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Lack of Digital Supervision is Leaving Kids Vulnerable to a Growing Group of Online Predators – Their Peers
A rising number of Canadian children – some as young as four years old – are becoming desensitized to porn and violence online and being victimized by their peers, and if adults don’t take action now to boost their digital supervision, the problem...
Halifax Researcher Raises Alarm Bell over Concerningly Low Life Satisfaction among Canada’s Disabled Youth, Calls for A New Resilience-based Approach to Services
Young people with disabilities living in Canada are reporting significantly lower levels of life satisfaction compared to their peers, and without action to improve the way support services are delivered, their mental health and general well-being...
Events held during pandemic get creative
Amid COVID-19, a new business category has arisen – virtual events. When the pandemic hit, organizations that typically hold annual – or more frequent – networking, educational or trade show events found themselves cancelling them one after the other...
Embracing Econferences: a step toward limiting the negative effects of conference culture
One of the largest gatherings of scholars in the country will be moving online this year. Thousands of Congress 2021 attendees will not be flying or driving across Canada to the University of Alberta. Instead, they’ll be gathering virtually. Our...
Dr. Danielle Peers – Congress 2021
Danielle Peers is a community organizer, artist, and Canada Research Chair in Disability and Movement Cultures and Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation at the University of Alberta. Danielle uses critical disability theories to...
Rethinking capacity: on preserving the dignity of risk
I recently came across an article in the Walrus titled: "When Is a Senior No Longer Capable of Making Their Own Decisions?" The article outlined what is involved in a capacity assessment, who is authorized to provide said assessments, illustrated...
Exhausted? Slow Down and Listen (to Disabled Wisdom)
When I met Gini* five years ago, I was surprised to learn that she doesn’t get any extra break time at work. The context of our meeting was that she hired me to give her a hand with everyday physical tasks: things like dressing, using the toilet, and...
Accessibility on the Fringes in a Time of Crisis
Post-secondary institutions have responded with alacrity to the needs of undergraduate students, whose lives and studies have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Graduate students whose research relies upon lab work, ethnography or archival...
