Ontario Corporate Training Centre: Podcast 3-Part Series on Intersectionality and Disability

The Ontario Disability Employment Network;s Ontario Corportate Training Centre (OCTC) is excited to share our 3-part podcast series about the intersectionality of disability:

Intersectionality Part 1 – Disability in the LGBTQ2S+ Community

• An insightful conversation with Alan Santinele Martino, Assistant Professor in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies in the Community Health Sciences Department at the University of Calgary and Emilu Coombs, a PhD Student at the University of Alberta and lesbian autistic researcher studying the intersection of autism and LGBTQ+ indentity, the experiences of autistic womena nd the lesbian mental health.
• Check out the Show Notes for more resources.

Intersectionality Part 2 – Disability in the First Nations and Inuit Communities

• To help us better understand disability in the First Nations and Inuit communities, Romaine Peters, a family Disability Support Worker on Walpole Island First Nation in Southwestern Ontario and Lisa Spencer, the Communications Manager for the NDMS, the only cross-disability scoeity in Nunavut provide some deep insight.

Intersectionality Part 3 – Disability in the Newcomer Community

• We get deep perspectives and insights from two guests, Raihanna Hirji-Khalfan the National Director of Race and Disability Canada and Rabia Khedr the CEO of Disability Empowerment Equality Network (DEEN) Support Services, whose work involved supporting people in the newcomer community who have a disability. 
• Check out the Show Notes for more resources.

Check out the links to the series!