Schedule
June 4-15, 2007

Monday June 4
1:30-4:30pm
Valorie Crooks (SFU)
Examining the Intersection: Chronic Illness as Disability

Tuesday June 5
9-noon
Kristi Falconer (Resource Centre for Students with a Disability, UVic) & Melissa Campbell (UVic)
An Exploration of Society’s Conceptualizations of Deafness
1:30-4:30pm
Elisse Zack & Eileen McKee (Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation)
Bridging the Gap: HIV, Disability and Rehabilitation

Wednesday June 6
9-noon
Rachelle Hole (UBC-O)
Disability Related Research and Ethical Research Practice
3-4:30pm
Mark Timmermans (Providence Farm)
Providence Farm: A Therapeutic Farming Model

Thursday June 7
9-noon
Zulis Yalte (Gabriola Island)
An Art Exploration: Under the Surface of Disabling Illness
1:30-4:30pm
Geoff McMurchy (Society for Disability Arts and Culture)
The Disability Arts and Culture Movement

Friday June 8
9-noon
Robynne Edgar, Andrew Kmetic, Namaste Marsden, and Velten Pilger
Panelists: Janine Gagnier, John Paul Jones, and Stephen Lytton (Canadian Institute for Aboriginal Health, UVic)
Health Research and Aboriginal Disability: An Opportunity for Prevention and Intervention Research

Monday June 11
1:30-2:45pm
Rachel Gold (UVic)
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Disability or Discipline?
3-4:30pm
Geoff Sing (Cridge Center for the Family, McDonald House) & Mike Rossiter (Vancouver)
Brain injury: The Need for Awareness, the Value of Support and Strategies for Success

Tuesday June 12
9-noon
Maureen Bradley (UVic)
Writing Unpacking Invisibility: The Perils of Coming Out with an Unapparent Disability
1:30-4:30pm
Nigel Livingston (CanAssist, UVic)
Engaging Students in Disability Issues and Challenges

Wednesday June 13
9-10:30am
Bridget Preston (Veteran's Affairs Canada)
Veterans Affairs, In Service to the Canadian Forces
1:30-2:45pm
Will Weigler (UVic)
Creative Communication: Translating Disability Issues into Theatre
3-4:30pm
Ken Beattie, Gary Brandstadt, Carol Brown, Mary Brownscombe, Pat Calvelly, Gloria Gray, Lorraine Huntley, Joan Power, Maxine Rogers and Roger Tailleur (Fibromyalgia Networking Group of Greater Victoria & ME Victoria)
Living with an Invisible Disability

Thursday June 14
9-noon
Fred Ford (Victoria)
Deconstructing BC’s Eugenics Bandwagon
1:30-2:45pm
Catherine Mateer (UVic)
An Integrated Approach for Working with People who Experience Cognitive and Emotional Challenges following Brain Injury
3-4:30pm
Vickie Cammack (PLAN Institute)
Belonging: Creating Pathways to Citizenship

Friday June 15
9-noon
Laurie Keenan et al. (Resource Centre for Students with a Disability, UVIC)
Accessing University Disability Services