Brooke Leifso (she/they) is a Disabled/Crip performance producer, Expressive Art Practitioner and academic. She consults theatre productions and festivals (Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, SkirtsAFire) on accessibility measures to make performances for all and art as the public good. In 2024, she is a fellow at Akademie Schloss Solitude (Stuttgart, Germany), and Arts Quarter Budapest (Budapest, Hungary). As an academic, Brooke is the Research Chair in Workplace Inclusion and Accessibility at NorQuest College (Edmonton, Alberta) and has publications in the Neurodivergent and Autistic youth inclusion in the workplace and employment training programs. More can be found on brookeleifso.com
I am excited to join a network of other disabled artists to push myself and the Canadian disability art sector to brilliance!