All Access Pass airs on this special hour to give listeners an exclusive look at the 2018 PuSh Festival with an interview from Accessible PuSh Coordinator Anika Vervecken and our review of the opening night of the production King Arthur's Night.

Hosted by: Deepi, Dezy, Addyson and Sarah

The Access Collective dives into Bell Let's Talk with the help of one of the campaign's spokespeople: Séan McCann (Canadian singer/songwriter and former member of the band Great Big Sea). We look at local non-profit organization MPA society to discuss the work that they are doing to better support mental illness in Vancouver. Helping us with this is Megan Davies (professor of York University) as well as founders Patty Gazzola and Arthur Giovanazzo.

Hosts: Sarah, Addyson, Sophie, Kaelin and Patricio

**This episode contains conversations of sexual assault and intimacy**
On this episode of All Access Pass the Access Collective discusses intimacy, questions of consent, resources available on these topics for those with divers-abilities as well as clips from Women's March . With movements such as the #Meetoo and Times Up coming to light how can we insert disability into the public conversation? We interview Andrea Bryson from UBC's Sexual Assault Support Center (SASC)

Hosts: Dezy, Deepi, Addyson, Sarah and Patricio

On this episode of All Access Pass the Access Collective weighs in on the new proposed disability symbol as put forth by the Forward Movement. After that Kaelin covers UBC's first ever American Sign Language (ASL) course. Sarah discusses the new mental health literacy being introduced to North and West Vancouver for grade 9 students in secondary school.

We end things by chatting with Yuri Arajs from Kickstart (formerly known the Society for Disability Arts and Culture) . Kickstart's "mission is to produce and present works by artists with disabilities and to promote artistic excellence among artists with disabilities working in a variety of disciplines" . This month is Kickstart's 20th anniversary and we ask Yuri Arajs what's in store for the non-profit society

Music chosen by collective member Addyson

Spencer, Deepi, Patricio and Dezy from CiTR's All Access Pass serve up some their favorite tunes

Deepi, Dezy, Marco, Patricio and Kaelin from the Access Collective chat over coffee at Joe's Table Cafe in Burnaby. We look back on some of our favourite moments so far in Season 3, including our segment on film & TV, the Vancouver housing crisis and Patricio's personal story about growing up with a brother with down syndrome.

Joe's Table Cafe was founded in 2013 by Peter and Stephanie Chung in memory of their late son Joe who had autism and epilepsy. One of their main goals is to offer a positive place of employment for people with cognitive disabilities. More about Joe's Table Cafe here: http://www.joestablecafe.com/

Taylor from the Access Collective interviewed Sam Turcott of Disability Alliance BC. Sam Turcott is the Advocacy Access Program director at Disability Alliance BC. Disability Alliance BC is a provincial not-for profit organization with a mandate to support people with all disabilities to live with dignity, independence and as equal and full participants in the community.

To learn more about disability in film and TV the Access Collective sought the expertise of Gail Williamson, Coby Bird and Katherine Crawford. Gail is the head of the diversity department for KMR Talent in LA , one of the only talent agencies in the world with it's own diversity branch . Coby is a young up-and-coming actor with autism who recently guest starred on popular show "The Good Doctor." Katherine is a leg amputee, actress and model who has been in the shows Graceland and NCIS: New Orleans

This is a jam-packed episode you're not going to want to miss!

Hosted by Spencer, Sophie, Deepi and Dezy
Music choosen by Addyson from the Access Collective

What do films like Stronger, Sliver Linings Playbook and The Other Sister all have in common? They all have storylines around disability!

On this episode of All Access Pass we talk about the representations of disability on film and TV. We begin by welcoming back Spencer from Season 1 and catching up with him to see what he's been up to. Patricio and Dezy talk about the under representation of disabled actors in Hollywood and what's being done to change this. Then Kaelin discusses the "Gold test" created by film producer Jenni Gold that can be used when watching a work of fiction that featuring a character with a disability. We end off by discussing the films The Other Sister and Sliver Linings Playbook as well as the show Perception and The Good Wife to see if they pass the "Gold Test"

Get comfortable, tune in and maybe grab some popcorn for our film and TV themed episode!

November is Indigenous Disability Awareness Month! This week on All Access Pass we talk about this important month of awareness as well as the accessibility issues surrounding the new student union building in Ryerson University. We also listen to the rest of our interview with Jane Dyson, the Executive Director of Disability Alliance BC on housing and disability.

Hosted by Patricio, Kaelin, Deepi, Sophie and Dezy
Music chosen by Addyson from the Access Collective