HeyJaredDisability Dialogues
From the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing, Disability Dialogues is a podcast series on important topics in health and wellbeing of our communities. Stay tuned!
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Casey House on Thriving HIV Care (opens the original)
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In the final episode of the second season of Disability Dialogues, we get to speak with one of our partners at Casey House, Yasser Ismail. We get to talk about the origins of Casey House as an HIV and HIV at risk hospital, the ongoing evolution of client-centered care and practices in how the organization is built and run, and Yasser’s own experiences co-designing clinical programs as the Chief Strategy and Knowledge Officer. This episode introduces an ongoing partnership between the CERC HECW a
Centering Thriving in Crisis Response (opens the original)
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Today, Eunice shares about an ongoing collaboration between the Gerstein Crisis Centre and Toronto Metropolitan University, which looks at alternative forms of crisis response that center on health and wellbeing. Led by Professor Jessica Evans with the department of Criminology, this work takes a look at thriving from a totally different angle, focusing on what allows people to get closer to thriving when crisis situations are in play. Important Links and Resources: CERC HECW website: https://ww
Digitizing Thriving in Community and Care (opens the original)
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In episode 4 of Disability Dialogues Season 2, we open with a few technical difficulties… thankfully not for long, but digital spaces are sometimes pretty inaccessible! That’s the subject of today’s interview with Chris Sivarajan, who talks about what thriving looks like in digital health spaces as a woman living with multiple sclerosis, or MS. As a peer volunteer with MS Canada, Chris has both lived experience of MS and as someone who has done the work of helping her fellow MS community. This e
Following Thriving Youth Pathways (opens the original)
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In Season 2 episode 3, Eunice is her own guest! We’re talking about how diverse youth navigate post-secondary pathways, and more specifically, Eunice discusses her own pathway through learning about her own mental health and disability status, and her successes and adversities after high school. Finally, we discuss the co-designed Tracking Pathways project, and the value of youth-led, intersectional research. Trigger warning for discussions of mental health and eating disorders from 8:00 – 10:30
Mobility, Pain, and Possibility in Canadian Disability (opens the original)
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In Season 2 episode 2 of Disability Dialogues, we talk to Mary– a woman with a series of mobility and pain-related disabilities– about what it means to be thriving versus surviving with disability in Canada. Particularly, we got into the weeds of what it means to be disabled, and navigate the big barriers placed on disabled people to be able to find fulfillment, get around in a wheelchair, and be an active member of the community, all while accessing necessary accommodations and support. This ep
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