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People

A dynamic, committed team of faculty, post-doctoral fellows, contract lecturers and staff make up the School of Disability Studies. Together, we support student success, advance innovation in teaching and lead research that drives positive change.

Faculty

Idil Abdillahi
Assistant Professor
Phone416-979-5000, ext. 553588
Eliza Chandler
Associate Professor
Phone416-979-5000, ext. 556128
Areas Of ExpertiseDisability Studies; Disability arts and culture; Social action and activism; Accessible curatorial practices
Esther Ignagni
Associate Professor, School of Disability Studies
Phone416-979-5000, ext. 554286
Areas Of ExpertiseDisability, parenting/parenthood and kinship; Intimate and domestic life; Accessibility; Media and cultural representations of disability and difference; MAiD and other explorations of disability and death; Systemic and institutionalized ableism; Disabled childhoods and youth
Lynn Lavallée
Strategic Lead, Indigenous Resurgence, Faculty of Community Services; Professor, School of Social Work; Interim Director, School of Disability Studies
Phone416-979-5000, ext. 543509
Areas Of ExpertiseIndigenous resurgence; Research ethics, including Indigenous ethics; Indigenous health and well being; Indigenous research methodologies
Lauren Munro
Assistant Professor (Limited Term Faculty)
Areas Of ExpertiseMad studies; Fat studies; 2SLGBTQ+ health and wellbeing; Qualitative research; Arts-based methods; Community-based research
Merrick Pilling
Assistant Professor
Phone416-979-5000, ext. 554592
Areas Of ExpertiseMad Studies; Queer and trans madness & disability; Social justice education in health care and social services; 2SLGBTQ+ experiences of social services and health care; Gender-based violence and violence against disabled, queer, trans & non-binary people; Intersectional, anti-racist approaches to understanding gender and sexuality; Community based research and qualitative methods
Karen Soldatic
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing; Professor, School of Disability Studies
Climate change Environmental health Global health Indigenous health Public Health Public health policy

Staff

Ethel Louise Armstrong Post-Doctoral Fellow

Tanis Doe Post-Doctoral Fellow in Gender, Disability and Social Justice

Contract Lecturers

Adjunct Professors

Professor Emerita