Spotlight: Allisa Swanson and Winnie Luk on Working with Disability
IATSE 891 – October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month — an opportunity to champion inclusion and accessibility in the workplace for people living with disabilities. In this Spotlight, 891 Costume member Allisa Swanson and Executive Director of the DSO Winnie Luk share their experiences working with disability.
DSO hires Alethea Bakogeorge for director role
Playback – Bakogeorge will support the various programs underway at the Disability Screen Office.
NSI, DSO, Women in View launch Disabled Producers Lab
Women in View – Developed with Disabled filmmakers Ophira Calof and Michelle Asgarali, the lab is designed for Disabled producers across Canada aged 18 or older who are marginalized by gender, including transgender women, cisgender women, transgender men, non-binary people and many other gender identities.
CBC, Disability Screen Office partner for AccessCBC
Playback – CBC is collaborating with the Disability Screen Office (DSO) for its national program for Deaf and disabled creators, which has expanded in its second year with a new kids stream.ntities.
Winnie Luk on the Disability Screen Office
Akimbo – “The Disability Screen Office is a relatively new organization that was incubated via Accessible Media, Inc. and became autonomous in September 2022. I was brought on as the Executive Director in June of 2023.”
