News

2019

September 22, 2019 CDS cross-appointed faculty member Chris Chapman receives an LA&PS Emerging Research Award for their work in expanding Disability Studies research (unfortunately, they are mis-pronounced in the story).
June 11, 2019 CDS faculty member Geoffrey Reaume presented a paper on Plaques, Politics and Preservation: Memorialising Psychiatric Patients' Labour History at a conference on "The Material and Immaterial Heritage of Psychiatry", hosted by the Centre for Critical Heritage Studies, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
May 31, 2019 Why I’m proud to call myself an ‘Aspergirl’
An op-ed by York University alumna Courtney Weaver (MA 2017 Critical Disability Studies) was published in CBC News. Read full story.
May 3, 2019 Associate Professor Rachel da Silva Gorman was the "Albrecht Global Lecturer on Disability" at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

2018

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June 28, 2018 Critical Disability Studies graduate students, Sukaina Dada, Alexandra Jean, Fallon Burns, Bephyer Parey (PhD exchange student), Anne Jackson, Michelle Shelley, and Laura Girardo took part in an unforgettable experience at NUI Galway International Disability Law Summer School in June 2018.
June 12, 2018 PhD student in Critical Disability Studies, Michelle Shelley attended, as a Canadian delegate, the 2nd International Correctional Research Symposium in Prague, Czech Republic from May 8-10 2018. A Summary of the Symposium by Michelle, titled What is Good Prison Research? was published on the EuroPris website.
April 3, 2018 Critical Disability Studies Graduate Program Director, and Associate Professor, nancy viva davis halifax has her 2015 poetry collection Hook - describing "the experiences of women living in emergency shelters and on the streets of Toronto" - mentioned by Mark Abley, editor (and poet himself) of the McGill-Queen's University Press (MQUP) in an article "Green Notes in the Field"
January 31, 2018 PhD Candidate in the Critical Disability Studies graduate program, Douglas Waxman, elected President of the Board of ARCH Disability Law Centre

2017

October 12 and 25, 2017 Professor Geoffrey Reaume in York University's Critical Disability Studies Graduate Program presented on "Mad People’s History" at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England (October 12, 2017) and Wilfrid Laurier University, Kitchener (October 25, 2017)
September 28, 2017 Professor Marina Morrow, Chair in York University's School of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Health co-edits new book on social justice in mental health
September 23, 2017 Professor Marcia Rioux, of the Critical Disability Studies Graduate program at York University, received a plague of recognition during the 3rd Annual Dinner of Hope in Markham from The Philippine Working Group International Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation. Dr. Rioux is the recipient of the 2017 Apolinario Mabinia Memorial Lecture in recognition of her work in promoting social justice and for advancing the rights of persons with disabilities. A project funded by the International Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation (ICDR) Philippines has also been named after Dr. Rioux. The project, managed by the Autism Society of the Philippines is called The Dr. Marcia Rioux Project - AutisMall Pilipinas.
August 8, 2017 Yvonne Simpson, PhD Candidate in the Critical Disability Studies program (2017) at York University was recently interviewed at the The Lake Shift, a thesis writing retreat for doctoral students from Ontario universities. The interview was aired on CFRC, the Queen's University radio station.
July 21, 2017 Dr. Gillian Parekh, PhD graduate in the Critical Disability Studies program (2014) at York University has been appointed as Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University, and is nominated for a Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Inclusion, Disability and Education.
July 16, 2017 York University Professor Marcia Rioux, in the School of Health Policy and Management's Critical Disability Studies Graduate Program, is part of Disability Rights Promotion International (DPRI) launch of new strategy to connect people with disabilities with jobs in Bangladesh.
May 25, 2017 The historical work on mad people at the Toronto Asylyum by Professor Geoffrey Reaume in York University's Critical Disability Studies Graduate Program discussed in Toronto Star article
April 7, 2017 Critical Disability Studies student Yvonne Simpson wins Robert J. Tiffin Student Leadership Award. The award is given to students whose leadership has contributed to the growth, development and vitality of York University. The award is named after Robert J. Tiffin who served as York University's Vice-President of Students for nine years - and throughout his tenure - relentlessly championed student leadership.
February 8, 2017 Critical Disability Studies doctoral student Yvonne Simpson launched her signature program, RISE— Race, Inclusion, and Supportive Environments— February 9th at York's Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion. Yvonne is the originator of this holistic approach to rights and equity education, and is the founding co-chair of the RISE Committee, along with Associate Professor Lorne Foster of the School of Public Policy and Administration.
January 24, 2017 SHPM York University faculty members, Professor Marcia Rioux, Associate Professor Rachel Gorman, and Professor Thomas Klassen win major "Zero Prize for Innovative Practice & Employment" as part of Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI) team
March 9, 2017 Former Critical Disability Studies student and alumni Emily Gillespie is debuting her first novel entitled “Dancing with Ghosts” - a mesmerizing piece that touches on the themes of domestic violence and the Canadian mental health system.

2016

November 30, 2016 Graduand Devon MacPherson (October 2016) and her service dog, Barkley, interviewed on CBC program "The Current" discussing some of the labour issues related to working animals - "Should Canadian unions take up the cause for working animals?"
November 14, 2016 Associate Professor Rachel Gorman, School of Health Policy and Managment, panelist at CAPACOA @ CINARS conference title Blow your Mind: Perception (and Presentation) of Disability Aesthetics
October 31, 2016 Critical Disability Studies Graduate Student Natalie Spagnuolo addresses National Youth Forum in Ottawa on the Creation of an Accessible and Inclusive Canada
October 7, 2016 New faces: Faculty of Health announces new faculty and appointments
September 30, 2016 Former Critical Disability Studies M.A. student (2013) Rabia Khedr appointed one of five to Ontario Human Rights Commission
September 26, 2016 Professor Geoffrey Reaume in York University's Critical Disability Studies Graduate Program welcomed to the Ontario Legislature during introduction of Mad Studies to the provincial assembly

2015

November 3, 2015 Professor Geoffrey Reaume in York University's Critical Disability Studies Graduate Program contributes to rise of Mad Studies

2014

November 11, 2014 Professor Geoffrey Reaume in York University's Critical Disability Studies Graduate Program writes an article for a national medical publication in time for Remembrance Day and an editor locates his grandfather's World War I medals which were stolen twenty-five years before
October 7, 2014 Professor Geoffrey Reaume in York University's Critical Disability Studies Graduate Program part of pioneering group to develop Mad Studies and its increasing international influence as discussed in Guardian (UK) article