The Pulse

Karla Verschoor is the executive director of Inclusion BC. She discusses their proposed measures for heightened awareness and consideration of people with intellectual disabilities during COVID-19. Th...

30 Mar 202026min

Kate McWilliams is a disability rights advocate based in based in British Columbia. She tells us how the recent work-from-home accommodations during COVID-19 inspired her trending hashtag Accessibilit...

25 Mar 202028min

We explore some angles in which COVID-19 has been impacting the world. In the first half of the show, we discuss the postponement of the 2020 Paralympic games in Tokyo with Stephanie Dixon, Canada's P...

25 Mar 202028min

Renu Mandhane is the chief commissioner for the Ontario Human Rights Commission. She discusses the commission’s public inquiry into the human rights issues affecting students with reading disabilities...

24 Mar 202028min

Judith Heumann is a disability and civil rights activist. She’s also the senior fellow at the Ford Foundation. She discusses her new memoir called “Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability...

23 Mar 202025min

Saskatoon-based Yoga instructor Kevin Naidoo discusses season two of AMI-tv’s Reflect and Renew. This is the March 12, 2020 episode. Check out the Pulse on YouTube!About AMIAMI is a media company that...

12 Mar 202027min

Michael McNeely is a law student at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. He discusses the need for inclusive education and employment for students with disabilities. he also shares his personal experie...

11 Mar 202027min

Dorrie Rush is the Chief Content Officer at OEPatients.org, an online resource providing information and advice for living a successful life with vision loss. She shares her journey as an accessibilit...

10 Mar 202023min