McMaster University, Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging

Thu, Feb 2, 2023 | 2:30 PM | Hybrid Seminar: Register via zoom (https://bit.ly/3Xqg0fK) OR attend the live in-person viewing session in L.R.Wilson Hall, Room 1003, McMaster Campus.

Dr. Katie Aubrecht, St. Francis Xavier University

Co-Hosted with the Department of Health, Aging and Society at McMaster

Canada is home to new federal and provincial accessibility legislation requiring the prevention and removal of barriers to accessibility for persons with disabilities. Despite jurisdictional differences, federal and provincial accessibility laws share a common commitment to creating barrier-free communities and recognizing the fundamental dignity and human rights of persons with disabilities. Accessibility legislation includes a broad definition of disability inclusive of ‘mental’ or cognitive impairment. Canadian federal and provincial accessibility legislation is guided by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). In this presentation I discuss the relevance of the CRPD to participatory dementia research and policy advocacy. Drawing on a review of recent literature, I identify the opportunities and challenges that the CRPD poses for dementia related culture change in Canada and reflect on the role that the CRPD can play in the development of a coalitional politic among disability justice and dementia justice movements. 

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Katie Aubrecht, PhD, is Canada Research Chair Tier II Health Equity and Social Justice and Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, where she supervises students and teaches courses in the areas of mental health and society, disability and culture, race and identity, social theory, and social policy. Aubrecht’s research program, informed by sociology and disability studies, uses participatory and intersectional approaches and qualitative research methods to map and analyze marginalization, mental health and resilience across the life span as social justice issues. This program is supported by the Spatializing Care Lab, a health research and training infrastructure that bridges medical, social, and cultural approaches to care. Additional information is available at www.mystfx.ca/carelab

Amanda Bull, MA Student in HAS, Karl Kinanen Graduate Student Scholarship Recipient

Fri, Mar 10, 2023 to Sat, Mar 11, 2023 | 12:00 PM | McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario

This conference is an excellent opportunity for PhD and master's students, as well as professional researchers, to present their work, network with fellow scholars from around the world, and receive constructive feedback on their research from our esteemed faculty discussants. We will also be hosting panels on professional and academic development designed specifically for graduate students.

We welcome submission regarding any aspect of globalization, public policy, or international relations, and especially those with a global policy perspective. Students can submit an abstract via the link in the attached Call for Proposals PDF. The early-bird deadline is November 25, 2022!