{Montréal, Canada} Tiffany Yu + Linda Gauthier: The Anti-Ableist Manifesto
Tiffany Yu + Linda Gauthier: The Anti-Ableist Manifesto
Wednesday, May 28 from 5:00-6:00PM ET
Join us for a book event with disability advocate Tiffany Yu for a discussion of her debut book The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World.
Joining Tiffany in conversation is Linda Gauthier.
This event will be hosted at Indigo - Place Montréal Trust in Montréal, Canada (1500, avenue McGill College, Montréal, QC H3A 3J5).
Flow of the event:
05:00 - Fireside chat with Tiffany and Linda
05:30 - Q&A
05:45 - Signing and meet & greet
This event is free with first-come, first-served seating.
ACCESSIBILITY
The event will take place on the second floor, and the store has an elevator.
In THE ANTI-ABLEIST MANIFESTO, Tiffany Yu presents frameworks for conversations, breaks down the language of ableism, and proposes real actions that lead to genuine and authentic allyship. Yu includes contributions from disability advocates, activists, authors, entrepreneurs, scholars, educators, and executives to highlight the importance of an intersectional view of disability and celebrates the power of stories and lived experiences to center the vast range of disabled identities that have far too often been “othered” and rendered invisible.
Organized from the personal to the professional, the domestic to the political, Me to We to Us, THE ANTI-ABLEIST MANIFESTO offers the tools to become an active anti-ableist including:
Ways to support disabled people within our communities
Identifying and preventing microaggressions, and removing ableist language from our vocabulary
How to increase accessibility in public and professional spaces
How to create truly inclusive events
ABOUT TIFFANY YU
Tiffany Yu is an award-winning social impact entrepreneur, disability advocate, and content creator. She is the founder and CEO of Diversability, a social enterprise aiming to elevate disability pride and build disability power. Yu is the cofounder of the Awesome Foundation Disability Chapter, serves on the NIH National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research (NABMRR), and was a co-chair of the World Economic Forum Sustainable Development Impact Summit. Yu started her career at Goldman Sachs and Bloomberg. Her TED Talk, How to Help Employees with Disabilities Thrive, has over one million views. Her work and story have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business Insider, Marie Claire, Forbes, USA Today, The Guardian and more.
ABOUT LINDA GAUTHIER
Co-founder and lead consultant at RAPLIQ, Linda Gauthier develops projects, oversees public and media relations, and supports disabled people in legal proceedings related to discrimination. A committed advocate against ableism, she is also deeply engaged with intersectional issues. She serves on several advisory committees, including those of the RBQ, the Canadian Transportation Agency (OTC), The Peace network for social Harmony and the Commission on Human Rights and Youth Rights.
In 2012, she was recognized as one of the ten recipients of Manulife Canada's “Gens de cœur” award. In 2015, she was honoured among Quebec’s 40 leading advocates on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms. In 2022, she was awarded to be one of the ten Canadian laureates of the “L'Oréal Paris Women of Worth award”. The following year, in 2023, she received the City of Montreal’s highest distinction by being appointed an Officer of the “Ordre de Montréal”. That same year, she was recognized at the National Assembly as an exceptional woman, notably for her outstanding commitment to the urgent issue of women with disabilities who are victims of sexual violence and face barriers to accessible shelter services. Finally, in 2025, she was recognized by Quebec’s Ministry of Public Security for her contributions to educating police forces across the province, with a continued focus on sexual violence.
These recognitions speak not only to the excellence of her actions, but to the profound and lasting impact she has had on society. Her voice continues to resonate, challenging systems and inspiring change — especially for those who are too often forgotten.