Further Learning

If you’d like to continue your learning, you can find an ever-growing selection of resources (films, podcasts, books etc.), curated with care on the IX website: Inclusive Experiences: What We Love. 

Credits and References

Campbell, F. K. (2009). Contours of ableism: The production of disability and abledness. Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/43782559_Contours_of_Ableism_The_Production_of_Disability_and_Abledness 

Carlone, H.B. and Johnson, A. (2007), Understanding the science experiences of successful women of color: Science identity as an analytic lens. J. Res. Sci. Teach., 44: 1187-1218. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/tea.20237 

Collins, P. H., & Bilge, S. (2016). Intersectionality. Polity Press. https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=intersectionality-2nd-edition--9781509539673 

Crenshaw, K. (1989). Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex. University of Chicago Legal Forum, 1989(1), 139–167. https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=uclf 

Dolmage, J. T. (2017). Academic ableism: Disability and higher education. University of Michigan Press. https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/47415/9780472900725.pdf 

Dou, R., & Cian, H. (2022). Constructing STEM identity: An expanded structural model for STEM identity research. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 59(3), 458–490. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21734 

Garland-Thomson, R. (2009). Staring: How we look. Oxford University Press. https://books.google.ca/books/about/Staring.html?id=WrlCaL30XDQC&redir_esc=y 

Greenwood, M., de Leeuw, S., & Lindsay, N. M. (2015). Challenges in health equity for Indigenous peoples in Canada. The Lancet, 386(10008), 2203–2205. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01292-2

Grimalt-Álvaro, C., Couso, D., Boixadera-Planas, E., & Godec, S. (2022). “I see myself as a STEM person”: Exploring high school students’ self-identification with STEM. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 59(5), 720–745. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21742

Haegele, J. A., & Hodge, S. (2016). Disability Discourse: Overview and Critiques of the Medical and Social Models. Quest, 68(2), 193–206. https://doi.org/10.1080/00336297.2016.1143849

Hehir, T. (2002). Eliminating ableism in education. Harvard Educational Review, 72(1), 1–32. https://www.kidstogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hehir-Eliminating-Ableism-.pdf 

Hickey, H., & Wilson, D. (2017). Whānau hauā: Reframing disability from an Indigenous perspective. MAI Journal, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.20507/MAIJournal.2017.6.1.7  

Kendi, I. X. (2019). How to be an antiracist. One World. https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist 

Lewis, T. A. (2022). Working definition of ableism (January 2022 update).

https://www.talilalewis.com/blog/working-definition-of-ableism-january-2022-update

Mingus, M. (2017, April 12). Access intimacy, interdependence and disability justice. Leaving Evidence. https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/access-intimacy-interdependence-and-disability-justice/

Monchalin R, Smylie J, Nowgesic E. (2020). "I Guess I Shouldn't Come Back Here": Racism and Discrimination as a Barrier to Accessing Health and Social Services for Urban Métis Women in Toronto, Canada. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 7(2):251-261. DOI: 10.1007/s40615-019-00653-1

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Disrupting Ableism and Advancing STEM: Promoting the Success of People with Disabilities in the STEM Workforce: Proceedings of a Workshop Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://www.nationalacademies.org/read/27245 

Piepzna-Samarasinha, L. L. (2018). Care work: Dreaming disability justice. Arsenal Pulp Press. https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/C/Care-Work 

Prince, M. J. (2009). Absent citizens: Disability politics and policy in Canada. University of Toronto Press. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303418352_Absent_Citizens_Disability_Politics_and_Policy_in_Canada 

Reading, C., & Wien, F. (2009). Health Inequalities and Social Determinants of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health. Prince George, BC: National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH). https://www.ccnsa-nccah.ca/docs/determinants/RPT-HealthInequalities-Reading-Wien-EN.pdf 

Robinson, R. E. (2024). Decolonizing disability: Teachings from Tx̱eemsim and voices from the lands of the Nisg̱a’a Nation. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies (13)3. Sourced from: https://ciic.ok.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/212/2025/06/Decolonizing-disability-Teachings-fromTx%CC%B1eemsim-and-voices-from-the-lands-of-theNisg%CC%B1aa-Nation.pdf

Sins Invalid. (2019). Skin, tooth, and bone: The basis of movement is our people – A disability justice primer (2nd ed.). https://www.sinsinvalid.org/blog/skin-tooth-and-bone-2nd-edition

Staats, C. (2016). Understanding implicit bias: What educators should know. American Educator, 39(4), 29–33. https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/ae_winter2015staats.pdf 

Statistics Canada. (2024, May 28). A demographic, employment and income profile of persons with disabilities aged 15 years and over in Canada, 2022. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/89-654-x/89-654-x2024001-eng.htm 

Valeras, A. B. (2010). “We don’t have a box”: Understanding hidden disability identity utilizing narrative research methodology. Disability Studies Quarterly, 30(3/4). https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v30i3/4.1267 

Vives, L., & Sinha, V. (2019). Discrimination against First Nations children with special healthcare needs in Manitoba: The case of Pinaymootang First Nation. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2019.10.1.4

Wong, A. (Ed.). (2020). Disability visibility: First-person stories from the twenty-first century.

Vintage Books. https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book/dv/