
The Disability Collective
The Disability Collective (TDC) is the only fully disability-led multidisciplinary arts organization in Toronto. Dedicated to celebrating and showcasing work created solely by disabled artists, TDC strives to de-stigmatize disability and challenge perceptions of disability by providing disabled artists with paid opportunities to share their work.
Podcasting since 2024 • 9 episodes
The Disability Collective
Latest Episodes
9 - The Disability Arts Festival 2025 Vendor Guide
In this companion episode to The Disability Arts Festival Primer, Christine and JJ describe the prints, jewelry, stuffies, and stickers that artists will be selling at this year's market on August 10th at Toronto's Wychwood Barns.For com...
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Episode 9
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37:31

8 - The Disability Arts Festival 2025 Primer
Well it was bound to happen. The Disability Collective's annual Artisan Market went and grew so big it blossomed into The Disability Arts Festival! To help folks get their crocheted ducks in row, Christine Malec and JJ Hunt pulled t...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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43:00

7 - CRIPtonite 2025 - Audio Description Primer
Are you familiar with the visuals of a Burlesque Bump? How about a Fan Dance? Do you know what a Tassel Twirl looks like? Well, do you want to?!In anticipation of CRIPtonite 2025, Toronto’s radical Deaf and disability-led drag and burles...
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Episode 7
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29:00

6 - CRIPtonite 2025 - Community, meet Ivory!
On Wednesday June 25th at 8pm, The Disability Collective will blow the top off of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre with CRIPtonite, a fierce, radical, Deaf and disability-led drag and burlesque show!Collective regulars Christine Malec and JJ...
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Episode 6
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1:02:11

5 - Sit Down Comedy Show 2025
On Thursday, February 20th at 8pm, a gaggle of the hottest disabled comedians in Toronto will storm The Theatre Centre stage for The Disability Collective's 2025 iteration of Sit Down Comedy Show!In this episode, host JJ Hunt describes t...
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Episode 5
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