Latest Hand Frequencies video from The Avalanche – ASL on the Radio

Here is our latest Hand Frequencies-ASL on the Radio for the Avalanche on March 11th. Enjoy!

Third instalment of Hand Frequencies: ASL on the Radio

Here is the latest video from our Hand Frequencies series: ASL on the radio! From this episode of The Avalanche on January 14th, 2015, Cathy Inouye from Project Genesis joins us to talk about the potential impacts of the recent Quebec government cuts to welfare. For more info, email avalanche@ckut.ca

Hand Frequencies – ASL on the Radio is launched!

CKUT’s The Avalanche recently launched our project “Hand Frequencies: ASL on the Radio”. Our first two ASL interpretation videos are below! October 29 edition November 12 edition

The Avalanche Hand Frequencies Launches October 29 During the Funding Drive

Accessibilize Montreal’s cross-Canada trip

[audio https://ia601902.us.archive.org/16/items/AccesibilizeMontreal/Accesibilize%20Montreal.mp3] Click here to download audio CKUT was joined on Wednesday, April 9th by members of Accessibilize Montreal. Accessibilize Montreal aims to challenge mainstream perceptions of disability through direct action. The Avalanche’s Aimee Louw filled us in on her cross-Canada trip to work on her documentary about disabilty justice, along with her collaborator Julien Gascon-Samson. […]

“We can tell and we will”

[audio https://ia601204.us.archive.org/11/items/BonnieBraytonInterview/Bonnie%20Brayton%20interview.mp3] Click here to download audio In recognition of National Victims of Crime Awareness Week April 6-12, the DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada (DAWN Canada) is launching a campaign aimed at informing women with disabilities and Deaf women about their right to report abuse and to have their abusers tried in court. Entitled “We Can […]

Quebec’s Euthanasia Bill 52 targets disability

[audio http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/audio/ckut_news/0304_euthanasia_bill_52_report.mp3] Click here to download audio Quebec’s Bill 52 gives doctors in the province the right to lethally inject their patients when they are physically or psychologically suffering. It doesn’t limit euthanasia to terminally ill people. The Bill targets people with disabilities, stating that a person must be in an advanced or irreversible decline in […]

The Criminalization of Women with Disabilities: An Interview with Bonnie Brayton from the DisAbled Women’s Newtork of Canada

On Wednesday February 12th, Bonnie Brayton, National Executive Director of DAWN-RAFH Canada, spoke to CKUT about the criminalization of women with disabilities and the lack of systemic support that exists for women like Ashley Smith and Nichele Benn: Stephane Bertand: Today on the Avalanche show we will be speaking with Bonnie Brighton from the DisAbled […]