| Webinar from UBC Thriving Kids Research Cluster | June 13, 2025 | Zoom Video Conference | Dr. Ben Mortenson and Dr. Vanessa Fong will be presenting their research findings around the experiences of families of children with medical complexities during extreme weather events related to climate change. The presentation will also include a firsthand account from one of our family partners, Sandra Kahle, of evacuating from wildfires with a child who has complex medical needs. The webinar will include recommendations for preparing for future evacuations and will be followed by a Q&A. This webinar is part of a series presented through the UBC Thriving Kids research cluster, a network of researchers, clinicians, advocates and community members working together to re-imagine supports for children with medical complexity and their families. | Click to Register | View |
| MAP National Meeting Day 3 – Student Day | June 11, 2025 | Pavillon du Parc de la Pointe-aux-lièvres (51 Rue de la Pointe-aux-Lièvres, Québec, QC G1K 2L1). | Our final day of the event will be a student and trainee conference! All team members are welcome to attend from 8h00 to 16h00. Part one of the day will focus on theoretical approaches to disability research. Part 2 is a discussion about art outreach projects which will be hosted by Nathalie Gordon and Carla de Ávila. Part 3 is a hands on activity to create artistic representations of scientific data.
The language of the event will be French. Unfortunately we are unable to provide translation services on site. Please email the Adaptavie Living Lab coordinator Joanie Bédard for more information about the event: [email protected] | | View |
| MAP National Meeting Day 2 – Research Day | June 10, 2025 | Pavillon du Parc de la Pointe-aux-lièvres (51 Rue de la Pointe-aux-Lièvres, Québec, QC G1K 2L1). | Research day will start at 8h30 and go till 16h30. We will host an icebreaker activity and breakfast followed by a session on MAP research priorities. After lunch we will participate in a discussion about knowledge translation strategies for the MAP team and follow this up with a workshop on Impact metrics and evaluation.
The language of the event will be French. Unfortunately we are unable to provide translation services on site. Please email the Adaptavie Living Lab coordinator Joanie Bédard for more information about the event: [email protected]
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| MAP National Meeting Day 1 – Inclufest | June 9, 2025 | Pavillon du Parc de la Pointe-aux-lièvres (51 Rue de la Pointe-aux-Lièvres, Québec, QC G1K 2L1). | The event will run on June 9th from 08h30 to 18h:00. In the morning we are excited to host our keynote speaker Jimmy Pelletier who will be leading a talk (in French) titled "Adapt or Survive". for our afternoon activities we welcome you to partipate in Inclufest, a festival featuring inclusive and innovative solutions for people with disabilities with various booths (information, equipment and tool demonstrations, interactive activities, and give-it-a-go experiences). There will be a happy hour and networking event in the evening.
The language of the event will be French. Unfortunately we are unable to provide translation services on site.
Please email the Adaptavie Living Lab coordinator Joanie Bédard for more information about the event: [email protected]
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| RAD GearBox Softlaunch at UBC | February 28, 2025 | Martha Piper Plaza, Main Mall | Get Ready for the RAD GearBox Softlaunch!
Empowering Accessible Recreation at UBC
Try out adaptive equipment, connect with the community, and learn about how you cansupport accessible recreation! Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to experience the future of inclusive sports at UBC.
The soft launch for the RAD GearBox at UBC is this Friday 28th February from 11am -1pm at Martha Piper Plaza Main Mall, UBC. | | View |
| MAP Virtual Retreat 2 (2024) | December 6, 2024 | Virtual over Zoom | MAP researchers, partners, collaborators, students, and staff will be meeting for the second annual virtual retreat of 2024. The goal of the retreat is to create a tool that can be used to evaluate MAP partnership and project work.
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| MAP Virtual Retreat 1 (2024) | November 22, 2024 | Virtual over Zoom | MAP researchers, partners, collaborators, students, and staff will be meeting for the first annual virtual retreat of 2024. The goal of the retreat is to determine MAP indicators of success for partnership and project work. | | View |
| Presentation about KT including Alfiya Battalova and Anu Pala | November 18, 2024 | Virtual over Zoom | This event discussed the importance of knowledge mobilization and translation in rehabilitation research. Specifically, it looks into how creating a podcast is a great form of knowledge translation, and how it has been used in the accessible advisory committees project. | watch the recording here | View |
| SWAN community forum on urban accessibility in Burnaby, BC | October 18, 2024 | Bonsor Recreation Complex | On October 18th, a community forum on urban accessibility was held at the Bonsor Recreation Complex in Burnaby, BC. This event was organized by the MAP-SWAN team, Project Sidewalk, DemSCAPE, SFU Centre for Dialogue and SFU Civic Innovation Lab, in collaboration with Happy Cities. The community forum consisted of a morning session featuring a World Café and an afternoon experiential Pop-Up Event. The World Café, a focused discussion group, brought together community stakeholders, researchers, and people with lived experience to engage in conversations about urban accessibility. In the afternoon, the open to public Pop-Up event offered an interactive experience aimed at knowledge mobilization. | learn more here! | View |
| Maelle Corcuff Doctoral Defence | October 15, 2024 | Pavillon Ferdinand-Vandry, 2855B, Université Laval | Doctorate in Rehabilitation Sciences
Universal accessibility: Best practices and challenges of knowledge mobilization within a municipal organization
When: October 15th 2024 1:00pm EST
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| Inclusive Mobility in Quebec Conference: perceived accessibility and narrative ethnography | June 11, 2024 | Virtual over Zoom | Over the past two years, two ethnographic studies have been conducted using narrative interviews, life stories,
focus groups and participant observation. A narrative ethnography of participants' dilemmas and strategies
regarding their experiences on public transport in Quebec City will be presented, as well as the factors that
give rise to perceived accessibility, its social construction and the relevance of this approach, not only in
studies of mobility for people living with disabilities, but also in mobility services aimed at the general
population.
Juan Camilo Mansilla holds a doctorate in information and communication sciences (Université
Sorbonne-Nouvelle), is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en
réadaptation et intégration sociale (CIRRIS), a member of the Participation sociale et villes inclusives
(PSVI) team at Université Laval, and the researcher in charge of the “Ethnographie du handicap à Québec”
project (financed by SSHRC). Co-founder of the Human Mount Institute (humanmount.com), a
participatory research initiative, his research focuses on urban ethnography, qualitative methods, inclusive
mobility and active aging. Mr. Mansilla has been a visiting researcher in Tokyo, São Paulo, Berkeley,
Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Seoul. | | View |
| Presentation about inclusive mobility in the age of smart cities: the role of intelligence and geospatial data | November 23, 2023 | Zoom Video Conference | Improving the social participation of people with disabilities (PWDs) is a major challenge in Canada and internationally. For the vast majority of these people, getting around independently is an essential condition for carrying out their daily activities (e.g., working, going to the market, participating in community life). With this in mind, we’re going to find out how the use of geospatial navigation technologies adapted to the profiles of IAPs can greatly help them get around more safely in urban environments. We will present the adapted navigation requirements of IAPs, and then discuss the work of the MobiliSIG project, which aims to offer a navigation solution adapted to the needs of manual wheelchair users. | | View |
| Critical Skills Workshop | December 9, 2021 | Zoom Video Conference | The third and final part of a 3 part series of conferences hosted by Citizens for Accessible Neighborhoods (CAN) and our MAP advisory member Heather McCain. This workshop works with Citizens for Accessible Neighborhoods. | | View |
| Interacting with Disabled People Workshop | September 28, 2021 | Zoom Video Conference | The second part of a 3 part series of conferences hosted by Citizens for Accessible Neighborhoods (CAN) and our MAP advisory member Heather McCain. This workshop explores examples of how to interact and communicate with disabled people, examples of what to avoid, and finally how to address and actively work against ableism. | | View |
| Disability Awareness Workshop | September 21, 2021 | Zoom Video Conference | The first part of a 3 part series of conferences hosted by Citizens for Accessible Neighborhoods (CAN) and our MAP advisory member Heather McCain. This workshop discusses disability awareness through exploring the definition of disability, types of disability, examples of ableism, current disability terminology, tips for interacting with people with disabilities. | | View |
