July 2020 The same biography of Alice G. (from May 2020 below) by Professor Geoffrey Reaume was selected by readers in July 2020 as one of the entries in the Dictionary of Canadian Biographythat “showcase the lives of folks who are not normally included in history classes or dominant historical narratives."
May 2020 Professor Geoffrey Reaume was interviewed by fellow historian, Samantha Cutrara, in a series on "Pandemic History Teaching," during which he addressed disability and pandemics, past and present.
April 2020 The following article by Professor Geoffrey Reaume was reported by the publisher, Wiley, to have been “among the top 10% most downloaded papers” in the journal in which it appeared between January 2018 to December 2019: “Creating Mad People's History as a University Credit Course since 2000,” New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development 31:1 (Winter 2019): 22-39.
February 2020 Professor Geoffrey Reaume was a guest researcher at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden from February 16-22 at the invitation of the Centre for Critical Heritage Studies and the Department of Social Work. Professor Reaume gave four presentations on Mad People's History, Mad Studies and Critical Heritage Studies with the main public lecture being held on February 18. See report from Sweden's Critical Heritage Studies web site.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
October 4, 20111 Psychiatric Survivor Archives which Professor Geoffrey Reaume in York University's Critical Disability Studies Graduate Program co-founded and chaired, wins Heritage Toronto Award for historical plaques memorializing Mad People's unpaid labour
November 2010 article of Voices, the Newsletter of the Psychiatric Survivor Archives of Toronto (PSAT), presents PSAT board member Phebe Ann Wolframe as she opens the unveiling ceremony at the southwest corner of Queen and Shaw Streets with a solemn performance. Professor Geoffrey Reaume in York University's Critical Disability Studies Graduate Program, and also PSAT Chair participated at the event and described the working and living conditions of patient labourers at the former asylum in poignant detail
January 20, 2005 - Professor Isabel Killoran, M.A. (Critical Disability Studies) has been chosen to receive the Faculty of Graduate Studies' Teaching Award on May 5, 2005. This award is bestowed annually upon one or two members of the Faculty of Graduate Studies who have displayed substantial, significant and sustained excellence, commitment and enthusiasm to the multifaceted aspects of graduate teaching at York. The award is intended to recognize and celebrate Professor Killoran's distinguished contribution to the advancement of academic excellence and to the quality in graduate studies at York University. For details, please check out the YFile here.
