Pac Rim 2025
Virtual Options
The Pac Rim Conference is committed to providing an all-encompassing event to support our commitments to inclusion, accessibility, and belonging. Please see the following ways in which you can participate in Pac Rim 2025 if you are unable to join us in-person.
Conversations on Disability Studies: An International Forum
Monday, February 26, 2024
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (HST)
Virtual via Zoom
Disability studies directors, researchers, scholars, students, and others interested in exploring current issues
About
How do we create and advance belonging? This is the question we will explore this year through the lens of Disability Studies, one of the newest disciplines in the academy. As we work towards creating equitable, just, and inclusive spaces, Disability Studies invites us to question our most basic assumptions about disability and to consider the host of factors (including cultural, environmental, and historical) that impact the experience of belonging.
Join us on Monday, February 26th for this free, virtual event. Come help kick off the 39th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity with this exciting exploration together through the annual Disability Studies Director Summit, Disability Studies Student Panel, Facilitated Conversation on Community Partnerships to Advance the Field, and a hands on workshop on plain language.
At the end of this event, participant sites will be able to:
- To identify innovation in the field of Disability Studies.
- To increase understanding of the impact of Disability Studies from the perspective of the student experience.
- To become knowledgeable on how to create plain language for complex academic content.
Virtual 2025 Pac Rim International Conference
Tuesday, April 15th – Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
Virtual via the Whova app
All interested Pac Rim 2025 participants
About
If you are unable to join us in-person at Pac Rim 2024, you will be able to participate virtually via the Whova app! Virtual participants will be able to do the following on the app:
- View all Pre-Recorded Session presentations (a minimum of 10 will be available for viewing).
- Access slides, content, and resources for most in-person presentations.
- Engage in session Q&A via the virtual platform for sessions.
- Connect and network with Conference Attendees and Exhibitors via the virtual platform.
Please note that in-person presentation sessions will not be recorded or live-streamed. Virtual participants will only have video access to all pre-recorded presentations and sessions.
How to Register
Registration has now closed.
Symposium on Global Perspectives on Disability Engagement in the Workplace
Friday, April 11, 2025
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM HST
Virtual via Zoom
The 3rd ‘Ike Loa Symposium, hosted by the Pacific Inclusive Education Research and Resources (PIER) – Inclusive Gifted Education Center, at the Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, brings together local, national, and international researchers, practitioners, businesses, organizations, individuals with disabilities, families, and advocates to explore disability engagement in the workplace.
This year’s symposium, titled as “Global Perspectives on Disability Engagement in the Workplace,” focuses on innovative approaches to supporting individuals with disabilities in career transitions and equipping employers with the knowledge and tools to foster inclusive workplaces.
This virtual event will take place on Friday, April 11, 2025, from 12:00 to 4:00 PM (Hawaii Time) and will feature expert speakers from around the world. The symposium will include individual presentations from various countries and a panel discussion, offering attendees valuable insights into effective initiatives, effective practices, and employer or employee training programs that promote the employment and retention of individuals with disabilities in the workplace.
- Understand various initiatives different countries have implemented to support the career transitions of individuals with disabilities.
- Identify key challenges individuals with disabilities face in the employment.
- Explore effective strategies used across different countries to promote inclusive hiring, onboarding, and retention practices.
- Engage in discussions on successful cases and lessons learned from workplace disability inclusion efforts.
- Develop ideas to apply in their own workplaces to enhance disability engagement.
How to Register:
Please submit the registration form by March 31, 2025.
Contact
Dr. Hye Jin Park
parkhye@hawaii.edu
Disability Studies: International Forum
Disability Studies: International Forum
Monday, April 14, 2025
9:00 AM – 2:15 PM HST
Virtual via Zoom
Join us to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Pac Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity. This year’s theme is “By Us and For Us: Legacy and Future of Our Movement”. This pre-conference meeting will explore the importance of this slogan for the growing field of Disability Studies.
Disability Studies is an interdisciplinary field which invites us to question our assumptions about disability, impairment, access, and accountability by considering the categories race, class, gender, and sexuality in our analysis.
From a Disability Studies lens, the pre-conference will explore topics such as disability access and accountability, university policies, and ways to deepen our conversations about the factors that shape our individual and collective experiences of disability in our teaching and activism. Join us on Monday, April 14th (9:00 am – 2:15 pm) for the free, virtual, pre-conference featuring the following events:
- A keynote by Disability Studies scholar Margaret Price, author of, Crip Spacetime:
Access, Failure, and Accountability in Academic Life. Dr. Price will present new research
on the experiences of disabled academics. - A presentation by Pamela Cushing on “Disability Studies: State of the Field”
- A teaching and pedagogy panel featuring University of Hawai’i faculty sharing the ways
they include Disability Studies materials, approaches, and pedagogy in their classes. - A graduate student panel showcasing how students from diverse disciplines integrate
Disability Studies into their scholarship and professional fields. - An open forum with Directors of Disability Studies Programs.
If you plan to join us, please register for the pre-conference day under the “click here to learn more” tab.
At the end of this event, participants will be able to:
- Identify innovation and disability activism in the field of Disability Studies.
- Increase understanding of the impact of Disability Studies from the perspective of students, scholars, and community members’ experience.
- Be knowledgeable on how to support accessible and inclusive academic environments.