emunah woolf

Speaking & Writing

As a component of my academic, community, and artistic work, I often give worshops and guest lectures, or put out written content. You can find all of that here!

Art Facilitations

Conference Presentations

Safer Use Sketches: Colouring Page Possibilities for Harm Reduction
Aug 2, 2023
York University Critical Disability Studies Colloquium

Safer use sketches: Colouring pages bridging graphic medicine and harm reduction
Jul 14, 2023
Graphic Medicine 2023 Conference

What If We Rested? Crip Jewish Possibilities
May 25, 2023
Downtown Tikkun Leil Shavuot

*Co-presented with Toby King and Ola Skudlarska

Exploring Ruth Relationally: A Queer Text Study
May 25, 2023
Downtown Tikkun Leil Shavuot

Justice Without Accessibility? Exploring a Food Justice / Disability Justice Way Forward
Apr 28, 2023
MIGC 2023: Nourish, Food & Trust

From “She Thinks I’m Psycho” (2010) to “There’s Nothing Like a Mad Woman” (2020): The Evolution of Madness Within Taylor Swift’s Discography
Feb 23, 2023
Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference

Co-constructing a zine team in a time of uncertainty: Online, arts-based community building
Dec 1, 2021
Disability Intersectionality Summit
*Co-presented with other members of the McMaster Zine Team

Remote (M)access: Reflections on the Digital (Re-)Creation of a University Peer Support Service
Dec 6, 2023
OPDI Peer Support Strong Conference
*Co-presented with Calvin Prowse

The Better Way: Disabled Students Navigating Self-Advocacy in Postsecondary Education
Apr 1, 2021
University of Maryland 2021 Disability Summit

Politicizing Self-Advocacy: Improving Access to Learning through Disabled Student Workshops
Dec 4, 2019
MacPherson Institute Research on Teaching and Learning Conference

Guest Lectures

Disability Policy for Social Workers
Jan 26, 2023
McMaster University | SOCWORK 4773

Panel discussion: Community and Harm Reduction
Jan 20, 2023
McMaster University | HTHSCI 3WT3
*Panel presentation with Jammy Lo and Lisa Nussey

Intro to Disability, Disability Justice, & Mad Pride
Mar 1, 2022
McMaster University | SOCWORK 1BB3

*Co-presented with Jules Koncovy

Self-Advocacy Workshops and Research on Campus
Nov 1, 2019
McMaster University | SOCWORK 3S03

Published Writing

Thinking/Feeling Betwixt: Towards an Integrated Model of Disability & Mad Justice, Food Justice, and Harm Reduction
Aug 11, 2023
YorkSpace CDS Master's Thesis

40+ years enhancing disabled student learning experiences at McMaster University: Reflections from an intergenerational web of accessibility workers
Dec 6, 2022
A. de Bie, E. Woolf, et al.

In Where learning deeply matters: Reflections on the past, present, and future of teaching at McMaster University. Paul R. MacPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Excellence in Teaching.

Politicizing self-advocacy: Disabled students navigating ableist expectations in postsecondary education
Aug 18, 2022
E. Woolf & A. de Bie

Disability Studies Quarterly, 42(1)

December 3rd International Day of Persons with Disabilities Celebration Community Report
Dec 3, 2020
McMaster Equity & Inclusion Office | Accessibility & Disability Inclusion Update 2019-20

Politicizing Self-Advocacy: Community Report
Dec 3, 2019
McMaster Equity & Inclusion Office | Accessibility & Disability Inclusion Update 2018-19

Trainings

Disability, Judaism, & Feminism
May 2021 - 2024
Jewish Women's Archive | Rising Voices Fellowship

*Co-developed and co-presented with Sahar Jones

Communication for Self-Advocacy
Mar 9, 2020
Student Success Centre | Self-Advocacy Workshops for Disabled Students: A Series

Planning Self-Advocacy
Feb 24, 2020
Student Success Centre | Self-Advocacy Workshops for Disabled Students: A Series

Disability Disclosure in Self-Advocacy
Feb 10, 2020
Student Success Centre | Self-Advocacy Workshops for Disabled Students: A Series

What is Self-Advocacy?
Jan 27, 2020
Student Success Centre | Self-Advocacy Workshops for Disabled Students: A Series

Disabled Student Rights and Self-Advocacy
Dec 3, 2019
McMaster Equity & Inclusion Office | DISability DIScussions

*Co-facilitated with Kate Brown and Marla Brown