We regret to inform you... / written & directed by Eva Colmers, Heidi Janz ; producer, Bonnie Thompson.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Janz, Heidi, director, speaker, screenwriter.

Colmers, Eva (Eva M.), 1953- director, screenwriter.

Thompson, Bonnie, producer.

National Film Board of Canada, publisher, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada Pension Plan.

Women with disabilities--Canada.

Women with disabilities.

Disability insurance policies--Canada.

Disability insurance policies.

Federal aid to community health services--Canada.

Federal aid to community health services.

Discrimination against people with disabilities--Canada.

Discrimination against people with disabilities.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Short films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (12 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Montreal, Quebec] : National Film Board of Canada, 2015.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

In a check-box society that functions by dividing us into neatly-defined categories, where does someone with a strong mind and a weak body fit in? Dr. Heidi Janz - award-winning playwright, accomplished academic, and self-described 'crip' - has a curious problem. Despite her obvious physical limitations, she is denied financial assistance from government programmes because of her "productive" mind. Following Heidi through her everyday life, with all its unique responsibilities, opportunities, and challenges, We Regret to Inform You ... offers an unsentimental, and unapologetic, look at what it means to be both "disabled" and "productive".

Participant:

Participants, Heidi Janz, Carlene Bellerose, Tyler Munro, Pat Langner, Vern Thiessen, Stacy Cabral, Awkward Parker-Janz.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed June 30, 2023).

OCLC:

975015267