{"id":24271,"date":"2024-06-17T08:26:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T12:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/?p=24271"},"modified":"2024-07-03T19:49:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T23:49:06","slug":"profile-of-anna-karina-tabunar-june-2024-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/2024\/profile-of-anna-karina-tabunar-june-2024-graduate\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile of Anna-Karina Tabu\u00f1ar, June 2024 Graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Profile of Anna-Karina Tabu\u00f1ar, June 2024 Graduate\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

From June 17 to 21, at the Carleton University Fieldhouse, the community will come together to celebrate spring convocation. The ceremonies will honour more than 5,200 students as they receive their degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is the excerpt from Elizabeth Kane’s article, “Inspiring Spring Graduates Look Back on Time at Carleton<\/a>,” with the full post available online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna-Karina Tabu\u00f1ar, Master of Arts, History with Specialization in Accessibility<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Anna-Karina Tabu\u00f1ar is the first student to graduate with Carleton\u2019s new specialization in Accessibility Studies. The Master of Arts (History) student came to Carleton with an established career \u2013 as a journalist and founder of a communications agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy professional work has been steeped in disability and inclusion for the past decade,\u201d she says. It has been informed by her experience living with a disability after she developed a rare variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the pandemic, she was drawn to the emerging issue of reintegration of employees that suffered from long COVID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wanted to be able to study this issue so that I could better serve my clients with a deeper understanding of an emerging cohort of employees.\u201d says Tabu\u00f1ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her search for the right academic fit, Tabu\u00f1ar came across Carleton\u2019s new specialization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI found out that Carleton was offering this great program that would include critical disability studies and inclusive design,\u201d she says. \u201cI thought: This is exactly what I want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her final research project involved the Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre, which was running one of the first long COVID rehabilitation programs in Canada. Her project documented and analyzed the evolution of the program, as well as the societal factors and medical histories that shaped its roll-out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very important to shift the conventional notion of disability as a static, stable, visible condition,\u201d she says. \u201cIn fact, the majority of people with disabilities have dynamic and invisible disabilities which shape the ways they work and function.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her studies helped to complement her work outside of academia. She recently concluded an independent research project commissioned by Accessibility Standards Canada exploring episodic disabilities in the federal public service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis final report can help inform accessibility standards and impact federal departments, organizations and federally regulated industries,\u201d says Tabu\u00f1ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As she prepares to leave Carleton, she underscores the importance of everyone in the community taking an active role in accessibility \u2013 both on and off campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAccessibility is not just about building a ramp,\u201d says Tabu\u00f1ar. \u201cAccessibility is the everyday actions that show Carleton is living the values of being one of the most accessible universities in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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