DRPI Canada Project Governance

Steering Committee

• Marcia Rioux, Principal applicant and Chair of the Steering Committee, Professor - School of Health Policy & Management, Graduate Director - MA Program in Critical Disability Studies; Director - York Institute for Health Research
• Mihaela Dinca-Panaitescu, Project Coordinator and Communications Officer, DRPI - Canada
• Normand Boucher, Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology at Laval University, Social Researcher, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Réadaptation et Integration Sociale (CIRRIS)
• Steven Estey, Independent consultant, Disability rights expert, Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), International Committee
• Daniel Drache, Professor, Political Science, York University
• Ray Cohen, President of Canadian Abilities Foundation (CAF)
• Yvonne Peters, Independent consultant, Disability rights legal expert
• Roxanne Mykitiuk, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
• Cameron Crawford, Director, Research and Knowledge Management, Canadian Association for Community Living
• Patrick Fougeyrollas, Teaching, education and scientific support Director, L'Institut de Réadaptation en Déficience Physique de Québec (IRDPQ); Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Laval University

Theme 1 - Monitoring Individual Experiences

Co-Applicants

• Steven Estey, Theme Community leader, Independent consultant, Disability rights expert, Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), International Committee
• Normand Boucher, Theme University leader, Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology at Laval University, Social Researcher, Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en réadaptation et integration sociale (CIRRIS)
• Sandra Carpenter, Co-applicant, Acting Executive Director, Centre for Independent Living in Toronto (CILT)
• Isabel Killoran, Co-applicant, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, York University

Organizational Partners

• Alex Neve, Amnesty International Canada (AI)
• Traci Walters, Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres (CAILC)
• Ian Hamilton, Equitas (formerly Canadian Human Rights Foundation)
• Laurie Beachell, Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD)
• Rita Samson, Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI)
• Barbara Anello and Lina Anani, DisAbled Women's Network - Ontario (DAWN-Ontario)

Theme 2 - Monitoring Media

Co-Applicants

• Ray Cohen, Theme Community leader, President of Canadian Abilities Foundation (CAF)
• Daniel Drache, Theme University leader, Professor, Political Science, York University
• Andrew Laing, Co-applicant, President of Cormex Research
• Geoffrey Reaume, Co-applicant, Assistant Professor, School of Health Policy and Management, York University

Organizational Partners

• Ray Cohen, Canadian Abilities Foundation (CAF);

Theme 3 - Monitoring Law and Policy

Co-Applicants

• Yvonne Peters, Theme Community leader, Independent consultant, Disability rights legal expert
• Roxanne Mykitiuk, Theme University leader, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
• Michael Prince, Co-applicant, Lansdowne Professor, Social Policy, University of Victoria

Organizational Partners

• Ivana Petricone, ARCH Disability Law Centre
• Karen Izzard, Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)
• Normand Boucher, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Réadaptation et Intégration sociale (CIRRIS)
• Simon David Yana, Office des Personnes Handicapées de Québec (OPHQ)
• Carmelita Olivotto, Office for Disability Issues (ODI), Government of Canada
• Anna Bruce, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI), Sweden;

Theme 4 - Monitoring Survey Data Sets

Co-Applicants

• Cameron Crawford, Theme Community leader, Director, Research and Knowledge Management, Canadian Association for Community Living
• Patrick Fougeyrollas, Theme University leader, Teaching, education and scientific support director, L'Institut de réadaptation en déficience physique de Québec (IRDPQ); Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Laval University

Organizational Partners

• Carmelita Olivotto, Office for Disability Issues (ODI), Government of Canada
• Michael Ornstein, York Institute for Social Research
• Susan Stobert, Statistics Canada, (informal partner);

Cross Theme - Virtual Knowledge Network (VKN)

• Christo El Morr, Co-applicant, Assistant Professor, School of Health Policy and Management, York University