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Carly Fox

She/Her/Elle

Communications & Partnerships Director
National Educational Association of Disabled Students

Carly Fox (she/her/elle) is a queer, disabled, neurodivergent disability advocate based out of Ottawa, Canada. Fox draws from her personal experience with physical/psychosocial disabilities and neurodivergence and her professional experience in Disabled Persons Organizations (DPOs) to raise awareness of systemic ableism, challenge oppressive structures, and pursue cooperation with disabled advocates around the world in order to realize the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities within her lifetime.

Fox is currently the International Chair for the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), the Communications and Partnerships Director for the National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS), and an International Development and Globalization student at uOttawa. Fox recently served on the Canadian Delegation to the 15th and 16th Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and represented CCD at the 2022 Global Youth Disability Summit.

 

 

Sessions in which Carly Fox attends

Monday 27 May, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | 1 hour

Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | 1 hour
Plenary Session

Indigenous Welcome: Elder Mary-Lee Anayok Concordia Welcome: Sandra GabrieleOCAD U Welcome: Jutta TreveranusThe lighting of the quiliq will begin promptly at 9:00. Please arrive promptly. Late arrivals please go to room EFG or enter AB/CD quietly and wait at the back of the room until the end of the ceremony to find a spot at a table. 

10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
Plenary Session

Panellists:   Philip RizcallahInmaculada Placencia-PorreroTim CreaganAndrew ArchModerator:Jutta Treviranus

11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 30 minutes
Breaks
11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
Innovation in Standards and Policy

What are the questions to ask and community research we must do before we can design and implement effective disability regulations?    Provocateur: David LepofskyFacilitator: Bonnie L. BraytonEnglish Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Monday-am-ConcurrentSession2-EnglishFrench Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Monday-am-ConcurrentSession2-FrenchSession Notebook: https://docs.google.c...

12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour
Breaks

Box lunch and refreshments

1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour
Accessible and Equitable Communications

What would a media strategy for the disability community look like?   Provocateur: Peter Slatin Facilitator: Corry StuiveEnglish Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Monday-pm-ConcurrentSession1-EnglishFrench Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Monday-pm-ConcurrentSession1-FrenchSession Notebook: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EgiBV6LCbS8ygYtJ5kbCVFlcnw08hWk_UntT1vc1Vqs/edit?usp=sharing

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour
Inclusive Decision-Making

How, can we reshape education so that every learner can fully realize their potential  throughout their lifetime?   Provocateur: Catherine RoyFacilitator: Ingrid PalmerEnglish Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Monday-pm-ConcurrentSession2-EnglishFrench Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Monday-pm-ConcurrentSession2-FrenchSession Notebook:

2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM | 15 minutes

A designated 15-minute interval between sessions to comfortably navigate and relocate to your next selected discussion room.

2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM | 1 hour
Innovation in Standards and Policy

How can we develop young disabled leaders?Provocateur: Rabia KhedrFacilitator: Carly FoxEnglish Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Monday-pm-ConcurrentSession3-EnglishFrench Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Monday-pm-ConcurrentSession3-FrenchSession Notebook: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r9N3lQHo_rJ5L61qkWbhTd3fQANbOIkImdztfdk1jcY/edit?usp=sharing

3:45 PM
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | 30 minutes
Breaks
4:15 PM
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 15 minutes
Plenary Session

The Honourable Kamal Khera, Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with DisabilitiesIntroduced by: Raihana Hirji-Khalfan  English Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-MondayInsightClosing-EnglishFrench Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-MondayInsightClosing-French

4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 30 minutes
Plenary Session

Summaries from the sessions: Heather Walkus: Theme 1: Who and what are we missing?Sambhavi Chandrashekar: Theme 2: How do we support inclusive decision-making?John Willis: Theme 3: How can we develop accessibility standards that are responsive, inclusive and effective?Peter Slatin: Theme 4: How can we promote the inc...

5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 2 hours
Breaks

light refreshments

Tuesday 28 May, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | 1 hour

Continental breakfast.

9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
Plenary Session

Jutta TreviranusRaihana Hirji-KhalfanIngrid PalmerEnglish Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-TuesdayOpeningPlenary-EnglishFrench Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-TuesdayOpeningPlenary-French

9:15 AM
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM | 1 hour
Plenary Session

Panellists: Bianca Wylie, Abhishek Gupta, Heather WalkusEnglish Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-TuesdayOpeningPlenary-EnglishFrench Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-TuesdayOpeningPlenary-French

10:15 AM
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | 45 minutes
Plenary Session

Panelists:   Stephanie CadieuxPhillip RizcallahMichael GottheilModerator: Pina D'IntinoEnglish Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-TuesdayOpeningPlenary-EnglishFrench Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-TuesdayOpening...

11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 30 minutes
Breaks
11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
Who and What are We Missing?

What are the off ramps from the systemic charity hamster wheel?   Provocateur: Facilitator: Carly FoxEnglish Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Tuesday-am-ConcurrentSession4-EnglishFrench Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Tuesday-am-ConcurrentSession4-FrenchSession Notebook: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WsbWpy02N1vy-bgGHXEaitOe11ztL4xj9lDZsUDfKSI/edit?usp=sharing

12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour
Breaks

Box lunch and refreshments

1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour
Innovation in Standards and Policy

How can we achieve long term systemic change in our design and implementation of standards and policy? Provocateur: Lisa SniderFacilitator: April D'AubinEnglish Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Tuesday-pm-ConcurrentSession3-EnglishFrench Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Tuesday-pm-ConcurrentSession3-FrenchSession Notebook: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16Z-pCcLY2c1s8NtRmRx2txJCMWS4v_3Gjv5__uX4WrE/edit?usp...

2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM | 15 minutes

A designated 15-minute interval between sessions to comfortably navigate and relocate to your next selected discussion room.

2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM | 1 hour
Inclusive Decision-Making

"Birds of a Feather" format session:  designed to connect attendees with similar interests and facilitate open discussions on current topics relevant to the community. Bring your questions, ideas and topics and share. Facilitator: Sambhavi Chandrashekar & Stephen Downes English Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Tuesday-pm-ConcurrentSession2-EnglishFrench Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Tuesday-pm...

3:45 PM
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | 30 minutes
Breaks
4:15 PM
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 30 minutes
Plenary Session

Summaries from the sessions: Ingrid Palmer: Theme 1: Who and what are we missing?Sambhavi Chandrashekar: Theme 2: How do we support inclusive decision-making?John Willis: Theme 3: How can we develop accessibility standards that are responsive, inclusive and effective?Peter Slatin: Theme 4: How can we promote the incl...

4:45 PM
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM | 15 minutes
Plenary Session

English Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-TuesdayInsightClosing-EnglishFrench Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-TuesdayInsightClosing-French