Events hosted by community partners from within BC. FSI is not responsible for the content, management or facilitation of these sessions. All inquiries and comments are referred directly to event organizers.
Events hosted by community partners from within BC. FSI is not responsible for the content, management or facilitation of these sessions. All inquiries and comments are referred directly to event organizers.
Join us for a powerful conversation with two leading scholars on the intersections of disability, indigeneity, and the enduring impacts of ableism. This event will highlight Indigenous perspectives on disability and social justice to offer critical insights into how we can imagine access, care, and community beyond colonial frameworks.
This is a hybrid event. To receive the online event link, please click below to complete the RSVP form.
Susan Burch is a Professor of American Studies and a former director of the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity at Middlebury College. A leading historian of disability, race, Indigeneity, gender, and sexuality, she has published numerous books. Her book Committed: Remembering Native Kinship in and beyond Institutions (2021) is winner of the Alison Piepmeier Book Award and the Disability History Association Outstanding Book Prize.
Rheanna Robinson is an Indigenous scholar and a member of the Manitoba Métis Federation. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 1997, Rheanna has lived with an evolving lens of MS-related disease and disability for almost 30 years. Indigenous Disability Studies and disability-related advocacy and awareness is a primary focus of her life’s work.
Critical Encounters is a free monthly speaker series hosted by the Critical Humanities Commons dedicated to exploring how humanistic thinking can illuminate, challenge, and shape the world within and beyond the academy.
Where: Clearihue C305
When: Tuesday, October 28, 3PM – 4:30PM
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