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Author: Josée Boulanger

Josée Boulanger is a PhD candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Ottawa whose interests lie in using participatory visual methods to work with people who have cognitive and communication disabilities. She is currently researching the history of intellectual disability advocacy in Ontario as well as exploring a good life from the perspectives of people labelled with an intellectual disability. For Josée, the humanities offer creative pathways to gaining new insights into understanding the human experience and for promoting social justice and equality.

Fostering Hope and Coping While Living With Lymphedema: A Visual Narrative for Engaging Cancer Survivors and Caregivers

With compelling quotes from participants, and links to their groundbreaking video, these authors relate the fundamental impact of a series of workshops they developed to help cancer survivors live with lymphedema. The lymphedema video is “an accessible tool for patients, caregivers, students, and healthcare professionals,” they note. “We echo the participants’ hope that it will encourage dialogue between health professionals and patients.”