Accessibility Research Collaborations

RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH THROUGH AN ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION LENS

• Project Lead: Canadian National Institute of the Blind (CNIB)
• Principal Investigator: Sukhai, M.
• Collaborators: Aubrecht, K., Coppin, P., & Swenor, B.
• Funder: Accessibility Standards Canada

EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF GENDER AND DISABILITY BASED VIOLENCE AMONG STUDENTS AT NOVA SCOTIA UNIVERSITIES

• Community Lead: Nova Scotia League of Equal Opportunities
• Principal Investigator: Bernasky, T.
• Co-Investigators: Costa-Lorenz, S. & Aubrecht, K.
• Funder: Change Lab Action Research Initiative (CLARI)

INNOVATING FOR INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION: A PATHWAY TO REALIZING THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS)

• Project Lead: Eviance
• Principal Investigators: Hardie, S. & Crawford, C.
• Co-Investigators: Panitch, M., Cappon, C., Aubrecht, K.
• StFX Graduate Research Assistant: Beresford, T.
• Funder: ESDC Sustainable Development Goals Contribution Program
• Website: https://www.inclusivepse.ca/

AI IN ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS AND DISABILITY SERVICES FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

• Project Lead: Carleton University
• Principal Investigator: Vukovic, B.
• Co-Investigators: Komeili, M., Chan, A., Treviranus, J., Aubrecht, K., & Nowrouzi-Kia, B.
• Funder: New Frontiers - Exploration
• Website: https://carleton.ca/accessibility-institute/projects/active-projects/ai-assessment/

HEARING THEIR VOICES – FROM ISOLATION TO SELF-DETERMINATION: AN INDIGENOUS PARADIGM OF DISABILITY

• Project Leads: Wabanaki Council on Disability and Mawita'mk Society
• Principal Investigators: Sylliboy, R., Saulic, C. & Jonson, S.
• Collaborators: Aubrecht, K., MacMillan, J., George, C., & Long, K.
• StFX Undergraduate Student Intern: Bright-Doucette, H.
• Funder: Accessibility Standards Canada
• Website: https://www.hearingtheirvoices.org/

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF EVACUATING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES FROM AN URBAN CENTER

Project Lead: MacEachen Institute for Public Policy & Governance

• Principal Investigator: Quigley, K.
• StFX Student Research Assistants: Kelly, M.J. & Burke, R.
• Funder: Accessibility Standards Canada
• Website: https://www.dal.ca/dept/maceachen-institute/research/research_projects/evacuating-persons-with-disabilities.html

LEARNING WITH AND FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH: OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGING GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES ACROSS SOUTHERN SPACES

• Principal Investigator: Nguyen, X.Y.
• Co-Investigators: Mitchell, C., Steinstra, D., Ghosh, N., & Moletsane, R.
• Collaborators: Dyer, H., Aubrecht, K., Mehrotra, N., Huynh, P., & Vo, Y.
• Associated Network: Decolonial Disability Studies Collective
• Partners: A Luoi Blind Association, Carleton University, Disabled Women's Network Canada, Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre, South African Disability Alliance, University of Kwazulu-Natal, & University of Sciences - Hue University
• Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
• Website: https://carleton.ca/ddsc/engage/
  
   

BODIES IN TRANSLATION: ACTIVIST ART, TECHNOLOGY AND ACCESS TO LIFE

• Principal Investigators: Rice, C. & Chandler, E.
• Co-Investigators: Fancey, D., Treviranus, J., Church, K., Fels, D., Frazee, C., Ignagni, E., Panitch, M., Thomas, J., Bulmer, A., Changfoot, N., Chivers, S., MacLeod, A., Wilson, K., Rinaldi, J., Kelly, C., Orsini, M., Springgay, S., Yoshida, K., Dolmage, J., Rossiter, K., Crosby, A., Davis Halifax, N., Dion, S., Gorman, R., Hudson, A., Mitchell, A.,  Mykitiuk, R., & Aubrecht, K.
• Collaborators: Brockest, L., Odette, F., Brown, J., Derbyshire, J., Sachse, J., Story, K., Stanley, S., Hawkins, L., Heble, A., Liddiard, K., & Bobier, D.
• Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
• Website: https://bodiesintranslation.ca/

STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY AND EQUITY IN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

• Principal Investigator: Jarus, T.
• Co-Investigators: Epstein, I., Katzman, E., Yoshida, K., & Loyola-Sanchez, A.
• Collaborators: Kimpson, S., Newton, L., Stephens, L., Holmes, C., Donnelly, L., Parhar, G., Edelist, T., Mahipaul, S., Lysaght, R., Beagan, B., Kamenetsky, S., & Aubrecht, K.
• Funder: New Frontiers - Exploration

CRIPPING THE ARTS IN CANADA SYMPOSIUM

• Principal Applicant: Chandler, E.
• Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
• Website: https://revisioncentre.ca/projects/cripping-the-arts
• Special Journal Issue: Editors' Introduction: Cripistemologies of Disability Arts and Culture: Reflections on the Cripping the Arts Symposium

DESIGNING CRIP FUTURES

• Principal Investigator: Chandler, E.
• Co-Investigators: Ignagni, E. & Mitchell, A.
• Collaborators: Fisher, L. & Aubrecht, K.
• Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada