Described as transformative, engaging, and ‘one of the best workshops ever attended,’ this groundbreaking session has galvanized organizations like Microsoft, lululemon, recreation leaders, school leaders, and more. Weaving powerful lived experiences and evidence-based practices, Elisabeth and Shawna will spark a shift in how parks and recreation professionals think about and engage with the world’s largest marginalized group of people.
To deepen the learning experience, interactive sessions will be included, with all materials made available 72 hours in advance.
Regardless of your community’s size or your role within the sector, this webinar will leave you poised to build deeply inclusive experiences for disabled employees and community members.
Available times and locations
Ontario
Date: 14 Oct 2025
Time: 12:00 To 13:00
(EDT)
Registration deadline: 14 Oct 2025
Instructors: Shawna Lawson, Elisabeth Walker-Young
Notes:
Elisabeth is the Co-Founder and Inclusion Lead at Inclusive Experiences.
She is a disabled settler, mom, adoptee, and retired Paralympian.
She is a skilled facilitator, bringing dynamic storytelling to a unique combination of lived and learned expertise. Elisabeth is driven by the common experiences of underrepresented, marginalized, and equity-seeking groups. She is guided by a handful of steadfast beliefs: representation matters, unlearning is as important as learning, keeping it simple but significant, and doing a little bit every day goes a long way.
Elisabeth is a member of the Order of Canada and received an Honorary Doctorate from Brock University in 2022. She has been actively engaged in the Paralympic movement for over 30 years, was a 4-time multi-medalist, world record-holding swimmer, Assistant Chef de Mission in London 2012 and Chef de Mission for Canada’s Parapan Am Team. A student of occupational therapy and accessibility advisory committee member, she formerly worked with the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee as Manager of Classification, viaSport British Columbia as Manager of Inclusion as well as The Rick Hansen Foundation and Canucks Autism Network.
Shawna is the Co-Founder and Innovation Lead at Inclusive Experiences.
She is a non-disabled settler, mom, researcher, and innovator.
She is a change-maker at heart and skilled at applying human-centered and evidence-based approaches to inclusion and equity work. Shawna has a knack for knowledge translation, meaningful engagement, and systems change. Her relationship to disability justice became more personal in 2019, when her eldest son, Charlie was born blind.
Shawna holds a Master of Arts degree in Kinesiology from the University of British Columbia (under Dr. Brian Wilson), and a Certificate in Social Innovation from Simon Fraser University. She formerly worked as Director, Research & Social Innovation for viaSport British Columbia, and was a Co-Investigator on a SSHRC-funded research project with Dr. Andrea Bundon (UBC), and Dr. Pentifallo-Gadd (Level the Field: Disability Inclusion in Sport).
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Price: $ 75.00
Seats remaining: 98