Registration is now open for my upcoming talk "Canada’s Forgotten First Blind Actress and Social Worker: Addressing Archival Accessibility Barriers in the Search for Louise Cowan" It'll be held at TMU on October 1st and 12 (EST). The talk is hybrid if not in Toronto www.torontomu.ca/disability-p...

Thank you again to LUX - Artists'​ Moving Image for the invitation for me to talk on disability in experimental film collections. I've linked the event page and recording below. Feel free to reach out if you view it and have any additional questions. lux.org.uk/event/online...

[Online] Ethical considerations for the care of disability-related collections material: Michael Marlatt - LUX

Plain English Audio Version (Listening Time: 4 minutes) Event: Ethical considerations for the care of disability-related collections material: Michael Marlatt The third online lecture in the ‘Sharing ...

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'll be hosting a talk/workshop titled "I hope I can find myself in here: Examining Accessibility at Carleton University’s Audio-Visual Resource Centre" at Carleton University on Friday, September 25, 2026 from 9-11 am. The in-person talk is open to the public. carleton.ca/filmstudies/...

“I hope I can find myself in here”: Examining Accessibility at Carleton University’s Audio-Visual Resource Centre with Michael Marlatt - Film Studies

Open to all. For the purpose of this workshop, “finding oneself” refers to disability representation within the collection as well as navigating the space itself. The workshop will discuss accessibili...

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Excited to announce my upcoming LUX - Artists'​ Moving Image virtual talk "Ethical considerations for the care of disability-related collections material: Michael Marlatt" scheduled for September 2nd at 5PM BST (12PM EST). lux.org.uk/event/online...

[Online] Ethical considerations for the care of disability-related collections material: Michael Marlatt - LUX

Plain English Audio Version (Listening Time: 4 minutes) Event: Ethical considerations for the care of disability-related collections material: Michael Marlatt The third online lecture in the ‘Sharing ...

lux.org.uk

We're a little over a month away before the opening night screening of Being Heumann at TIFF. I hope Canadians attending the screening take the time to also learn about Canada's own fight for disability inclusion.

Happy National Canadian Film Day Here is the link for Back to God's Country and the recorded interview I held with Christina Stewart, Tom McSorley, and Piers Handling on the importance of Canada's film archives. It'll be available for 48 hours. Happy watching! watch.canfilmday.ca/landing/3778...

I, unfortunately, have to cancel my presentation "Another example of FOR us but not BY us?: Disabled participation in the development of AI archival technology” at ARA later this year in Glasgow due to cost.

"Never forget" has lost most of its meaning in a time of distorted cultural amnesia. "Are you ok?" means public execution in 2026. Will our virtual words be saved for future generations to read and study? Only time will tell for certain. If they are saved, however, please pay attention.

I had a great time leading a virtual archival accessibility workshop with staff at The London Archives this morning. It's always interesting hosting workshops internationally because it gives you a sense of the similarities and differences versus here in Canada.

@synoptiquejournal.bsky.social just published its special issue on "Teaching Media Archives." Included is my article "Supporting the 36%: A Teaching Guide on Student Mental Health in Media Archival Education." Mental health awareness is crucial for those in archival managerial and educator roles.

Currently accepting virtual bookings for my archive and museum accessibility workshops from November-March. Inperson will begin again in the spring. Spots are filling up quickly.

Sitting in Heathrow waiting for my morning flight home. I had a great time here in the UK presenting at ARA @araukie.bsky.social and hosting workshops with the Imperial War Museum and the Wellcome Collection @wellcomecollection.bsky.social. I hope to make it back again at some point in 2026!

I had a great archival accessibility talk today. Unfortunately, the organizers received an email complaint about the use of “disabled” vs “person with a disability” in my bio. I feel bad that they were put in an uncomfortable position but were wonderful about it.

In 1905, Boston area doctor Dr. Walter G Chase filmed multiple people experiencing tonic-clonic seizures in a pretty inhumane way. These were individuals who were living at the Craig Colony for Epileptics in upstate New York at the time.

ACA is coming up fast. I am pulling triple duty this year. The Sound and Moving Images Special Interest Section (S.M.I.S.I.S.) will be hosting a casual drop-in session on June 9th.

I had a great time yesterday with Association of Canadian Archivists hosting my Accessibility Strategies for a more Inclusive Canadian Archive workshop. It sold out in two days so I am setting time aside to host a couple more of my general archival accessibility workshops. forms.gle/CatnkrPZEJzG...

Workshop: Accessibility Strategies for a more Inclusive Archive RSVP (Zoom)

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I have unfortunately cancelled my upcoming SCMS 2025 conference presentation that was set for this April in Chicago. As I am Canadian I will likely not be travelling to the US for the foreseeable future.

People were asking about the release date of Preserving Disability during the AMIA Publishing panel. Turns out that it's today. Included is my chapter ""But Don't Those Cause You Seizures!?" Epilepsy Activism through Film Archiving." lnkd.in/gnH6EDad

Excited that I will present at SCMS on the need for a global audiovisual archival disability network! #SCMS2025

Looking to host more archival accessibility workshops this winter if anyone is interested. I've hosted them previously with broadcast archives, government archives, universities, and professional organizations. Based on my own lived experience in the field with epilepsy and my dissertation work.

Since this is a new network I also wanted to share that we are still looking for submissions for a special upcoming issue of The Moving Image that is dedicated to Accessibility in Moving Image Archives. The submission deadline is November 30th. amianet.org/wp-content/u...

Excited to announce my first published book chapter titled "Splicing Back against the Censors: How Archive/ Counter-Archive Saved the Ontario Board of Censors’ Film Censorship Records from Destruction" comes out in just over a week! www.exeterpress.co.uk/products/the...

The Screen Censorship Companion

Throughout the history of film, censorship has existed everywhere—in all shapes, colours, and dimensions. The act of restricting the free production, circulation, screening, and consumption of movies ...

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