At FUTURES, activation projects are where learning becomes action. They are an opportunity for participants to take their lived experiences, ideas, and passions, and turn them into something that can make a real impact in their communities.
No two projects look the same. Each one reflects a unique perspective, while collectively showing what’s possible when accessibility, creativity, and community come together.
Here are the projects that show what that looks like.
Reimagining social media accessibility
Liam Gilchrist-Blackwood tested how major platforms actually work with JAWS and VoiceOver, and turned that into advocacy. Read Liam’s story
Connecting transit and food access in Toronto
Yemina Goldberg showed that food access depends on whether people can physically get to the food. Read Yemina’s story
Building community through Disabling the Ableism
Andrew Letchuk built an online community rooted in crip time and spoon theory. Read Andrew’s story
Making the invisible visible through photography
Molly ran a phone photography workshop for people with invisible Disabilities, ending in a gallery. Read Molly’s story
Disability Open Mic Night
Disability Open Mic Night is a virtual creative event. It gives Disabled and neurodivergent performers an accessible, low-pressure space.
Participants are invited to share poetry, music, readings, and other forms of artistic expression, while audience members are encouraged to attend, engage, and support. The event fosters peer-led collaboration and inclusive cultural engagement, giving performers a platform to express themselves on their own terms.
What this says about FUTURES
These projects are different in topic, format, and approach, but they share something important. They each turn lived experience into insight and action, challenge systems that aren’t built for everyone, and create space for accessibility, advocacy, creativity, and community.
FUTURES isn’t just about learning. It’s about what happens next.
And they don’t end here.
Read more about FUTURES.
You can also read what 60 Disabled and neurodivergent young adults taught us about leadership.
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FUTURES is a free leadership program for Disabled and neurodivergent young people in Canada, ages 18 to 30.
Every participant builds their own activation project, like the one you just read about.
The October cohorts are open now, online and in person, across Canada.
Each cohort closes registration the day before it starts.
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