LLINK Presents: Dr. Leah Kelley – Connecting Disability Studies to Educational Practice

Speaker: Dr. Leah Kelley
Date: Thursday, November 21, 2024 
Time: 5pm – 6pm PST
Location: Virtual via Zoom
RSVP: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b3ghwEvn1AMjToy

Join us for this special LLINK: Literacy & Libraries: Investigating New Knowledges event featuring Dr. Leah Kelley, author of The Person Who Arrives: Connecting Disability Studies and Educational Practice for Teachers, Parents, and Others (2023). This talk is for educators interested in exploring another way of conceptualizing and understanding disability, the importance of centering lived experience, and the role of storytelling in guiding practice in our classrooms, libraries, and communities. We welcome our LLED community and others to join and learn with us!

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The event is over! Thank you to those who attended.
In case you missed it, here is the recording which is featured on the LLED YouTube page: https://youtu.be/_2CHoRhq1qk

About Dr. Leah Kelley:


Dr. Kelley holds a Doctorate in Education from Simon Fraser University, where her extensive career in public-school education spans almost three decades. With roles including primary teacher, inclusion resource teacher (K-12), and SEL (Social Emotional Learning) Helping Teacher, she brings a wealth of experience to her current position guiding pre-service teachers at the university level, including as an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Kelley’s work focuses on connecting disability studies in education (DSE) to educational practice, strength-based perspectives for supporting neurodiversity, addressing ableism, inclusive practices and pedagogy, and cultivating advocacy.

For more on Dr. Kelley’s work and to purchase her book, please see the following links:

About LLINK:


This webinar is brought to you by LLINK: Literacy & Libraries: Investigating New Knowledges, designed by Dr. Amber Moore and Dr. Melanie Wong. LLINK is a part of the online Master of Education in Literacy Education Program and the Teacher-Librarianship Program (Certificate and Diploma). Both of these programs are housed within UBC’s Department of Language and Literacy Education (LLED). LLINK is a series of multi-access events for both of these online programs that connects literacy research to practice in K-12 classrooms and school libraries.

We also warmly welcome others in our larger education community to join our events. For more information on these programs, please see:

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