Julie Devaney is a patient-expert in the fields of disability rights advocacy and health-care delivery. She is the author of the critically acclaimed show and educational workshop series My Leaky Body, which she has performed at medical schools, nursing conferences, disability and women's studies conferences, arts festivals, and theatres throughout Canada, in the US, and the UK, including a successful run at Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto. She will be embarking on a performance touch throughout Canada in the fall of 2012.