We are pleased to present a captivating lecture-workshop featuring the esteemed Dr. Heidi Janz, generously brought to Queen’s from Alberta through the efforts of Dr. Denyse Richardson, Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Queen's University. This in-person, hands-on experience promises to be an eye-opening exploration of the challenges and opportunities at the nexus of education and inclusivity.

Please bring your own lunch.  Coffee will be provided.

Dr. Heidi Janz is an Adjunct Prof at the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre at the University of Alberta. She is also the co-author and co-Instructor of the UBC course Ableism, Equity, and Technology. Heidi's areas of academic specialization are Disability Ethics and Critical Disability Studies and she has authored/co-authored papers on various topics related to disability, ethics, and ableism. These papers have appeared in journals such as The Lancet, The Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, and the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Janz’s interest in Educational Technology is both professional and personal. As both an academic working in the fields of Disability Ethics and Critical Disability Studies and a disabled person who is a lifelong user of Educational Technology, she is excited to help students discover and explore ways in which ableism, both latent and overt, can impact the use, misuse, abandonment, or exclusion of educational technologies as learning tools for disabled students.