AccessibleEducation
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May 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Disability Studies explores how disabled people’s lives are shaped by culture, policy, health, tech & more.
Study disability-informed approaches to:
✔ mental health
✔ design
✔ rights & justice
—and more.
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May 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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This program is designed for:
✔ College grads
✔ People with 2+ years of university
✔ Advocates, support workers, and caregivers
✔ People who value justice and equity
#AdultEducation
Blue and yellow illustrated slide with text listing who the Disability Studies (BA) program is for. Criteria include having a college diploma or 2+ years of university, wanting to study part-time and online, caring about social transformation and equity, and balancing other life commitments. Visual elements include potted plants, a coffee cup, grabbing stick, and headphones.
May 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Looking to finish your degree online, at your own pace?
Earn your BA in Disability Studies through a flexible, part-time program from Toronto Metropolitan University. www.torontomu.ca/disability-s...
#DisabilityStudies #OnlineLearning
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May 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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From the Community: On 5/5, IDHA NYC presents the next installment of #DecarceratingCare, exploring how to balance meeting the moment with a broad, long-term vision and amplifying strategies towards accessible, radical care

Register: bit.ly/Decarceratin...
A square crop graphic with a split navy and white background. At the top right is the panel title: Decarcerating Care: Strategy, Struggle & Sustained Commitment. Below in small white letters is the event's description: “Balancing the need to meet the moment with a broader, long-term vision; amplifying strategies that move us toward a future where radical care is accessible, just, and free from state violence.” Beneath the description is the Decarcerating Care graphic, a colorful tree with flowers growing out of the ground with shackles on the roots. Next to the Decarcerating Care graphic is the date and time: Monday, May 5, 6-9 pm EST. On the left are headshots of the panelists and moderator: Nze Okoronta, Olka Baldeh, Autumn Asher Blackdeer, Sean Donovan, M. E. O’Brien, and Luke Sikinyi. At the bottom left is the text: ASL + CART provided and the registration link: bit.ly/DecarceratingCare9
April 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Got a diploma or advanced diploma? 🎓 Join us in person at TMU’s Open House to learn how you can complete your BA in Disability Studies part-time!

Learn disability-informed approaches to tech, arts, mental health, policy & more!

www.torontomu.ca/admissions/u...
Promotional poster for the “TMU Disability Studies Info Session.” The background is a blue ombre that leads into a solid white background. The event is on Saturday, March 29, from 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM at the Daphne Cockwell Complex (DCC), 288 Church Street. It highlights the part-time post-diploma BA program and covers disability-informed approaches to mental health, tech, policy, the arts, and more. A feature “Exploring Careers in Education” session will run from 1:00–2:00 PM, where alumni and reps will talk about how they’ve used their degree to become teachers or pursue academic pathways. The link is in our bio! Pencils are placed on both sides of the poster. Toronto Metropolitan University logo is at the bottom.
March 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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In What Moves Us in the Middle, artist Sahra Soudi creates a striking meditation on movement, memory, and belonging. DST faculty member Idil Abdillahi has written about the exhibition’s depth and meaning—read her essay here: www.theinc.ca/sites/defaul....
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March 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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The Disability Publics Lab at the School of Disability Studies is hosting Hands On ASL in offering queer and trans ASL classes this spring.

More details and registration at www.handsonasl.ca
A digital flyer for “Hands On ASL!” Spring 2025 courses. The background features a colorful cosmic design with stars. The “Hands On ASL!” logo is at the top, followed by “Spring 2025” in bold white text. The flyer lists ASL (American Sign Language) courses with dates, locations, and times: • ASL 101: • Disability Public Labs, March 4 - April 22, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. • The 519, March 8 - April 26, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. • ASL 102: • Disability Public Labs, April 22 - June 10, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. • The 519, April 26 - June 14, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. • ASL 103: • The 519, March 8 - April 26, 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. • ASL 104: • The 519, April 26 - June 14, 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. The flyer states that the courses operate on a “pay what you can or pay it forward” model, with free tuition for deaf, deafblind, deafened, and hard-of-hearing individuals. A sliding scale fee of $95-200 is available for others. Classes will run pending sufficient enrollment. Class locations: • Disability Public Labs, 99 Gerrard St. E, Toronto • The 519, 519 Church Street, Toronto A QR code is included for registration, with the text “For more info or to register, SCAN ME!” The website www.handsonasl.ca is also listed.
February 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Check out the new blog post on DST's Wordpress, titled " Behind The Curtain: Unveiling Ableism In The Movie Theatre Experience" by Anonymous.

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Image Description: A digital graphic design features a dark blue background with red theater curtains drawn to the sides, revealing a wooden stage floor. The title, “Behind The Curtain: Unveiling Ableism In The Movie Theatre Experience,” is displayed in bold white uppercase letters. Below, “BLOG POST BY: ANONYMOUS” is written in smaller white uppercase text. On the left, there are two overlapping cinema tickets, one slightly torn. On the right, there is a beige box with a quote in black uppercase letters: “I believed the movie theatre was a universally enjoyable experience.”
February 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Art Exhibition Event on Feb 14th - April 11th!

BEING Studio is an arts studio in Ottawa, Ontario that supports artists with developmental disabilities. Opening its doors in 2002, the Studio holds a vast archive of artwork, artist writing, and ephemera.

More details below!
Image Description: A graphic with a photo in the centre showing a pile of papers on a grey desk with one abstract pencil crayon illustration at the centre focus. Text surrounding the photo reads: “It was a Different World Altogether”: A Trip Through BEING Studio’s Archive, Feb 14th - April 11th, Art Exhibition.” The bottom row is made up of logos of BEING Studio, Bodies in Translation: Activist Art, Technology, And Access to Life, Tangled Art + Disability and Toronto Metropolitan University, School of Disability Studies.
February 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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College & transfer students: Have a diploma or advanced diploma? 🎓 Earn your BA part-time while learning disability-informed approaches to mental health, tech, policy, the arts, & more!
Join TMU’s Pathways Info Session on Jan 17, 12-1 PM EST. Register: www.torontomu.ca/admissions/u...
Flyer for the “Disability Studies Pathways Info Session 2025” by Toronto Metropolitan University. The flyer invites mature students, those with a diploma or advanced diploma from a Canadian college, or students considering transferring to TMU for further studies, to a virtual information session on January 17, 2025, from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm EST via Zoom. The session will cover admission requirements, the application process for mature and transfer students, curriculum details, scholarships and bursaries, student supports, transfer credits, career opportunities, and more. A QR code is provided for registration. The flyer features the TMU Faculty of Community Services logo at the bottom.
January 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Explore how childhoods are psychiatrized and rethink child and youth madness through Mad Studies in DST 604: Madness and Childhoods.
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January 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Foundations in critical disability studies: DST 501: Rethinking Disability is open this Spring/Summer!
A blue and orange graphic. Text reads: "DST 501: Rethinking Disability A foundations course reviewing key debates and concepts in critical disability, mad, and Deaf studies." The image includes a label reading "Online."
January 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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How do oppression and resistance shape whose lives matter? Take DST 300: Whose Lives Matter? this Spring/Summer to explore these critical questions.
A blue and orange graphic. Text reads: "DST 300: Whose Lives Matter? Explore how oppression and resistance intersect through ableism, colonialism, racism, and sexism, starting from a disability standpoint." The image includes labels reading "In-person" and "Lower Level Liberal Studies."
January 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Spring/Summer 2025 Disability Studies courses are here! Explore topics like representation, madness, and resistance in our latest offerings. Check them out: www.torontomu.ca/calendar/202...
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January 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Please come out on January 23 at 6 PM to celebrate the Revised and Expanded edition of AJ Withers Disability Politics and Theory!
Flyer for a book launch event titled ‘Disability Politics and Theory: Revised and Expanded Edition.’ The cover of the book features a purple background with teal dots and text that reads, ‘Disability Politics & Theory, Revised and Expanded Edition’ by A.J. Withers, with a foreword by Robyn Maynard. The event details include: • Date and time: Thursday, January 23, from 6–8 PM. • Location: William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks St. (Spadina & College) in Toronto. The event features A.J. Withers, Rachel Da Silveira Gorman, and Loree Erickson. It also includes the Toronto premiere of the short film ‘The Unicorn Eradication Project,’ described as ‘a story about eugenics,’ with an illustration of a unicorn and human figures in a surreal setting. At the bottom, a circular photo of A.J. Withers is displayed. The event is sponsored by the University of Toronto, Critical Studies in Equity & Solidarity, and Toronto Metropolitan University School of Disability Studies.
January 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Want to learn more about the Disability Studies at TMU?
💻 Visit: www.torontomu.ca/disability-studies
📧 Contact Paris Master-McRae at m2paris@torontomu.ca
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January 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Complement your current program with a Minor in Disability Studies!
✔ Explore key issues & debates.
✔ Focus on advocacy, equity, & social transformation.
✔ Learn from the perspectives of disabled & mad people.
🔗 Details: www.torontomu.ca/calendar/2024-2025/minors/disability_studies_minor/
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January 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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✔ Take courses at your own pace.
✔ Learn online and part-time.
✔ Build expertise in mental health, policy design, technology, and the arts.
#DisabilityStudies #HybridLearning
A background of a person working at a desk with a laptop and books suggesting a hybrid learning environment. The text reads: "Disability Studies (BA)" in bold black text inside a yellow rectangle. "A Hybrid Part-Time Degree Completion Program" in white text within a rounded blue box. Below, white text on a blue background reads: "Explore ways to improve the lives of disabled people through disability-informed approaches to mental health, technology, policy design, the arts, rights and justice, and more!" At the bottom right, a smaller blue callout with a yellow star reads: "Take courses at your own pace, online, and part-time."
January 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM