Episode 82: Running a Business

Follow the podcast: Continuing our conversation from last episode, Margaux Wosk talks about running a business and employment opportunities for folks with disabilities. Margaux’s business Retrophiliac Art is the result of…Continue readingEpisode 82: Running a Business

Episode 81: Breaking Down Barriers

Follow the podcast: As an autistic and non-binary creative, Margaux Wosk’s work is driven by the hope of breaking down barriers and eliminating stigma about disability. On this episode of…Continue readingEpisode 81: Breaking Down Barriers

Episode 80: Disability Foundation’s Youth Leadership Initiative

Follow the podcast: Learn more about the Disability Foundation’s Youth Leadership Initiative toolkit in the second part of our conversation with project management coordinator Alice Pan. In Alice’s leisure time,…Continue readingEpisode 80: Disability Foundation’s Youth Leadership Initiative

Episode 79: Employment for Youth with Disabilities

Follow the podcast: As a Project Coordinator for the Youth Leadership Initiative (YLI), Alice Pan leads a transformative national project supporting young individuals with disabilities in their employment journeys. In…Continue readingEpisode 79: Employment for Youth with Disabilities

Episode 78: Activism and Proactivity

Follow the podcast: Being a young mother when she moved to BC in the mid-1980s, Sandra learned to be proactive in various areas. Since then, she has participated in activism…Continue readingEpisode 78: Activism and Proactivity

Episode 77: The Foster System and Disability

Follow the podcast: Tune into the newest episode of Discover Stories as we sit down with Sandra Pronteau and discuss her childhood growing up with a disability in the foster…Continue readingEpisode 77: The Foster System and Disability

Episode 76: Creating Sight Loss Awareness

Follow the podcast: An artist, actor, and advocate for persons with disabilities, Amy is dedicated to enhancing accessibility and creating awareness around sight loss. Her story of reinventing herself as…Continue readingEpisode 76: Creating Sight Loss Awareness

Episode 75: “Through My Lens”

Follow the podcast: Amy Amantea’s project “Through My Lens” is a unique exploration of photography and blindness. This project, created in partnership with Theatre Replacement, is inspiring and touching. Living…Continue readingEpisode 75: “Through My Lens”

Episode 74: Disability Representation in Canadian Theatre

Follow the podcast: A passionate advocate for disability representation in Canadian theatre, Amy has had to reinvent herself as a performer after losing her sight. Her background is in acting,…Continue readingEpisode 74: Disability Representation in Canadian Theatre