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Disability, Sport and Ableism: From Pistorius to Para-Olympism: Contentious Paralympic Issues

Panel discussion by visiting scholars. Open to the public. Venues are wheelchair accessible. Please contact moyra@ualberta.ca regarding any other accessibility requests.

Tuesday, February 14 - 1230 to 1400
E121 Van Vliet Centre

From Pistorius to Para-Olympism: Contentious Paralympic Issues

Panellists:

• David Greig MHK, ChPC is a National Talent Development Coach for Para-Athletics, Athletics
  Canada.
• Dr. P. David Howe is a former Paralympian, a coach, a journalist and a sport anthropologist who
  studies social theories of embodiment. www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ssehs/staff/academic/david-howe.html
• Jean Laroche, ChPC is the Lead Coach for Para-Athletics at the Sherbrooke (QC) High
  Performance Centre.
• Danielle Peers, M.A. (University of Alberta) is a former Paralympian, a coach, a Ph.D student and a
  Trudeau Scholar who studies disability, sport and human rights. www.daniellepeers.com/Academics.html
• Dr. Gregor Wolbring (University of Calgary) is an assistant professor in Community Rehabilitation and
  Disability Studies, who studies ethics and governance of science and technology with a focus
  on issues faced by disabled people. http://www.crds.org/research/faculty/Gregor_Wolbring.shtml

Funded by

• Athletics Canada
• Living Archives on Eugenics in Western Canada - funded by CURA/SSHRC
• The Trudeau Foundation

Date and Time

Audience

General Public

Cost

No cost