Yan Grenier

Anthropologist / pol sci / disability studies. Assistant professor at l'École de service social et de criminologie @ULaval.

[Yan Grenier @edgexyan]

@DIA_NewYork, @riseandresistny, @CID_NY, and others have rallied monthly for the last 16 months. @MTA has been fighting a lawsuit for 7+ years!
- Maintain all the elevators
- Fix all the elevators
- Announcements when they’re out
- #MTASettleTheCase
https://t.co/wzukF958S0

[Yan Grenier @edgexyan]

@timgill924 To appease my curiosity, I tried to look up the person as I was interested in what type of "radical" they were. I haven't found an answer, but according to their own words, it's part of a "performance". Now to figure out if it's the armchair or tenure$ type of "radical".

[Yan Grenier @edgexyan]

@timgill924 Damn, I barely use the app and I'm blocked. 🤣

[Mike Morrice @morricemike]

In 2021 the libs promised a CDB that would reduce poverty like the GIS and CCB. The GIS has a max of $1000/month/person.

Yesterday, the feds proposed a CDB with a max of $200/month, delayed until mid 2025, full of barriers.

This isn't what the disability community called for.

[Yan Grenier @edgexyan]

@JustinBrannan @TheSteveFoster I can print today if you want one

[Yan Grenier @edgexyan]

Adding obstacles in terms of planned waiting time and delays to deter the usage of an accessible entrance and exit is detrimental to equitable usage.

" All three have ample turnstiles for riders to access in case of an actual emergency" is an irresponsible and dangerous stance.

[Eyewitness News @ABC7NY]

Subway emergency gates at some stations trying 15-second delay to help deter fare evasion https://t.co/sLqz9FRwty

[Yan Grenier @edgexyan]

@JustinBrannan @girl_onthego Well, that's CIV.

[Yan Grenier @edgexyan]

@jekaanne Can't wait to check it out!

[Rise and Resist @riseandresistny]

"News you didn’t hear at the @MTA board meeting today, members of the Rise and Resist Elevator Action group disrupted the meeting to call attention to a lawsuit filed in 2017 about poor maintenance practices and unreliable elevators. Settle the case!"

[Yan Grenier @edgexyan]

@RebelWheelsNYC We were at the MTA this morning, I'll keep you posted!

[Yan Grenier @edgexyan]

@EqualAccessNy2 I was thinking about the MTA rally. Have a good rest, long travelling is awful.

I'll catch you later!

[Jessica Murray @jekaanne]

There's more to say, and so much more to do, but things are starting to change and I'm thankful for my fellow activists who continue the decades-long fight for accessible public transportation @riseandresistny @DIA_NewYork @EqualAccessNy2 @sbgoldensohn https://t.co/Th3OaJLFR5

[Yan Grenier @edgexyan]

@JustinBrannan @DuckDefenders @peta If I didn't have COVID, I would come say hi!

[Yan Grenier @edgexyan]

@SkorpaWH @timgill924 all your underpaid academics out there, always keep the faith!

(then proceed to spin kick some tenure prof in the head)

[Yan Grenier @edgexyan]

@timgill924 I've given conferences in band t-shirts. I even went to the UN wearing shorts an a FP polo.

[Yan Grenier @edgexyan]

My ethnographic project using video, audio and GPS to document the experiences of people with disabilities with the transportation infrastructure in NYC just passed IRB on the first try. My foreign self is a bit surprised to say the least.

More developpements to come soon!

[Yan Grenier @edgexyan]

@vernon_w_cisney Got the max score, and all of this could have happened on one friday night. But can we get bonus points for doing these multiple times?

[Yan Grenier @edgexyan]

@TPBlake Ça vient de sortir?!

[Yan Grenier @edgexyan]

Protest for accessible and working elevators in front of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) offices in New York City this morning.

@riseandresistny @DIA_NewYork @jekaanne @sbgoldensohn @MTA