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**Watch the Power of Disability Concert**
Recording of live-streamed concert in May, 2020.

<b>Listen to the Podcast</b> — **Listen to the Podcast**
Hosted by Keita Demming, Are Ordinary people the source of disruption?

<b>Read the blog post by Urban Matters</b> — **Read the blog post by Urban Matters**
Unlaunching The Okanagan Event A Success

Watch the *Elevating Impact Keynote*
From the Elevating Impact Summit, Portland State University, Portland, WA

L'Arche Canada Interview — **Read the Interview**
with Al from L'Arche Canada Published in A Human Future, volume 14 in Spring 2016

**Watch Al's Walrus Talk**
Filmed in in Saint John, focussed on exploring Canada's social innovation 'terroir'

**Watch the Nova Scotia 'Unlaunch'**
Thanks to Engage Nova Scotia for producing this short highlights film from Oct. 28, 2015

Dan O'Rourke Interview — **Listen to the Interview**
Al Etmanski with Dan O'Rourke at Engage Nova Scotia

Watch the Vancouver UnLaunch — **Watch the Vancouver 'UnLaunch'**
Thanks to SFU for filming an evening of storytelling, poetry, music and the UnLaunch of my latest book.

2015 Institut du Nouveau Keynote — **Watch the Keynote**
Filmed at Social Innovation Institut du Nouveau Monde Montreal, QC, June 4, 2015

Watch the Six patterns webinar — **Six Patterns to spread your social innovation**
Watch an overview webinar about Al's book hosted by Tamarack

Films & Photographs

<b>Watch <i>Valuing Lives: Wolf Wolfensberg and the Principle of Normalization</i></b>
A documentary film on the power of vision, values and a coherent philosophy to change lives, in this case the lives of people with developmental disabilities. Al was profoundly influenced by the philosophy of normalization and is pleased to have been interviewed for this film. — Watch *Valuing Lives: Wolf Wolfensberg and the Principle of Normalization* A documentary film on the power of vision, values and a coherent philosophy to change lives, in this case the lives of people with developmental disabilities. Al was profoundly influenced by the philosophy of normalization and is pleased to have been interviewed for this film.

<b>Watch Who Cares? The film</b> “A film for those who believe that anyone can change the world” Profiles of social entrepreneurs from around the world including Al. — **Watch Who Cares? The film** “A film for those who believe that anyone can change the world” Profiles of social entrepreneurs from around the world including Al.

Poetry & Art

<b>Watch <i>A poets attempt at applying impact... </i>by Erin Scott</b> From the Kelowna unlaunch — **Watch *A poets attempt at applying impact...* by Erin Scott** From the Kelowna unlaunch

<b>Read The Impact I Make</b> by Meharonna Ghani.
<i>Altered Erasure informed by “Introduction" from Impact: Six Patterns to Spread your
Social Innovation</i> — **Read The Impact I Make** by Meharonna Ghani. *Altered Erasure informed by “Introduction" from Impact: Six Patterns to Spread your Social Innovation*

<b>See Courageous Conversations</b> graphic recording by Tanya Gadsby <i>from Change in Early Years, Vancouver, March 25, 2015</i> — **See Courageous Conversations** graphic recording by Tanya Gadsby *from Change in Early Years, Vancouver, March 25, 2015*

Al Etmanski

… is a community organizer, social entrepreneur, and author. He’s been a parent activist in the disability world since his daughter Liz was born. He led the closure of institutions and segregated schools in British Columbia, and founded Canada’s first Family Support Institute. Read More…

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