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Jess focuses on disability-led practices. Balancing lived experience with community spaces in her discussions.
Image: A white disabled woman smiles with a cappuccino. At a counter in her power wheelchair. She has green eyes, and brown-silver hair. Wearing a white collared shirt over a black jumpsuit. Photo and editing by Garry Tran.
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Jess does not represent a community alone, but believes in building accessible futures. Which means having genuine discourse. Her ideals may not align with others, and that's okay! Disabled spaces and experiences are not a monolith.
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May 9, 2025
Accessibility workshop for a summer institute on disability and design. Covering the basics for assets and collaborative platforms.
Private event. Recorded with access for the slides and transcript to those who registered.
April 16, 2025
Annual guest presenter to the Disability, Accessibility and Design class taught by Claudine Jaenichen. Under the Graphic Design Program at Chapman University.
External link. Private event with automated captions and pre-written transcript. Not recorded.
March 27, 2025
Artists segment for Youth Day at the Episodic Disability and Employment Summit. Facilitated a panel talk with guest speakers Kyana Teresa and Lys LeClair.
External link. Private in-person event. No recording available.
October 19, 2024
3 Point Perspective 2024 panel talk with Bayode Gegeoju and Anny Garcia moderated by Davide Dorigo of Sudbury Design Society. Presented by Design de Plume.
External link. Live event. Recorded with post-event access to those who registered.
July 10, 2024
Navigating Life as a Disabled-Canadian. Internal presentation on accessibility and design. In person session with questions and answers.
External link. Private event. Recorded with an auto-generated transcript.
May 21, 2024
How disability shaped my practices. Guest speaker for the NextGen Program by AccessStudio. Live presentation with a questions and answers segment.
External link. Private event with ASL and pre-written transcript. Recording with closed captions.
May 15, 2024
Internal Lunch n' Learn for illo Creative Alliance inc. Live virtual session with a questions and answers segment.
External link. Private event with automated captions. Recording with transcript and closed captions.
October 20, 2023
One of many presenters at the A11yTO Conference hosted at Microsoft in the CIBC Square in Toronto and online.
External link. Live presentation with CART, ASL, and recordings. Private event not available to the public.
October 20, 2022
Presenter for a student-led exhibition. Segment curated by Djamal at FH Potsham University of Applied Sciences.
Internal page. Pre-recorded with closed captions and transcript. Q and A not recorded.
April 21, 2022
1 of 9 presenters for Tech Access Oklahoma 2022 online conference. Hosted by Oklahoma ABLE Tech.
External link. Pre-recorded with closed captions. Q and A with live caption and ASL. Accessible PDF handout. Recording available for registered attendees.
November 16, 2021
1 of many presenters for The Design + Accessibility Summit. Hosted by Creative Pro.
External link. Pre-recorded with closed captions and accessible PDF handout. Recording available to registered attendees.
November 10, 2021
1 of many guest presenters for Design ReThinkers 2021 virtual event. Hosted by RGD.
External link. Google Slide deck and Doc transcript. Recording of this event for registered attendees.
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