“‘Get the disabled out of their closets’: disability activism in the city of Thunder Bay, and Northwestern Ontario, 1972–1990s”

dc.contributor.authorPatola, Ulysses
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeBak, Greg (History)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeHanley, James (History)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeWarne, Vanessa (English, Theatre, Film & Media)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeReaume, Geoffrey (York University)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorJones, Esyllt (History)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-04T15:25:40Z
dc.date.available2019-09-04T15:25:40Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-27en_US
dc.date.submitted2019-08-28T02:34:58Zen
dc.degree.disciplineHistoryen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThe dissertation “‘Get the Disabled Out of Their Closets’: Disability Activism in the City of Thunder Bay, and Northwestern Ontario, 1972 – 1990s,” argues that the city of Thunder Bay and northwestern Ontario (NWO) through the contributions of the Handicapped Action Group Incorporated (HAGI) and its allies became a dynamic disability rights centre, which not only liberated many of the region’s physically disabled from a hegemonically ableist built and social environment, but was well-integrated into the provincial, national, and international disability rights scenes. Brought together, fairly early, in the post-1970s disability rights movement, HAGI, built upon the efforts of pre-1970 disability activists to fight for access in several keys areas: housing, transportation, sport/recreation, and the built environment. To tackle the above, HAGI broke free of its early reliance on local able-bodied social leaders to build a grassroots disability rights and consumer organization, which maintained strong relationships with multiple stakeholders. Aided by the growing Independent Living Movement and public focus on disability issues, HAGI was successful in establishing several accessibility initiatives in Thunder Bay for disabled people, including One Fifty Castlegreen, HAGI-Transit, a lively sports and recreation culture, and changes to building design. Outside of the city, HAGI helped to set up disability consumer organizations in several NWO towns and cities and guided them on their own paths to accessibility. As well, this study examines the impact of race, gender, and power relationships within the disability rights movement in Thunder Bay and the region and how these areas positively or negatively challenged HAGI.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2019en_US
dc.identifier.citationChicagoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/34144
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectDisability, Accessibility, Thunder Bay, Handicapped Action Group Incorporated, HAGI, Northwestern Ontarioen_US
dc.title“‘Get the disabled out of their closets’: disability activism in the city of Thunder Bay, and Northwestern Ontario, 1972–1990s”en_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
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