Véronique Leduc

Véro Leduc is an artist, engaged scholar, and a professor in Communication Studies at the University of Quebec in Montreal, where she teaches in the cultural action program as well as in the Disability and Deafhood: Rights and Citizenship program, which she co-founded. First Deaf university professor in Quebec, she got appointed as Canada Research Chair in Cultural Citizenship of Deaf People and Cultural Equity Practices. Her recent work focuses on Deaf and disability arts practices in Canada and Deaf music. In 2020, she received the Governor General's Medal of Canada for her commendable work in breaking down barriers to social exclusion and enhancing access to university and culture for people who are deaf and hard of hearing.