Disability, Employment, and Workplace Advocacy

Liz Johnson is the managing director and co-founder of The Ability People, a U.K. based organization dedicated to empowering people with disabilities. She explores how working-from-home can open more ...

6 Touko 202027min

Stephanie Dixon and Danielle Main discuss season three of Mind Set Go, a fitness documentary series that follows the high-stakes journey of eight Canadians as they transform their physical, mental and...

30 Huhti 202027min

Journalism professor Paul Adams discusses the importance of crisis and risk communication from media. And, Canadian Press reporter Michelle McQuigge and journalist Meagan Gillmore share their experien...

29 Huhti 202026min

Roxanne Mykitiuk is an Osgoode Hall law professor and director of the Disability Law Intensive Program at York University and Trudo Lemmens is a professor at the University of Toronto. They explore th...

28 Huhti 202028min

Dr. Kim Hellemans is a professor at Carleton University in Ottawa and the co-host of the award-winning podcast Minding the Brain. She discusses the impact of social isolation on mental health and stre...

27 Huhti 202025min

Co-directors Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht discuss the making of their new Netflix documentary Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution. This is the April 23, 2020 episode. Check out the Pulse on YouTube!...

23 Huhti 202027min

MPP Lisa Gretzky discusses issues of income assistance for people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic and describes the NDP’s current petition to protect income from the Ontario Disability ...

22 Huhti 202027min

Ricardo Tranjan is a Senior Researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. He discusses his recent report “The Rent Is Due Soon: Financial Insecurity and COVID-19” and explores the issues ...

21 Huhti 202027min