Professor Kelly Fritsch, of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, has been named as a recipient of a 2023 Research Achievement Award.

Her project, titled Mapping the development and transformative impact of disability justice in Canada continues her essential research on critical disability studies. The summary of her project is outlined below.

“There is an urgent need for social transformation informed by the tenets of disability justice (DJ). This project maps the development and impact of DJ in Canada over the past 20 years, documenting its historical unfolding, analyzing its proliferation, and examining novel forms of resisting ableist social relations. Project findings will inform disability studies and social movement scholarly literature, challenge ableism within social movement organizing, and preserve the knowledge and contributions of disabled people.”