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In this episode, All Access Pass talks about last Monday’s United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The Accessibility Collective then discusses the short documentary "Picture This," which aims to make sex and disability part of the public discourse. Hosts: Deepi, Sarah, Lidia and Alison

This show is very special show — The Accessibility Collective members, with the help of three panelists, discuss the terminology and language used when discussing Disability/Accessibility topics. Hosts: Nicole, Lidia, Sarah, Kevin & produced by Deepi Panelists: Nicole Le, Alison (Accessibility Collective member) and Mark John Babor

All Access Pass season 4 kicks off with introductions from the Accessibility Collective! After that, the topic turns to Autism Awareness Month. The collective explores the history of Autism Awareness month—which was meant to be observed in October—with the perspective from new collective member, Nicole Jinn Au and special guest, Tara the from Pacific Autism Family Network. Hosts: Deepi, Sarah, Kev...

We revisit our Access Economy segment to speak to Srin Madipalli, Former CEO of Accomable. Accomable is the “Airbnb for wheelchairs” and was recently acquired by Airbnb. After that we revisit one of our favorite interviews from the All Access Pass archives.

This week on All Access Pass the Accessibility Collective got an exclusive look into the 34th Annual Seating Symposium that happened in Vancouver and CBC upcoming POV Documentary Love, Hope and Autism. Collective member Sarah interviews Shannon Wray from Love, Hope and Autism. The documentary centers around Wray's family and their journey of raising a son with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) throug...

CiTR's Access Collective talks the history of the Paralympics and chats with some experts in the field. Andrea Bundon is a professor at UBC and specializes in sociology of sport and critical disability studies. A paralympian guide herself, in 2010 and 2014, Andrea also competed in 2 Winter Paralympics. Next we interview Ashley Gowanlock. Ashley is a 3X Canadian Paralympian, a Motivational speaker,...

In our Access Economy segment we have been looking at what popular share companies have done (or not done) to make their services accessible to their disabled customers. In part 2 of our Access Economy segment we look at accessibility in ride-share companies. With talk of Uber coming to the Lower Mainland we chat with MLA Stephanie Cadieux . Stephanie Cadieux is the Liberal MLA for Surrey South an...

In this episode we talk to Emily Ladau. Emily Ladau is a writer, a blogger and disability rights advocate from Long Island, New York. She has written for The New York Times, The Huffington Post and Vice. Aside from writing in her blog “Words I Wheel By,” Emily is the the Editor and Chief for Rooted in Rights. She also is one of the hosts for a Podcast called: Accessible Stall. Hosted by Deepi, Pat...

In this two part segment CiTR's Accessibility Collective looks at share companies (or 'access economies') and the recent ways in which accessibility has been brought the forefront of many enterprises' interests. We begin part one of this segment looking at Airbnb who recently acquired the accessible accommodations company Accomable. In the second half of this episode we will be calling Cory Lee fr...

In this episode we listen to part two of our look into the MPA Society's MAD City exhibit, get an exclusive view into accessibility side of Vancouver's PuSh Festival and talk about the human rights case filed against St. Johns Ambulance. The Motivation, Power and Achievement (MPA) Society is is a non-profit organization supporting recovery for people with mental illness with social, vocational, re...

All Access Pass airs on this special hour to give listeners an exclusive look at the 2018 PuSh Festival with an interview from Accessible PuSh Coordinator Anika Vervecken and our review of the opening night of the production King Arthur's Night. Hosted by: Deepi, Dezy, Addyson and Sarah

The Access Collective dives into Bell Let's Talk with the help of one of the campaign's spokespeople: Séan McCann (Canadian singer/songwriter and former member of the band Great Big Sea). We look at local non-profit organization MPA society to discuss the work that they are doing to better support mental illness in Vancouver. Helping us with this is Megan Davies (professor of York University) as w...

**This episode contains conversations of sexual assault and intimacy** On this episode of All Access Pass the Access Collective discusses intimacy, questions of consent, resources available on these topics for those with divers-abilities as well as clips from Women's March . With movements such as the #Meetoo and Times Up coming to light how can we insert disability into the public conversation? W...

On this episode of All Access Pass the Access Collective weighs in on the new proposed disability symbol as put forth by the Forward Movement. After that Kaelin covers UBC's first ever American Sign Language (ASL) course. Sarah discusses the new mental health literacy being introduced to North and West Vancouver for grade 9 students in secondary school. We end things by chatting with Yuri Arajs fr...

Spencer, Deepi, Patricio and Dezy from CiTR's All Access Pass serve up some their favorite tunes

Deepi, Dezy, Marco, Patricio and Kaelin from the Access Collective chat over coffee at Joe's Table Cafe in Burnaby. We look back on some of our favourite moments so far in Season 3, including our segment on film & TV, the Vancouver housing crisis and Patricio's personal story about growing up with a brother with down syndrome. Joe's Table Cafe was founded in 2013 by Peter and Stephanie Chung in me...

Taylor from the Access Collective interviewed Sam Turcott of Disability Alliance BC. Sam Turcott is the Advocacy Access Program director at Disability Alliance BC. Disability Alliance BC is a provincial not-for profit organization with a mandate to support people with all disabilities to live with dignity, independence and as equal and full participants in the community.

To learn more about disability in film and TV the Access Collective sought the expertise of Gail Williamson, Coby Bird and Katherine Crawford. Gail is the head of the diversity department for KMR Talent in LA , one of the only talent agencies in the world with it's own diversity branch . Coby is a young up-and-coming actor with autism who recently guest starred on popular show "The Good Doctor." K...

What do films like Stronger, Sliver Linings Playbook and The Other Sister all have in common? They all have storylines around disability! On this episode of All Access Pass we talk about the representations of disability on film and TV. We begin by welcoming back Spencer from Season 1 and catching up with him to see what he's been up to. Patricio and Dezy talk about the under representation of dis...

November is Indigenous Disability Awareness Month! This week on All Access Pass we talk about this important month of awareness as well as the accessibility issues surrounding the new student union building in Ryerson University. We also listen to the rest of our interview with Jane Dyson, the Executive Director of Disability Alliance BC on housing and disability. Hosted by Patricio, Kaelin, Deepi...

In this episode we go over the latest developments of our city's housing crisis and some of the barriers that people with disabilities face when finding housing. To help us out we spoke to well-known anti-poverty activist Jean Swanson and the executive director of Disability Alliance BC Jane Dyson. Note: Part 2 of our interview with Jane Dyson will be aired on our next episode November 15, 2017 Ho...

Tune in! This week we discussed the new report put out by Eric Doherty that is addressing needed changes to the accessible bus system HandyDART. After that we talk about a new exciting show coming to Amazon Prime that features 9 actors and actresses with Down Syndrome. We end with Patricio from the Access Collective as he shares with us his personal story of growing up in Ecuador with his little b...

On this episode we introduce the newest members of the Access Collective: Taylor, Patricio, Kaelin, Sophie and Sarah. Following that, we give you a rundown of BC's new transit supplement and other changes to the Disability Benefits. We talk pros and cons as well as how these changes compare to the former transit clawback put in place by the BC liberals. Hosted by Deepi and Dezy Music chosen by Add...

Hosts Deepi and Dezy kick off Season 3 with some sick tunes and an interview with Nicole Jinn. Nicole is on the autism spectrum and was terminated from their job at Edgewater Casino at the end of September. In reaction, they protested their rights and rallied against them. Nicole spoke to us this week about what went down between them and their employer as well as their reasons for rallying. All A...

In collaboration with CiTR's Accessibility Collective, the 2017 F-Word Conference at UBC presents (Dis)ability Justice. This panel features speakers Lynx Sainte-Marie and representatives from Barrier-Free BC, Rob and Reed: challenging notions of disability and policy for the greater public.