Media: Press/Featured In/Cited

HOLO Mag: Future Festivals Field Guide, Crip Rave Advocates for Access and Disability Justice” (2023)

https://www.holo.mg/dossiers/future-festivals-field-guide/crip-rave-renee-dumaresque-stefana-fratila/


Resident Advisor: "Crip Rave Is the Revolutionary Collective Prioritising Accessibility" (2022)

https://ra.co/features/4000


Refuge Worldwide: “Mixed Feelings” with Saverio and Creative Studios (2022)

https://refugeworldwide.com/radio/mixed-feelings-saverio-and-crip-rave-29-aug-2022 


“Raving” by McKenzie Wark (2023)

https://www.dukeupress.edu/raving 


HOLO Mag: “Experiencing Equitable Festival Futures” (2024)

https://www.holo.mg/dossiers/future-festivals-field-guide/summit-equity-futures/ 


Shifting Baselines: “Dance Floors as Portals” with AfroOankali (2024)

https://refugeworldwide.com/radio/shifting-basslines-dance-floors-as-portals-afrooankali-06-jun-2024


Akimbo: “Everybody Dance Now” (2022)

https://akimbo.ca/akimblog/everybody-dance-now-crip-rave-collective-interviewed-by-shay-erlich/


“Debaser’s Pique winter edition lines up powerful visions of art, music and activism” (2023)

https://apt613.ca/debasers-pique-winter-edition-lines-up-powerful-visions-of-art-music-and-activism/ 


CBC Radio - Shift NB: “Accessible Raves” (2024)

Accessible Raves | Shift - NB with Vanessa Vander Valk | Live Radio | CBC Listen


CBC Radio, St. John’s Morning Show: “Making nightlife accessible to all” (2024)

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-56-st-johns-morning-show/clip/16072786-making-nightlife-accessible


“Queer Collectivity in the Echoes of the Dance Floor” by Craig Jennex  (2023) https://www.blackwoodgallery.ca/publications/sduk/lingering/queer-collectivity-in-the-echoes-of-the-dance-floor


Art in America: “Why Be Normal?: Disability & Design Now” by Aimi Hamraie (2022)

https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/why-be-normal-disability-design-now-1234643357/ 



NOW Magazine: “Breaking Barriers: Who’s leading the way toward accessibility in Toronto’s music scene?” (2019)

https://nowtoronto.com/music/features/accessibility-toronto-music-scene/ 


In Social Work Podcast: In Too Deep: Harm Reduction and Nightlife 

https://www.insocialwork.org/in-too-deep-harm-reduction-and-nightlife/ 


Mutek Rewires for Radical Access and Inclusivity (2023)

https://www.holo.mg/dossiers/future-festivals-field-guide/mutek24-intro/ 


City of Toronto: Good Neighborhood Guide for Late Night Businesses (2024)

https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/932a-GoodNeighbourGuideforLateNightBusinesses2024-AODA.pdf 


Closing The Gap: Impact and Representation of Indigenous, Black and People of Colour Live Music Workers in Canada (2022) 

https://www.ontariocreates.ca/assets/images/research/closing-the-gap-final.pdf