33 actions for an anti-ableist Montréal

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  • Laurence Parent Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa

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https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v10i2.790

Abstract

This article steams from my doctoral thesis entitled “Rouler/Wheeling Montréal: Moving through, Resisting and Belonging in an Ableist City” (Parent, 2018). My thesis examined fifteen disabled Montrealers’ everyday mobilities and two different dimensions of participants’ sense of belonging: their belonging in Montréal disability communities and their belonging in the city. Participants’ stories show that their right to the city and their capacity to move through it are severely compromised because ableism is embedded in Montréal’s built environment and culture. This article explores three issues and 33 actions for an an anti-ableist Montréal. The first issue is presented as a question: How can we build an anti-ableist city? The second issue concerns disabled Montrealers’ mobilities in the face of climate change and the third explores the representations of disabled Montrealers in the media and civic and political life.

Author Biography

Laurence Parent, Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa

Laurence Parent is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa. She holds a doctorate in Humanities from Concordia University, a master's degree in Critical Disability Studies from York University and a bachelor's degree in political science from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM). Her research focuses mainly on ableism in Francophone communities, mobility and disability policies in Quebec and Canada. Her work is published and disseminated in various media and journals such as Routledge, Canada’s Scholar’s Press, Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, Mobilities and Radio-Canada. Over the past decade, she has campaigned for the rights of people with disabilities in Quebec.

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Published

2021-10-08

How to Cite

Parent, L. (2021). 33 actions for an anti-ableist Montréal. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 10(2), 43–67. https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v10i2.790

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2021): VIBE: Challenging Ableism and Audism Through the Arts

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