Danielle Peers

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Danielle Peers researches, teaches, and makes video and performance art in Edmonton.

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    Terry Fox, the Freedom Convoy, and disability politics

    by Danielle Peers and Kelly Fritsch   Sep 7, 2022   11 min read

    Terry Fox is the most famous disabled person in Canadian history, a figure who “united the country” during his cross-country marathon. Now, Fox’s iconography is being used to support the Freedom Convoy’s anti-vaccine, anti-mask agenda. What kind of unity does Fox really represent?

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