Notice Board

October is the National Disability Employment Awareness Month (DEAM). It is an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges to access and opportunity for a group of individuals who may go unnoticed in ableist organizational and social cultures. Disability is another key dimension of diversity that we must examine as we work towards building an accessible and inclusive campus.

This year, a group of individuals from the university community and beyond (faculty members, ABC Office and a community representative) came together to organize not one, but a series of events meant to explore the experiences and amplify voices from individuals with disabilities, experts, and community organizations in topics such chronic illness, neurodivergence, disability and inclusivity, accessibility and others.

Please join us for our third of three events as we welcome a panel discussion of perspectives from across the University of Lethbridge, the Lethbridge community, and southern Alberta in a critical discussion about disability, accessibility and employment. 

Date: October 23, 2026

Time: 1:30 – 3 p.m.

Location: Hybrid, Turcotte Hall 341 and virtual via Zoom

Captioning and ASL Interpretation will be available

Registration link here.

About the presenters

Dr. Chloe Crosschild is from the Blackfoot Confederacy and a member of the Blood Tribe (Kainai). She is an assistant professor of nursing at the University of Lethbridge, where she centers Indigenous women’s health though Blackfoot and Critical Indigenous methodologies. In her current role, she teaches community health nursing, supervises undergraduate nursing students in clinical practice, and contributes to teaching in the Master of Nursing program. 

Chelsey Peat is the Community Engagement and Advocacy Coordinator for Inclusion Lethbridge, a local disability non-profit with a mission to empower individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities, in collaboration with their families, to have good and worthy lives. She has recently completed her BA in Sociology from Athabasca University and has published Two Sides to a Face: My Journey with Sturge Weber Syndrome. Chelsey is a fierce advocate for and with people with disabilities who has many personal experiences of exclusion and advocacy in her life and employment experience.  

Mitch Lawson is the Program Coordinator for the CATALYST program in Lethbridge, Alberta. CATALYST aims to provide opportunities for employment to people with disabilities. Mitch has 15 years of professional experience working with people with disabilities and is a dedicated advocate and supporter of the disability community.