Diane Driedger

Diane Driedger has been involved in the disability rights movement at the local, national and international levels for 40 years, with organizations such as Disabled Peoples' International (DPI), the DisAbled Women's Network (DAWN) Canada, and Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD). She has published ten books, including four anthologies by women with disabilities, and The Last Civil Rights Movement: Disabled Peoples' International (1989). She is also a poet and visual artist. Her most recent poetry book is Red With Living (2016). She is Assistant Professor in the Interdisciplinary Master's Program in Disability Studies at the University of Manitoba./p>