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Description of Zachary Weeks
A smiling man with short brown hair, glasses, and a neatly trimmed reddish-brown moustache and beard. He is wearing a dark blazer over a light-blue collared shirt.

Zachary Weeks | (ZAK-ER-EE) (WEE-KS) | (he/him)
is a disability advocate and accessibility consultant from Edmonton. For nearly 20 years he has pushed governments, employers and institutions to close the gap between accessibility on paper and accessibility in practice. He sits on the board of Voice of Albertans with Disabilities and on the City of Edmonton's Accessibility Advisory Committee, works with Barrier Free Alberta and the Prairie Disability Alliance, and administers Cerebral Palsy Worldwide, an online community of 38,000 members.

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Description of Nisha Patel
A South Asian woman with black and red hair parted into two buns holds a yellow sunflower. She wears green lipstick, a yellow shirt, and green overalls.

Nisha Patel | (NEE-SHUH) (PUTT-ELL) | (she/her)
is a Poet Laureate Emeritus of the City of Edmonton and a Canadian Poetry Slam Champion. She is a disability advocate and diabetic. Her works (Coconut, A Fate Worse Than Death, For the Record) are available where books are sold. She currently works from Edmonton and Calgary.

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Description of Dr. Heidi Janz
Middle-aged caucasian woman with curly brown hair, large black-rimed glasses, and wearing a brown and black printed blouse with brown lace trim. She is sitting in a wheelchair that has a seat with a headrest.

Dr. Heidi Janz | (HAI-EE) (JAN-Z) | (she/her)
is a long-time disability justice advocate, professor of Disability Ethics, playwright, and filmmaker in Edmonton, and a Founding Member of PADA. She has made a (5th?) career (SHH! Don't tell the Alberta Government!!!) out of seeking to expose the myth that disabled people can contribute meaningfully to society only by finding and maintaining paid employment. Sadly, ADAP is indisputable proof that her work here is not done.