Click HERE for the full conference agenda, including descriptions of each workshop, panel, and presentation.
Schedule is subject to change.
| Time | Activity | Presenters | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 AM - 9:00 PM | Quiet Space | HELD Agency | Studio 3 |
| 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | Registration and check in | N/A | Lobby |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Opening Remarks | Emily Maxwell, Hope-Adina Adler | Aki Studio |
| 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | Keynote Address | Dr. Jill Andrew | Aki Studio |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Accessible Spaces |
Creativity in the Evolving Art of Description
Nothing About Us Without Us: Partnering with Deaf-Led Theatre Companies | Access Now
Christine Malec and JJ Hunt
Gaitrie Persaud-Killings | Aki Studio
Studio 1
Studio 2 | | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Funding Accessibility | Tiphaine Girault, Program Officer, Explore and Create, Canada Council for the Arts and Esther Desrosiers, Program Officer, Supporting Artistic Practice, Canada Council for the Arts | Aki Studio | | 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM | Casting Disabled Artists
Accessible Marketing
Choreographing Care, Improvising through Crip/Mad Provocations | Moderator: David Connolly Panelists: George Alevizos, Prince Amponsah, Yousef Kadoura, Alexia Vassos
Jolene MacDonald, Jessica Oddi
Miguel Esteban | Aki Studio
Studio 1
Studio 2 | | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Preserving Indigenous Sign Language | Marsha Ireland | Aki Studio | | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Networking/Cocktail Hour | N/A | Lobby |
| Time | Activity | Presenters | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM | Quiet Space | HELD Agency | Studio 3 |
| 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Registration and check in | N/A | Lobby |
| 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | Cross-Disability Collaboration | Moderator: Emily Maxwell | |
| Panelists: Sage Lovell, Kelly MacDonald, Carly Neis | Aki Studio | ||
| 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | Cripping Your Workplace |
The Importance of Active Listeners
Access Playbook Pilot | Moderator: Marjorie Chan Panelists: Amelia Rose Griffin, Cyn Rozeboom, TBD
HELD Agency
Creative Connector | Aki Studio
Studio 1
Studio 2 | | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Introduction to Disability Justice
TBD
Let’s Get Spicy: Relaxing the Work Environment for Neurodivergent Artsworkers | Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware, Theodore Walker Robinson
Erin Ball, Maxime Beauregard
Moderator: Heidi Persaud Panelists: Nicole Crawford, Lux Gow-Habrich, Cleopatria Peterson | Aki Studio
Studio 1
Studio 2 | | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Relaxed Performances
Integrating ASL into Performances
Better Backstages | Jack Hawk, Rachel Marks
Courage Bacchus, Chris Dodd, Juan Jaramillo
Meghan Sivani-Merrigan | Aki Studio
Studio 1
Studio 2 | | 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | DIScover Conference Wrap Up | Kass Prus | Aki Studio | | 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM | Closing Remarks | The Disability Collective | Aki Studio |