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DESCRIPTION:Presented by he Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism’s Dis
 ability & Human Rights Initiative 2022-2023\n\nA panel with panelists from
  diverse backgrounds: legal academics\; social advocates\; practitioners 
 \n\nThis event has moved fully online - on Zoom:  https://mcgill.zoom.us/j
 /88517033156  \n\nPreliminary questions for discussion \n\n\n	\n		What lesson
 s have been learned from COVID-19 in terms of accessibility? \n	\n	\n		What ca
 n we learn from other jurisdictions? \n	\n\n\n\n	\n		How has your work evolved
  in the past fifteen years?  \n	\n	\n		What challenges do you anticipate going
  forth? \n	\n	\n		Where would you like to see your field going? \n	\n\n\nAbout 
 the event \n\nMany shifts have occurred over the past fifteen years. While
  COVID-19 is an incredibly significant global event in sheer scale\, and c
 ertainly contributes heavily to our examination\, it is hardly the only th
 ing that has affected or been affected by disability issues within our per
 iod of study. There have been great strides in accessible policy and techn
 ology and incredible adaptation in the face of adversity (COVID-related an
 d otherwise)\, but also tense reminders of how tenuous disability rights a
 re when they become costly or inconvenient in practice. The pandemic exace
 rbated existing disparities but also accelerated the practical implementat
 ion of many technological innovations\, some of which helped create new pa
 ths of accessibility and inclusion. Through scholarship and discussion fro
 m people with disabilities\, legal scholars\, legal practitioners\, and ac
 tivists within and outside the legal profession\, we seek to illustrate ex
 actly how far we’ve come and what remains to be worked on in fighting soci
 al\, financial\, and institutional barriers. \n\nThis year’s theme of “Les
 sons from the Past Fifteen Years: Accessibility and Disability Rights” hop
 es to create a conversation on what accessibility looks like in practice a
 nd in theory\, what can be learned across jurisdictions within and outside
  of Canada\, shortcomings in contemporary disability rights\, and future s
 teps. The 2022-2023 Series builds on previous efforts to engage with disab
 ility \n\nAbout the Disability & Law Initiative \n\nThe CHRLP is pleased t
 o present the 2022-2023 Disability and Human Rights Initiative. Building o
 n work dating back to 2012 and inspired by the fifteenth anniversary of th
 e UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities\, the Initiativ
 e’s events this year focus around taking a look back at the last decade an
 d a half with a critical and analytical lens. We ask: What advances have b
 een made? What are some of the lessons learnt? What we should draw from ex
 periences of disability policy\, accessibility implementation\, and social
  advocacy moving forward? \n\nMore information:  chrlp.law [at] mcgill.ca 
 \n\nConfirmed speakers \n\nJewelles Smith (she/her) - Feminist disability 
 activist\, scholar\, writer\, and artist \n\nDr. Jewelles Smith is a femin
 ist disability activist\, scholar\, writer\, and artist. She uses an inter
 sectional\, anti-racist\, anti-ableist\, culturally humble approach to hum
 an rights\, research\, and relationships. Smith uses her voice to amplify 
 the issues of human rights\, disability and women through research\, mains
 tream media\, and education. \n\nSmith completed her PhD at UBC\, Okanagan
  in November 2021. Her dissertation documented narratives of disabled moth
 ers in Canada from a human rights perspective. Smith is trained in human r
 ights monitoring\, disability human rights justice\, and methods in using 
 legislation\, policy\, and human rights treaties to challenge inequality. 
 \n\nSmith works with communities and government to bridge between ideas an
 d action. In particular\, she focuses on how to bring meaningful change by
  implementing practical actions arising from the voices of those with live
 d experiences through legislation\, policy\, and practice. Smith resides i
 n British Columbia\, Canada with her service dog\, DaVinci. \n\nAnne Frach
 t (she/her) - Self-Advocacy Associate\, Harvard Law School Project on Disa
 bility \n\nAnne Fracht is a renowned\, award-winning self-advocate. She mo
 ved out of a group home in 1992 and has been living independently ever sin
 ce. She began advocating for herself and others in 1998. She has testified
  and joined in rallies on Beacon Hill\, Capitol Hill\, and beyond to advan
 ce the rights of individuals with all kinds of abilities. She has been ele
 cted multiple times as Chairperson of Massachusetts Advocates Standing Str
 ong (MASS)\, the statewide self-advocacy organization\, and she has repeat
 edly served on the board of the national self-advocacy organization Self A
 dvocates Becoming Empowered. She also currently serves on the Disability L
 aw Center’s Board of Directors\, the Massachusetts Department of Developme
 ntal Services’ (DDS) Self-Determination Advisory Board\, and the DDS Human
  Rights Committee. \n\nHezzy Smith (he/him) - Director of Advocacy Initiat
 ives\, Harvard Law School Project on Disability \n\nHezzy Smith\, Esq. is 
 a trilingual attorney\, a proud sibling\, and Director of Advocacy Initiat
 ives. He's responsible for much of HPOD’s self-advocacy programming. He ha
 s worked closely with self-advocacy and disabled peoples' organizations bo
 th in the United States and abroad to advocate\, research\, and produce aw
 areness-raising materials. His Spanish\, English\, and Bangla language mat
 erials have shaped disability rights strategic litigation and important de
 cisions by national and regional courts\, and his disability rights schola
 rship has appeared in collections published by Cambridge University Press 
 and Oxford University Press\, as well as both U.S. and international law r
 eviews. \n\n \n
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LOCATION:Online - Zoom
SUMMARY:Lessons from the Past Fifteen Years: Accessibility and Disability R
 ights 
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