Tuesday, November 4 from 12-1:30pm
Join the Disability Network of Ontario and OPIRG Provincial as we interrogate design, disability, and…
- histories of disability justice in our communities.
- the principles of disability justice.
- how we utilize these principles in design.
- how we have to confront ableism within arts & culture spaces, urban planning, architecture & building design.
- general design practices to consider!
Register now: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/54j5rE7vTvmak8P8X3Tobw
Tuesday, November 4 from 12-1:30pm
Presenter Bios:
Brad Evoy is a multiply-disabled member of the Qalipu Mi’kmaq Nation, originally from so-called Western Newfoundland, and serves as the executive director of Disability Justice Network of Ontario and co-chair of Accessible Housing Network. In addition to posting memes on DJNO’s socials, Brad also serves on the Boards of Fatal Light Awareness Project (FLAP) Canada and Heritage Toronto.
Sahra Soudi is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and community organizer based in Hamilton, Ontario. She combines her activism and artistic practice to envision better and more just futures for all. Soudi advocates for the inclusion and participation of Black, Indigenous, disabled, and racialized communities in a range of settings, from artist-run centres and DIY venues to national galleries. Soudi is an emerging artist and curator, passionate about cross-movement solidarity and disability justice. She honours this framework by empowering and mobilizing their communities to push for radical change.
Victoria Barnett is a digital graphic designer, facilitator, community organizer, and collaborator at the service of social justice initiatives. She works with and for community organizations to pull on their own creativity and resilience, to create designs that are accessible, collaborative, and needed. Her work is based on the Principles of Design Justice, a network that she has supported as a volunteer, a Steering Committee member, and served part-time as contract staff. She supports and is active in various community groups based in Tkaronto (Toronto, ON).
Register for the 2025-2026 Upcoming Sessions:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/54j5rE7vTvmak8P8X3Tobw
Upcoming Sessions
2025/2026 Schedule: First Tuesday of every month! Upcoming dates will be: November 4, December 2, January 13, February 3, March 3, and April 7. Please register for as many as you can attend!
Nov 4 – Design and Disability Justice
Dec 2 – Building your activist networks & ideas, Activist-ing in Ontario
Jan 13 – Activist Lessons Learned from 2025 and Goals for 2026
February 3 – A discussion of how we navigate AI in our activism
Mar 3 – Strategizing Membership Engagement and Outreach
Apr 7 – Kicking off the growing season: Exploring our Community Gardens and Food Justice initiatives
What are Collaboration Lunches?
In 2024, OPIRG Provincial launched a pilot program called Collaboration Lunches to better connect and engage our PIRGS, boards, action groups, volunteers, and the wider community. These are held virtually and monthly to help us better connect and share campaigns, actions, and research work throughout Ontario and beyond! Folks have joined from PIRGs across Kanada – including NSPIRG, APIRG, and QPIRG. We hope to grow and strengthen these connections! We’d love for you to join us in a chill online (Zoom) environment, where you’re welcome to share and listen to what folks are working on. Some ideas can include Cops Off Campus campaigns, Palestinian solidarity support, Free Stores, Labour organizing, environmental justice, local community work and campaigns, and so much more! Please bring your ideas, and current work, and be ready to share (in the way that feels best to you) – with folks across the province.
Transparent and Accessible Programming:
- No specific topic or preparations needed
- Safer space policy guidelines in place for sessions
- Rotating facilitator and minute takers/documentation as needed or requested
- Zoom automatic closed captions
- Breaks at any time as needed!
Full details will remain updated here: https://ontariopirg.org/collab-lunches
