It was an honour to be part of the #ChoosetoChallenge #IWD2021 day presented by WITT and SAIT!
If you’d like more stories like the ones I shared, my memoir How to Lose Everything is out now. Get it at your local independent bookstore (in store and online) or order the book or e-book from Amazon.ca. Audiobook coming soon!
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Here are a few of the people, resources and stats I mentioned in my talk on ways to shift power — plus some extra information on how you can easily improve accessibility online.
Author, poet, speaker, activist Sonya Renee Taylor on why the word “ally” doesn’t align for her:
The gender wage gap in Canada: “In 2018, female employees aged 25 to 54 earned $4.13 (or 13.3%) less per hour, on average, than their male counterparts. In other words, these women earned $0.87 for every dollar earned by men.” Source.
Image descriptions, CamelCase and more: Here are five ways to make your Instagram account more accessible now from Later.com.
North Americans spend an average of 2 hours on social media. Source.
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One in five (22%) of the Canadian population aged 15 years and over – or about 6.2 million individuals – had one or more disabilities. Source.
Why can’t I ask why you’re in a wheelchair?
Follow disability activist Nina Tame for this and many more fantastic posts on disability (plus amazing style):
Other disabled folks I’ve learned a lot from:
Eli Clare ~ author of Brilliant Imperfection: grappling with cure
Dorothy Ellen Palmer ~ author of Falling For Myself @depalm on Twitter
Imani Barbarin ~ Black girl magic + disabled pride @imani_barbarin on Twitter
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha ~ author of Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice @Leahlakshmiwrites on Instagram
Amanda Leduc ~ author of Disfigured @amanda.leduc on Instagram
Syrus Marcus Ware ~ Artist, activist, Vanier scholar @syrusmarcus on Instagram
Rebekah Taussig ~ author of Sitting Pretty @sitting_pretty on Instagram
And of course, I’m on Instagram @christacouture.
Thank you again for your time and thanks to SAIT for having me. Once again, my memoir How to Lose Everything is out now; see you out there!