DST 99A/B List of Independent Study Projects Year 2003 Chega, Carrie: A Dialogue on Citizenship Danilko, Diane: The Direct Funding Formula: Review and Reconsideration for Policy and Program Extensions to Families of Intellectually Disabled Persons – Women with Disabilities and Abuse A Workshop Manual to Guide Facilitators Duhasky, Cori: Peer Support – Empowerment Through Information Sharing Gionet, Ronnie: Workshop on the Design of Barrier-Free Access to the Built Urban Environment (DBFABUE) Herniman, Sue: Creating Disability Awareness in the Field of Early Childhood Education MacKinnon, Donna: Portfolio for Madness and Arts Festival Mulchand, Amrita: Indo-Guyanese Canadians with Disabilities: A Study of how Societal Attitudes Affect their Lives Poirier, Terry: Special Education Technology Opportunities Sheikh, Saima: Graduate Employment in the Cice Program 1 Year 2004 Balanzin,Ilda M.: Disability Arts & Theatre of the Oppressed: A Liberating Theatre Initiative Berry, Cathy: The Link Between Disability, Technology and Literacy Beck, Tracy: Towards Inclusive Children’s Literature Burns, Amy: Community Services and the Value of Inclusion Cayen-Mah, Wendy: The Provision of Services to Parents with Developmental Disabilities Daley, Betty: The Effects of Physical and Mechanical Restraints on People with Disabilities, their Families and Friends Fordyce, Nicole: Intelli Tools Software: Training for the Inclusive Classroom Lockhart, Carla: The L.S. Penrose Center: A Transition Process MacKenzie, Lisa: Leading out Community to an Inclusive Society Marsch, Kali: Poverty and Disability: Examining the Intersections Mitchell, Jennifer: EA Forum: A Web Forum for Education Assistants Phillips, Sandra: Citizenship Rights Project Powell, Kristina: Issues Facing Ageing Parents in Essex County who Fulfill a Caregiving Role for an Adult Son or Daughter who has and Intellectual Disability Smith, Brenda: Job Coaches 2 Year 2005 Biesenthal, Julie: Self Advocacy: Voices of the Past, Present, and Future Brown, Serena: Fruits of Knowledge: Shaking the Tree Curry, Heather: Do Women with Physical Disabilities feel Supported by their Medical Doctors in their Decision to Maintain Sexual Relationships? Donaldson, Teresa: Disability Studies Community Project Portfolio Fiddy, Dale: Research Project Deinstitutionalization and College Institutional Placements Fitzpatrick, S.: Disability & Media: Community Project Gallinger, K.: Disability Perspective and the Community College Garvey, Nicole: Autism in the Classroom: Teaching Children with Autism – A Look at the Physical Classroom Environment and its Effect on Communication and Inclusion – A Qualitative Comparison Between a Specialized and Regular Classroom Gerber, Sarah: A Shareholder Corporation Hall, Karen: Stories of Women with Disabilities Pursuing Employment in Guyana: As Employees or as Entrepreneurs Hamelin, Kelly: Inclusion, where do we go from here? Hubbard, Rick: Barrier Elimination in Ontario: The ODA and AODA Kupchand, Nalini: Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Inclusion in Pre-Schools Liolis, George: What’s all the H.Y.P.E. About? Helping Young Performers Excel McKenna, Karen: Genetics and Disability Issues: Researched Opinions of Disability Studies Students Millin, Nola: AAC Users’ Experiences with AAC Use Mortlock, Linda: Ability, Disability, and Aging 3 O’Hagan, Kim: Beyond Ramps Ososki, Jennifer: A Qualitative Analysis of Job Actions and their Effects on Students with Disabilities and Inclusive Education Paterson, Jennifer: Queer Women with Disabilities: An Exploration of Issues Related to Identify Construction, Sexuality, Disability Centered Support Services, and Community Issues Pieterse, Lynn: A Colourful Palette – Through a Disability Lens Richards, Deborah: “Intimacy, Sexual Relationships, & People with Intellectual Disabilities” Sabourin, K. Grace: The Sibling Experience and Disability: a Research Study Sauder, Jana: The Action Committee of People with Disabilities: Community Project Sheldrick, Dawn: Building Awareness by Understanding Disability Schives, Diane: From a Mother’s Perspective, how does the Labelling of a Child Affect the Family? Taylor, Mardi: Transportation in Georgina Willis, Heather: Wheel of Misfortune?: An Installation – Tragedy vs. Freedom 4 Year 2006 Adams, Michelle: Empowerment of Personal Narratives Anderson, Sandra: Just Like me Bettencourt, M.: Promising Futures? Looking into the Education System Clarke, Anne: Mothering Experiences Crow, Jaime: Disabling Practices in Human Services Toward Individuals with Learning Difficulties Hodges, Wanda: The Grass is not Always Greener: The Experiences of Mentally Ill Immigrants Knox, Kristy: Caring Alone Lalonde, Suzanne: Making a Mark – Not Disappearing Longo, Loretta: Windows to Learning Murphy, Paula: Leadership Development Workshops Ming, Khadijah: Oral Health Runstedler, Robin: A Journey to Mobility: Tracing the Path of my Chair Schock, Robin: Voices that Count Swanton, Jill: The Process of Genetic Counselling Vroom, John: Nowhere to go… Watson, Louise: Women with Learning Disabilities who have Experienced Academic Success Weber, Eva Marie: Intertwined Lives of Independent Living. Challenges and Dilemmas of Supporting People with Disabilities in Stories of Personal Attendants Wrigley Archer, K: Infusing a Disability Studies Perspective into Human Resources Courses at Ryerson 5 Year 2007 Arndt, Laura: Bridging Feminist Scholarship through Activism in Disability Studies: A Portrait of a Canadian Disability Activist. Baker, Erica: Engaging Youth in Social Change: Strategies that address Devaluation Buttegieg, Carrie: The Innocent Question Gauthier, Deana: Barriers to Learning within the Army Cadet Program Hendrickson, Ivy: Fear and disABILITY Hiott, Kara: Awesome Connections: The Ethos of Support Julien, Brigitte: Working in the Social Model Loginow, Marissa: One Person’s Journey through Vocational Development Machado, Kira: Trying to Walk in His Shoes McPhail, Colleen: Experiencing ABI: How people with acquired brain injuries feel about the services they receive Mirza, Davis: Canadian Disability Arts & Culture: An Examination of the Creative “I” at Bloorview Kids’ Rehab Mohammed, Sohrab: (Ralph) An Oral History of George Daniel: How I Became a Disability Activist Ng, Steven: Volunteers and Survivors Working Together to Promote Mental Health Pearce, Sandra: Is Leamington Really The Best Place To Live In Canada? A Disability Perspective Racco, Rosetta: The Mosaics of Mothers and Children with Special Needs Living in Regent Park Regier, Louissa: Women’s Experiences with Prenatal Screening During Pregnancy 6 Rozema-Seaton, Roberta: Here Today Gone Tomorrow: The Impact of and Acquired Disability in Mid-life Russ, Danielle: Oral History: The Unspoken Story of Parent Activists Simpson, Mayianne: Murky Waters: Managerial Perspectives on Ethical and Boundary Issues in Personal Support Smith, Victoria: The Lived Experience of Mothers with Disabilities Smith, Zoie: “What’s So Special about Special Education?” The Lived Experience Snyder, Angela: Sunday Night Dinners Stawarz, Maggie: On the Edge Tassone, Christina: Disability and the Media Tudos, Venessa: Narrating Disability in Life Writing Tuplin, Linda: Beyond the Box: Restoring Lives Through Personal Narrative Virgin, Melissa: Making Tomato Butter 7 Year 2008 Banfield, Christina: Fido and Me: Relationships between People with Disabilities & their Pets Barton, Kendra: Between these Four Walls: From patient to volunteer at a rehabilitation centre. Bordon, Graceila: Historias de Corazon – Stories from the Heart; A Mother-Daughter Journey through Oppression Cameron, Keri: Too Much Baggage! Unpacking Disability through Health Care The Three R’s of Education- Reading, Writing… Diversity? Charbonneau, Casey: Cheyne, Danielle: The Anatomy of a Black Hole: Searching for Wages in Community Support Agency Policy Gallego Hope, Grace: Rewriting Disabilities in Children’s Literature: “Gigi and the Missing Golden Marble” Gaughan, Diana: “Let’s Ask the Experts”: Single Mothers Children with Disabilities Grande, Vince: How Families of Different Cultural Backgrounds View Disability Harris, Jill: Gut Reaction Hodder, Phyllis: The Girl I Used to Be Holland, Maria: “Get Me to the Church on Time?” Discovering how church participation occurs for people with disabilities Hunt, Amber: What Comes Next: cutting ribbons or walking dogs? Jessup, Sherry: From the Couch to the Barn: What’s Up with Animal Assisted Therapy? Jones, Lerin: Riding Along with Smith: A Journey into the Organization Driving for Wheel-Trans Jolicoeur, Brian: Life on the Edge: Masculinity as Caring – Caring as Masculinity Lewis, Shay: Apron Strings and Hard Helmets 8 MacNeil, Alan: Phenomenology Behind the Mask, Madness, and Recovery Mitchell, Cindy: 'Off the Couch & Into the Community' A Participatory Pedagogical Mother & Daughter Learning Journey Wake-up! We're staying home today! Moffatt, Rhonda: Munro, Stace: Radical Voices SPEAKing Up! Transformation through Collective Action Pekalska, Olga: Looking UP at the World While It Continues to Look Down Reed, Stephanie: Is there real life in the Northern Life? Reynolds-Ifill, Portia: Roe, Jennifer: The House on the Beach: Life History of an Institution Sound Barriers: Breaking the Silence Steen, Christa: Life through a Lens: University Students Experience their Photo-Voice Walsh, Rodney: “Slam Dunking in a Wheelchair” How Paralympic Athletes Do Disability and Sport White, Scott: Pain in the Rear: Voices of people with disabilities on complementary and alternative medicine 9 Year 2009 Appiah, Abigail: Biblical Narratives and Disability Balogun, Abiola: Disability in Nigeria: Using On-line Accounts to Explore Representations Bergeron, Shaunessey: “Watching others be chosen": The policies and procedures surrounding the adoption of a child with a disability Betzner-Massana, Amy: “I E-mailed the Vatican but They Never Got Back To Me" Brown, Christina: Such a Predictable Life? Trisha’s Story Byrne, Joanne: The Push to Mad Pride: A Brief History of the Bed Push Parade in Toronto Campbell, Megzie: Searching for Mad People’s History: Hidden stories of a mental hospital in Jamaica Clarke, Kendra: Zoomin' (In): Discovering Children's Perceptions of Storybook Characters with Disabilities Curry-Roy, Jennifer: The Film Club : Uncovering Persuasive Portrayals of Disability in Film De Pauw, Danine: Uncovering The Hidden Warriors: An Advocate Mother's Journey Faria Da Silveira, Karen: All Talk and No Action: An Ethnographic Study of the Social Organization of Door Plates in a Suburban Mall. Fyfe, Carrie: Wii Want To Play Too Grant, Patricia: Cleanup in Aisle 3: The Not So Visible Mess in the Mall Haans, Nancy: Finding My Sweetgrass Roots: Aboriginal families and their children with autism spectrum disorder in the Ottawa region. James, Michelle: The Trauma of Testing Julien, Jeanelle: Temporarily Out of Service 10 Liberty, Jennifer: Looking Beyond Bad Apples: The Elusive Policies and Procedures Manuals Malette, Julie: People Planning Together - We're just getting started Morneau, Stephanie: War and Disability: The Effects of War on People with Disabilities Mullings, Donna: Race, Gender, Disability: A Critical Autobiography of Bodily Transition Oberoi, Paul: How do we grow from here? A Phenomenological Study focusing on the Bachelor of Arts Disability Studies Program at Ryerson University Pellett, Daniel: Pieced Together: An Exploration into ‘How’ MultiplyEngaged Support Providers ‘Do’ What We do Shelvey, Michelle: Searching for a ‘Sign’ of Citizenship: The Social Impact of Signing the National Anthem 11 Year 2010 Ali, Ryan: Walking into the World of Psychiatric ConsumerSurvivors: An Ethnographic Study Exploring the Social Barriers that Survivors Challenge Alves, Nichol: Ableism and Self-Advocacy: Teaching for Diversity Anderson, Hugh: Prostate Cancer and Erectile Dysfunction: A Social Barrier Boyle, Deirdre: “Sorry, The Elevator is Still Out of Service” How Women with Disabilities Experience Homelessness Cadenhead, Jasmine: Rude Interruptions: Down the Rabbit Hole: How Blogging in Affecting Social Relations of People with Disabilities Cook, Melodie: Finding Normal: Revealing Institutional Ideology Separating House and Home Glynn-Williams, Sarah: Through a Mother’s Eyes: Christina’s Story Kazda, Jenn: At the Heart of Community: An Ethnographic Study of How an Intentional Community Responded to the Expectation of Accreditation Livingston, Kelly: Pockets and Progress: A Narrative History of Shifts in Special Education Martin, Meaghan: Casting Lines Ritchie, Karen: From Client to Colleague Rivard, Sarah: Emerging from the Shadows: A Siblings Journey through Disability and into the Light Serafin, Nicole: Failure to Launch: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (and Vans!) Taylor, Tricia: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren with Disabilities: What Five Grandma’s Have to Say Thibodeau-Jones, Rachel: Closing the Gap: Understanding Families’ Experiences with Inclusive Child 12 Van de Klippe, April: Unspoken Conversations Wardell, Sara: She Doesn’t Really have a Daughter Does She? Exploring Experiences of Parenthood Wilcox, Donna: Moore vs British Columbia: How do Stories of Parent Advocacy Get Told? Young, Jodie: Accessible to Whom? 13 Year 2011 Albernaz, Jennifer: Speechless..When Words are not Enough? An Ethnographic study of Maria Allen, Leanne: He Who Holds the Power has the Control: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Newspaper Representations of Methadone Maintenance Treatment Andrews, Ashley: Disability Awareness: A Workshop for Foster Families and Youth Workers Baird, Ashley: Beyond the Mechanics: Sex Education for People with Intellectual Disabilities Barnes, Heather: Beyond our Case History: An Auto-ethnographic Account of the Impact of Labeling Beischlag, Donna: Narratives from Mothers: Real Experiences with Institution Bennett, Ryan: Smooth Sailing for Disabled People in Canada? An Ethnographic Study of the History of Disabled Sailing Brown, Christine: Rage Against the Machine: Attendance Management Programs and Employees with Disabilities Burns, Sandra: Inclusive Program Planning with a Social Model Frame Carrington, Caroline: The Child Against the Wall: ‘Is There A Problem Here?’ Coady, Siobhan: Contested Illness: A Narrative Study of a Friend’s Experience Legitimizing Lyme Disease Da Silva, Angela: Welcome Home, Buddy! An Ethnographic Study of the World of Autism Service Dogs and the Families they Join Derstine, Sandy: Making Things “Right”: Sharing Forbidden Secrets DiPietro, Jennifer: Inclusion in Daycare, is it façade? Two Community Daycares and Their Policies on Inclusion Hutchins, Ryan: Everything for a Dollar + Shipping: A Discourse Analysis of Blog Responses to eBay Disability Artifacts 14 Kobelka, Jeanette: Fun for All or Fun for Some? An Arts-informed Inquiry of Accessible Public Playgrounds Lamond, Stefanie: There is a Void Here: The Realities of Before and After School Care Options for Children with Developmental Disabilities Lee, Donna: Taking Charge: An Ethnographic Case Study of a Disabled Teenage Girl and Self-determination Leo, Carrie: Reel Life Learning Lougheed, Wanda: “Ya Know..You Don’t Have too..You Have Rights” Mackenzie, Mary Jane: Time to Move Out, Nowhere to Go: A Participatory Action Research Study Involving Parents Caring for their Disabled Adult Children Massie, Sarah: Finding Life in the Classroom” An Ethnographic Study of Inclusive Education Mathew, Shyla: Two Sides of the Same Coin: Raising my Son is a Blessing in Disguise McCumber, Jennifer: Piecing our Lives Together One Vertebra at a Time: Life Before, During, and After Spinal Cord Injury Nagel, Maureen: For Whom the Town Ticks: Life History of a Small Town Through a Disability Lens Nelson, Trisha: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: ‘Trauma-ism’ Norton, Jamie: Full Day Kindergarten: Good for Children with Disabilities? Notice, Kemoy: Do You Know Me: Profiling and Documentation of Individuals with Disabilities Pritchard, Christopher: Shot Rocks Curling – ‘Don’t Call Us “Special”’ – An Ethnographic Study of How People with Mental Impairments Participate in Curling Scriver, Jamie: Getting on the Ice: Hockey and Inclusion 15 Shaw, Carolyn: Preserving Memories, Breaking Barriers: Exploring the Identity Reconstruction of Mothers of Disabled Children through Scrapbooking Silvera, Isabel: Navigating Without a Compass Singh, Simrat: They Call us Pagal (Crazy): An Ethnographic Study of South Asian Women who have Accessed the Mental Health System in Ontario Stachhouse, Ruth: Talking About the Social Model of Disability: A Participatory Theatre Project with the Friendly Spike Theatre Band Streeter, Paula: Welcome to Our World: Stories of Disability and the Birth Experience Switzer, Jewel: ‘To Be or Not To Be’: A Narrative Inquiry into Labeling at School Tarbett, William: Care Beyond Training: The Care of Temporary Staffing Agencies Tiffany, Steve: The Call to Action: An Institutional Ethnography of Citizens Against Restraints and Disability Activism in Ontario Williams, Sabrina: Disabled Women’s Experiences Around Childbirth Wozniak, Sandra: Life Inner Rupture: A Look at the D-i-s (Disease-illnesssickness) of Disability from the Outside In and from the Inside Out Wynter, Sherwin: Ordinary Women who become Extraordinary Mothers: Parenting a Child with Autism and Navigating the IPRC Process 16 Year 2012 Coady, Patricia: Contested Illnesses: A Narrative Inquiry, Sharing a Friend’s Experience and Exploration Legitimizing Chronic Lyme Disease. Pol, Neeta: I Feel Like a Puppet! An Institutional Ethnographic Study of the Work of Educational Assistant Schmitz, Pixie: “Just Because I Have Gray Hair Doesn’t Mean I’m Deaf!” Exploring the ways in which age and preconceptions of age disables people 17 Year 2013 Allsop, Ben: All Grown Up and Still Scared: Fear From Within Bossie, Katie: Out with the old; In with the New: A Community Workshop on Universal Design Bradshaw-Nolan, Mary Ann: The Importance of Coalitions: A Qualitative Study on the Effects of Coalitions on Safeguarding Burnie, Velvet: “Far from the Tree of Identity” Chambers, Stephanie: Supporting Self-Determination: The Group Home Worker’s Experience Demacio, Lisa: Stigma, Speeding Tickets and the State To the Archive and Beyond: Searching for the Chosen Dial, Lisa: East Indian Families and Long term Care Homes (Cultural Beliefs vs. Present Reality) Elsadr, Sally: The Deepening Effects of Social Inequalities in the Workplace: A Career Based on Volunteer Work Figliomeni, Carmela: Using CDA to explore “Inclusive Education” in Ontario Florence, Rosemary: Opening Doors and Minds: A Critical Ethnography of Environmental Barriers that Shape a Student’s Experiences within Community and Agency Schools Grieve, Katie: Social Model Stories: Writing and Reviewing Children’s Literature Hishon, Kate: How Just One Teacher Can Change a Life Hooker, Candace: Seeking Sexuality: The Missing Link in Inclusive Education Hurst, Lisa: Looking Towards the Future: Sibling Experiences with Disability and Future Caregiving Expectations Izzo, Teresa: “A Day in the Life”: An Ethnographic and Arts Informed Inquiry of L’Arche Ottawa and Mutuality from Sunrise to Sunset 18 Jensen, Ulrik: All Aboard! : Exploring the Issue of Parental and SelfAdvocate Involvement on a Board of Directors Kanth, Sundip: Real Inclusion: Incorporating Disabilities Studies into the Ontario Curriculum Karachalios, Vikie: Disability and the Greek Community Kelly, Taryn: Disability and Travel: The World is Your Oyster OR Is It? Khan, Farkhanda: Exploring Friendship among Adolescents with Invisible Disabilities Lajoie, Danielle: Individualized for Whom? An Exploration of Individualized Funding Models of Support MacDonald, Kaydee: “Walking through Transition” Obasi, Veronica: From Local to Global Osei, Margaret: “Shoes and Footwear”: A Narrative Inquiry of Disabled and Non-Disabled People Osoria, Ese: Increased Choice-making for Adults with Developmental Disabilities in Group Homes Perveen, Nusrat: Where East Meets West, Finding the Truth, Filling the Gaps Ridolfo, Katherine: “Unheard and Silenced Voices” Sciba, Rhea: Proud to be Me: Disability, Impairment and Identity Teppo, Stephanie: Bitchy, Whiny, Lazy and Hysterical: Why is a Diagnosis Needed to Legitimize a Woman’s Experience of Chronic Pain? Warne, Tracy: A Lot Like Ashley: Why Representations of Disability (Still) Matter Watkins, Kristin: Playing on Equal Grounds: Can we Create Inclusion that the World Can See? Winter, Kailha: Living with Learning Disabilities in the Inclusive Classroom: Through observations and personal experience in Letter Writing 19 Year 2014 Ahee, Nadee: How We See It: Narratives from above the Big E Alucema, Flavia: Invisible Workers: A Documentary Study of the Representation of Educational Assistants Beausoleil, Simone: A Stalking Narrative: The Discovery of Accessibility in My Community Branch-Spadaro, Carolynne: “Who’s going to cut your toenails?” Questioning ClientCentered Practice in Occupational Therapy Copeland, Margaret: Sitting with my Grandmother’s Psychiatric Records: Sorting through Intergenerational Trauma Fabrychnova, Natalia: Plenty of Fish? Disability and Online Dating Franklin, Kendall: Drop-In Made Accessible Through Redesign Little, Alex: Finding Your Wings of Independence: Out in the Field of Orientation and Mobility Annie Lok: East Asian Immigrant’s View of Disability Manalac, Jennifer A. P.: Living the Caregivers Life Patterson, Joanne: In the Place of Trees, in the Paradise of the Imperfect: Entwining Deaf Lives Past and Present Picklyk, Cherish: It’s a Revolution, I suppose: Tracing the Movement of Disability Arts Rickards, Laura: Talking to Black Women about Depression Scourfield-Thomas, Olivia: Is There a Home for Me? Exploring the Housing Crisis in Ontario Siegel, Stephanie: Any Excuse to Talk about Comics: An Exploration of the Portrayal of Disability in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Comic Books 20 Simmons, Stacey: What I Really Want to Say Is… Who the Hell is Listening? Smeets-Ruml, Patricia: Santiago de Queretaro: Deconstructing Disability through Advocacy and Social Change in Mexico Stokes, Anna: So Close and Yet, So Far: An (Auto)biographical account of reconnection Teves, Sandra: Divided We Stand Wilson, Jennifer Marie Elyse: AODA Compliance: A Narrative Inquiry into the Stories Behind Organizational Implementation Vert, Sheena: Disappearing Act? The Invisible Work of Sign Language Interpreters 21