Russell Winkelaar (AKA Spiff) discusses accessibility and the lack of it at all levels of society, simple solutions that could be immediately implemented, and the cost to society as a whole when the right voices are absent from the rooms in which accessibility decisions are made.
In his gentle manner Russell offers perspective, humour, and humility. This is an important conversation and one from which everyone can benefit—for the sake of understanding and a more inclusive, and therefore better, world.
GUEST BIO: Russell Winkelaar is a disability awareness advocate, an actor, and an artist living in Toronto.
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RESET is a non-profit social enterprise that addresses loneliness by creating liminal and permanent social infrastructure including adult summer camp, pop-up playgrounds, and more.
The Reset Living Room is located in Little Jamaica at 634 Vaughan Road in Toronto.
Camp Reset is an annual four-day tech-free, "no-work-talk" immersive experience that takes place at a traditional summer camp in Bancroft, Ontario, where participants are invited to choose alternate names and engage in rest and play.
At Camp Reset, Lara Margaret Marjerrison is known as Gem.
After Camp Reset 2023, Gem/Lara found herself pondering what, specifically, brought together 250 people from such diverse backgrounds and lived experiences. The People of Reset Series is an exploration in search of the through-line.
Learn more about Reset.
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INSIDE STORIES exists to foster connection in a world suffering and dying from disconnectivity. It seeks to examine the stories we tell and don’t tell and how that impacts us.
The INSIDE STORIES PEOPLE in PLACES PODCAST examines specifically our relationship with Place and its influence on our ways of existing, our beliefs about ourselves and others, and our sense of belonging…or not.