image: Laurence Parent

Montréal In/Accessible

Developed by Barcelona artist, Antoni Abad, the Megafone project is entering into its 10th year of existence. Megafone is an application built on the Android platform that allows participants to publish images, text and sound recordings to a map that documents disability discrimination in the city of Montreal.

Biography

Laurence Parent is a PhD student in Humanities at Concordia University. She holds a MA in Critical Disability Studies from York University and a BA in Political Science from Université du Québec à Montréal. She lives in Montréal and is involved within the Québec Disability Rights Movement.