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Voice and Media
How do we talk about stuttering, aphasia, autism, or Deafhood in our media, arts, speech therapy?
Voice and Media is a research-creation and knowledge-mobilization initiative emerging from a doctoral project on the stigmatization and representation of stuttering. Its first major public expression is a three-day festival, but the project goes beyond that: after the festival, this site will also offer resources on the representation of stuttering and, more broadly, other forms of dysfluency.
The festival brings together people with lived experience, artists, researchers, clinicians, and professionals from the media and cultural sectors to question representations that are too often reductive—framing these realities primarily through the lens of pathology—and to imagine more nuanced ways of seeing, listening, and telling these identities.
At the heart of this inaugural edition: stuttering, and more broadly, dysfluency, a term that encompasses diverse ways of communicating perceived as atypical.
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Talks, workshops, immersive art, exhibition and performances: an event to explore the richness and diversity of human voices, to represent with care, and to celebrate the diversity of voices.
- November 6–8, 2025
- Events across Montréal: Maison de Radio-Canada, Université de Montréal, Cinéma Beaubien, Café Robin des Bois
- Free and open to all
News
The festival is in full preparation, and this section is here to keep you in the loop.
We’re sharing what gets confirmed, what’s added, what’s imagined, and most of all, what excites us.
Whether it’s a new collaboration, a confirmed venue, an announced talk, or an artistic project in progress, check back often to follow the festival as it evolves, shaped by the voices building it.
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A Festival as a Calm Haven
A Festival as a Calm Haven My name is Ingrid Verduyckt. I am a researcher and professor in speech-language sciences. I am also a big sister. To explain what this […]
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Why This Festival?
Why this festival? The Voice and Media Festival was born out of a need: a need to better understand, represent, and bring visibility to the experiences of people with communicative […]
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Stuttering on Screen
Stuttering on Screen On May 21, 2025, at the Carrefour des arts et des sciences at Université de Montréal, Stuttering on Screen took place, an evening of film excerpts and […]
Program
The program is still unfolding, at our own (dysfluent!) pace. Check back here to see what’s taking shape.