The Pulse

Joeita talks to Paralympic swimmer Danielle Campo-McLeod about her new memoir, Resurrections: My Will to Survive is Olympian. This is the February 2 , 2023 episode. Check out the Pulse on YouTube! About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streamin...

We talk about As I Live And Breathe, a new book of short stories on the experiences of youth with disabilities. Joeita's guests are author Lexin Zhang & Dolly Menna-Dack, youth engagement lead at Holland-Bloorview. Listen Live: ami.ca/listenliveBloorview #disability #stories  This is the January 26 , 2023 episode.  Check out the Pulse on YouTube! About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, i...

Joeita talks to Sue Phillips, vice-president of the End of Life Doula Association of Canada about why people should prepare for the dying process. Sue describes her role as an end-of-life doula, the impact of expanding Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) on her profession, and offers reflections on what it means to have a "good death". This is the January 19, 2023 episode. Check out the Pulse on Yo...

Joeita discusses the Holland-Bloorview Online Disability and Sexuality Hub with Dr. Amy McPherson and artist Wesley Magee-Saxton. Wesley discusses the importance of this resource in relation to their journey of self-discovery as a trans disabled person. You can find the hub at  https://hollandbloorview.ca/disability-sexuality-resource-hub This is the January 12, 2023 episode. Check out the Pulse o...

Nutritionist Alicia Connor & fitness expert Bobbi Janzen discuss how to keep your New Year's Resolutions. They discuss the importance of goal setting and share strategies to eat healthy and workout at home with minimal fuss. This is the January 5, 2023 episode.   Check out the Pulse on YouTube! About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities throu...

Our annual Christmas story reading. This year: The Necklace by  Guy de Maupassant    This is the December 22, 2022 episode  Check out the Pulse on YouTube! About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establi...

Carol Haywood of Northwestern University talks about a new study examining physicians' attitudes towards patients with disabilities. She explores the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on doctor-patient relationships, and shares recommendations for addressing structural and attitudinal barriers. This is the December 15, 2022 episode  Check out the Pulse on YouTube! About AMI AMI is a me...

Joeita talks with a group of artists about the Suitcase Stories art project, which explores the lived experience of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities via the contents of individually packed suitcases. Check out the Pulse on YouTube! About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and...

We preview the December 3, 2022, International Day of Persons with Disabilities Conference with organizer Marcia Yale, national president of the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians and Keenan Wellar, co-leader of LiveWorkPlay. This is the December 1, 2022 episode. Tune into AMI-audio to hear the conference live on December 3 from 1 to 4 pm Eastern. To attend the conference on Zoom, register a...

Joeita talks with author and NYU professor Leona Godin about her new book "There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness".     This is the November 24, 2022 episode.  Check out the Pulse on YouTube! About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in Fr...

Disability activist, lawyer and AODA Alliance chair David Lepofsky on what needs to be improved in Bill C22 and the proposed Canada Disability Benefit.   This is the November 17, 2022 episode.  Check out the Pulse on YouTube! About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-...

Leah Lewis discusses her play, The Dialysis Project a one-woman multi-media performance piece, which investigates grief and resilience through the lens of self-administered home dialysis. Leah “performs” a dialysis treatment live on stage, and in doing so delivers a powerful visual metaphor for the accompanying stories of isolation, mortality, and sexuality.  This is the November 10, 2022 episode....

Helen Ries of Siblings Canada discusses a new financial literacy program for adult siblings of People with Disabilities. She talks about her personal experience as an adult caregiver for a sibling with a disability and explains why Savvy Siblings can help build Financial Security for People with Disabilities. To learn more about the course visit  https://learning.siblingscanada.ca/courses/savvy-si...

Disability activist Judith Heumann talks about Fable Tech Labs' new training course for job seekers with disabilities. She discusses her course, teaching advocacy in the workplace, and the relationship between workplace advocacy and systemic disability activism. To take Judy Heumann's course or other free workshops from Fable Tech Labs please visit  https://makeitfable.com/pathways/   This is the...

Tim Martin of York University talks about how homelessness & disability is shown in documentaries and his article in the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies "Narrating the Housing Crisis: Encountering Madness, Homelessness, and Neoliberal Logic in Recent Film-based Narratives". This is the October 20, 2022 episode.  Check out the Pulse on YouTube! About AMI AMI is a media company that entertain...

Maya Chupkov is the creator of the Proud Stutter podcast. Maya believes that social norms about stuttering need to change by creating welcoming spaces for stutterers and through public policy and advocacy campaigns. To learn more about Proud Stutter, visit https://www.proudstutter.com/ This is the October 13, 2022 episode.  Check out the Pulse on YouTube! About AMI AMI is a media company that ente...

Sarah Patel discusses her YouTube series, Thinking in Colour, about her lived experience of being disabled and Muslim. This is the October 6, 2022 episode.  Check out the Pulse on YouTube! About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platfo...

Alison Gerlach, assistant professor in the School of Child and Youth Development at the University of Victoria talks about the need for an Indigenous lens in autism diagnosis and service delivery. Pointing to gaps in the existing literature, Alison makes the case for further research conducting with Indigenous communities, and the importance of centering Indigenous discourses on disability. This i...

In this episode of the Pulse, we speak to  Andreae Callanan, a PhD student from Memorial University about her research into the disability memoir as an accessibility device for able-bodied readers. This is the September 22, 2022 episode. Check out the Pulse on YouTube! About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast service...

In this episode of the Pulse, we speak to Andrew Gurza, the creator of the Disability After Dark podcast, about his experience with sex education and why sex ed needs to become more disaiblity inclusive. We also speak to Chelsea Jones, assistant professor in the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Brock University about a recent project which created tools and generated conversation about dis...

Tricia Waechter is blind and a fashion designer. This week on the Pulse we discuss her journey in the fashion world and her recently launched label, Blind Girl Design. Tricia discusses why and how her blindness is front and centre in her work as a fashion designer. You'll also be able to catch a glimpse of some of Tricia's designs. The Pulse is a weekly, long-form interview show that dives into is...

We speak to Greg Westlake, Canadian paralympian, gold medallist, and 2022 Canadian Disability Hall of Fame inductee. Greg reflects on his career highlights and on the importance of parasport as a means to advance social inclusion for People with Disabilities. This is the August 27, 2022 episode Check out the Pulse on YouTube! About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers C...

Interview with Lorin MacDonald - human rights lawyer, disability advocate, and 2022 Canadian Disability Hall of Fame inductee. Lorin reflects on her involvement with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and her advocacy for making closed-captioning universally available. This is the August 20, 2022 episode. Check out the Pulse on YouTube! About AMI AMI is a media company th...

Interview with Josh Dueck in the first of three interviews with the 2022 inductees into the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame. This is the August 13, 2022 episode Check out the Pulse on YouTube! About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming p...

Interview with Dawn Barclay about her book Traveling Different: Vacation Strategies for Parents of the Anxious, the Inflexible, and the Neurodiverse. This is the August 6, 2022 episode Check out the Pulse on YouTube! About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in F...