Dr. Fady Shanouda Presents at the SFU Community in Practice Day on Disability Justice, Access, and Institutional Change in Higher Education
As part of Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology’s (FCAT) 2025 Community in Practice Day, Dr. Fady Shanouda, delivered a compelling lecture titled “Accommodations vs. Access: Disability Rights vs. Disability Justice” on January 31, 2025, at The Wosk Centre for Dialogue and online.
During his presentation, Dr. Shanouda examined the structural violences inherent in the accommodation process within higher education and reflected on the evolving landscape of academic institutions. He encouraged attendees to imagine the possibilities of shifting toward an access-centered model for addressing bodymind differences, while also unpacking the tensions between disability rights frameworks and disability justice approaches.
In the afternoon, Dr. Shanouda joined Bee Brigidi and Sarah Turner from SFU’s Centre for Educational Excellence to co-facilitate a workshop titled Disability Justice in the Classroom. The day wrapped up with a screening of the award-winning documentary I Didn’t See You There, followed by a reflective discussion led by Nadia Shihab from SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts.
A recording of Dr. Shanouda’s lecture is available to view HERE via Youtube.
About Dr. Fady Shanouda:
Fady Shanouda is an assistant professor in the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation at Carleton University. He serves as co-director of the Disability Justice and Crip Culture Collaboratory and as co-editor of the Disability Culture and Politics Series at UBC Press. His scholarly contributions lie at the theoretical and pedagogical intersections of disability, mad, and fat studies and involve socio-historical examinations of the interconnections of colonialism, racism, ableism, sanism, fatmisia, and queer- and transphobia. He has published scholarly articles on disability/mad-related issues in higher education, Canadian disability history, anti-fat bias in medicine, and community-based learning.