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September 30, 2021
Call for Papers - Forgotten Bodies
Forgotten Bodies will provide a forum in which postgraduate researchers can explore often overlooked discourses, representations and practices relating to embodiment, sexuality and gender. Previous research into this field has often urged overly simplistic hegemonic models of practices, desires and identities, which this conference hopes to reassess. Our main objective is to explore the challenges of not only researching, including but also re-positioning so-called ‘forgotten bodies’ in academic programmes. Abstract Submission deadline: October 30, 2009.
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September 26, 2021
Colloqium: “Pride and Prejudice: Canadian Ambivalence Towards Inclusion”
Thursday October 8, 2009, 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Room 200, Jack Bell Building for The School of Social Work - 2080 West Mall, UBC E-mail: cic.ubc@ubc.ca Drawing together elements from feminist studies, political science, public administration, sociology, and urban studies, Michael J. Prince, examines mechanisms of exclusion and inclusion, public attitudes on disability and policy-making processes in the context of disability ... [and] considers social activism and civic engagements by people with disabilities and disability community organizations. (From Absent Citizens - Front Jacket Cover)
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August 20, 2021
Symposium: Bridging Research & Policy: Changing Practice and Influencing Policy
This free one day symposium is designed to provide insight and understanding into the process of building bridges between research and policy. The internationally recognized panel of featured speakers will discuss how research changes practice and influences policy and conversely how policy changes practice and influences research. Friday, September 25, 2021 (8am- 4pm) at the University of British Columbia Graduate Students’ Society (Thea’s Lounge). 6371 Crescent Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2. Sponsored by the Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences. To register email: mcmaster.qlp@gmail.com
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August 20, 2021
International Society for Gerontechnology: 7th World Conference
The International Society for Gerontechnology invites you to submit an abstract for the 7th World Conference which will take place in Vancouver from May 27-30th, 2010. Presentation options include symposia, free papers and posters. Accepted abstracts will be published in Gerontechnology, the official journal of the society. The deadline for submission is January 15th, 2010.
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July 30, 2021
Critical Disability Theory: Essays in Philosophy, Politics, Policy and Law
Critical Disability Theory inquires into the possibilities and parameters of a critical theory of disability. Its essays argue that accommodating equality for the disabled is not fundamentally a question of medicine or health, nor is it just an issue of sensitivity or compassion. Rather, it is a question of politics, of power and powerlessness. Conventional understandings of disability are dependent upon assumptions that characterize disability as misfortune and by implication privilege the "normal" over the "abnormal." Consequently, it is presumed that societal organization based upon able-bodied and -minded norms is inevitable and the best we can do is show sympathy or pity. This book argues that we need new ways to think about the nature of disability, a new understanding of participatory citizenship that encompasses the disabled, new policies to respond to their needs, and a new vision of their entitlements. Pothier, D. and R. Devlin, eds., 2006. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press