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Appendix B: Collaborating with the Disability Community

National and Regional Organizations of People with Disabilities

  • Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians (A.E.B.C.) - John Rae
  • African Union of the Blind (A.F.U.B.) - Elly Macha
  • Asmita Resource Centre for Women - Kalpana Kannabiran
  • Australian Federation of Disability Organizations (A.F.D.O.) - Maryanne Diamond
  • Cameroon National Association of the Blind (A.N.A.C.) - Paul Tezanou
  • Cameroon National Association of Disabled Women - Mana Boungani
  • Cameroon National Association of the Deaf - Alphonse Ntep
  • Cameroon National Association of Lepers - Georgette Nlang
  • Cameroon National Association of the Physically Disabled - Simone Tezon
  • Canadian Abilities Foundation (C.A.F.) - Ray Cohen
  • Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres (C.A.I.L.C.) - Jihan Abbas
  • Communication Rights Australia (C.A.U.S.) - Jan Ashford
  • Centre for Independent Living - Toronto (C.I.L.T.) - Sandra Carpenter
  • Council of Canadians with Disabilities (C.C.D.) - Laurie Beachell
  • Croatian Association of the Blind (C.A.B.) - Danko Butorac
  • Croatian Union of Associations of Persons with Disabilities (S.O.I.H.) - Branko Bizjak
  • Croatian Union of Physically Disabled Persons Association (C.U.P.D.P.A.) - Mirjana Dobranovic
  • DisAbled Women's Network - Ontario (D.A.W.N.-Ontario) - Barbara Anello
  • Kenya Union of the Blind (K.U.B.) - Monica Mbaru
  • Kenyan Centre for Disability Rights Education and Advocacy (C.R.E.A.D.) - Mike Ngunyi
  • National Educational Association of Disabled Students (N.E.A.D.S.) - Jason Mitschele
  • Swadhikaar Center for Disabilities Information, Research and Resource Development - Andhra Pradesh, India - Pavan Muntha
  • Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired (S.R.F.) - Erik Staaf
  • Swedish Disability Federation (H.S.O.) - Christina Wahrolin

International Disability Alliance Members

D.R.P.I. has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U.) with Disabled Peoples International (D.P.I.) and is negotiating M.O.U.s with other members of the international disability alliance including the World Blind Union (W.B.U.) and the World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (W.N.U.S.P.).

National and Regional Human Rights Organizations and Institutions

  • Amnesty International Canada (Ottawa, Canada)
  • ARCH - Legal Resource Centre for People with Disabilities (Toronto, Canada)
  • Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (Sydney, Australia)
  • Asmita Resource Centre for Women (Hyderabad, India)
  • Cameroon National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms (Yaounde, Cameroon)
  • Canadian Human Rights Commission (Ottawa, Canada)
  • Equitas (Montreal, Canada)
  • Interights (London, England)

Universities and Research Institutes

  • Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (C.I.R.R.I.S.), University of Laval (Quebec City, Canada)
  • Institute for Social Research, York University (Toronto, Canada)
  • La Trobe University (Bundoora, Australia)
  • NALSAR University of Law (Hyderabad, India)
  • Moi University (Eldoret, Kenya)
  • Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, University of Lund (Lund, Sweden)
  • State University at Buffalo (Buffalo, U.S.A.)
  • Syracuse University (Syracuse, U.S.A.)
  • University of Greenwich (London, England)
  • University of Leeds (Leeds, England)
  • University of Nairobi (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • University of Umea (Umea, Sweden)
  • University of Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia)
  • York Institute for Health Research, York University (Toronto, Canada)
  • York University (Toronto, Canada)

Government Agencies and Departments

  • Office des personnes handicapées du Québec - Government of Quebec, Canada
  • Office for Disability Issues - Government of Canada
  • Statistics Canada - Government of Canada
  • Victoria Office for Disability - Government of Victoria, Australia

D.R.P.I. Advisory Committee, Directors, Research Associates, Consultants and Students

D.R.P.I. Advisory Committee

  • Andrew Byrnes - Professor, University of New South Wales, Australia
  • Christian Courtis - Professor, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Theresia Degener - Professor, University of Applied Sciences, Germany
  • Steven Estey - Chair, International Committee, Council of Canadians with Disabilities, and Member, Executive Committee, Mines Action Canada, Canada
  • Kieren Fitzpatrick - Director, The Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions
  • Judith Heumann - Advisor on Disability and Development, The World Bank, U.S.A.
  • Nicholas Howen - Secretary General, International Commission of Jurists, Switzerland
  • Rodrigo Jiménez - Rights of Peoples with Disabilities, Costa Rica
  • Kalle Konkkola - Executive Director, The Threshold - Independent Living Centre, Finland
  • Lars Lööw - Disability Ombudsman, Office of Disability Ombudsman, Sweden
  • Anuradha Mohit - Special Rapporteur, National Human Rights Commission, India
  • Gerard Quinn - Professor, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
  • Eric Rosenthal - Executive Director, Mental Disability Rights International, U.S.A.
  • William Rowland - President, World Blind Union, and Executive Director, South African National Council for the Blind, South Africa
  • Ann-Marit Sæbønes - Politician and Disability Activist, Norway
  • Christina Wahrolin - Vice Chair, Swedish Disability Federation (H.S.O.), Sweden

D.R.P.I. Project Co-Directors

  • Bengt Lindqvist
  • Marcia Rioux

Brief biographies of the Project Co-Directors are posted on the Advisory Committee and Directors page of the D.R.P.I. website.

D.R.P.I. Project Coordinators

  • D.R.P.I. International - Rita Samson
  • D.R.P.I. Cameroon - Carole Leuwe and Cornelius Ojangole
  • D.R.P.I. Canada - Mihaela Dinca-Panaitescu
  • D.R.P.I. Croatia - Ljubica Lakacic
  • D.R.P.I. Kenya - Cornelius Ojangole
  • D.R.P.I. India - Pavan Muntha
  • D.R.P.I. Sweden - Maryanne Rönnersten and Annika Åkerberg

D.R.P.I. Research Associates and Expert Consultants

  • Annika Åkerberg - Lawyer and Disability Rights Consultant (Farsta, Sweden)
  • Normand Boucher - Centre interdiscipinaire de recherche en réadaptation et intégration sociale (C.I.R.R.I.S.), Laval University (Quebec City, Canada)
  • Scott Campbell - M.A. (Critical Disability Studies) Graduate, York University (Toronto, Canada)
  • Anne Carbert - Lawyer and Human Rights Consultant (Toronto, Canada)
  • Sandra Carpenter - Centre for Independent Living, (Toronto, Canada)
  • Ray Cohen - Canadian Abilities Foundation, (Toronto, Canada)
  • Cameron Crawford - Roeher Institute (Toronto, Canada)
  • Daniel Drache - Faculty of York University (Toronto, Canada)
  • Christo El Morr - Faculty of Health, York University (Toronto, Canada)
  • Steven Estey - Council of Canadians with Disabilities, International Committee (Halifax, Canada)
  • Patrick Fougeyrollas - Institut de réadaptation en déficience physique de Québec (I.R.D.P.Q.), Laval University (Québec City, Canada)
  • Fiona Given - Lawyer - D.R.P.I. and Interights Strategic Disability Rights Litigation Intern (Newtown, Australia - from Interights' Office in London, England)
  • Isabel Killoran - Faculty of Education, York University (Toronto, Canada)
  • Andrew Laing - Cormex Research (Toronto, Canada)
  • Paula Lau - Lawyer (Toronto, Canada)
  • Richard Light - Disability Rights Activist (London, England)
  • Karin Ljuslinder - Senior Lecturer, Media and Communication, Umeå University (Umeå, Sweden)
  • Allyson Marsolais - M.A. (Critical Disability Studies) Graduate, York University (Toronto, Canada)
  • Roxanne Mykitiuk - Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (Toronto, Canada)
  • Yvonne Peters - Disability Rights Legal Expert (Winnipeg, Canada)
  • Paula Pinto - Ph.D. (Sociology) Candidate, York University (Toronto, Canada)
  • Michael Prince - Faculty of University of Victoria (Victoria, Canada)
  • Geoffrey Reaume - Faculty of Health, York University (Toronto, Canada)
  • Fiona Sampson - Ph.D. (Law) Candidate, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (Toronto, Canada)
  • David Shannon - Lawyer (North Bay, Canada)
  • Joseph Woelfel - Professor of Communications, State University at Buffalo, State University of New York (Buffalo, U.S.A.)
  • Ezra Zubrow - Professor of Anthropology, State University at Buffalo, State University of New York (Buffalo, U.S.A.)

D.R.P.I. Graduate Student Research Assistants

  • Elizabeth Archampong - Ph.D. Law Candidate, York University
  • Francis Charrier - M.A. (Political Science) Candidate, Centre interdiscipinaire de recherche en réadaptation et intégration sociale (C.I.R.R.I.S.), Laval University
  • Hyacinth Francis - M.A. (Critical Disability Studies) Candidate, York University
  • Morgan Huseby - M.A. (History) Candidate, York University
  • Nadia Kanani - M.A. (Critical Disability Studies) Candidate, York University
  • Nelson Lai - M.A. (Political Science) Candidate, York University
  • Christopher Lytle - M.A. (Critical Disability Studies) Candidate, York University
  • Iphigenia Mikroyiannakis - M.A. (Critical Disability Studies) Candidate, York University
  • Ilana Mizel - M.A. (Critical Disability Studies) Candidate, York University
  • Hila Rimon - Greenspan M.A. (Critical Disability Studies) Candidate, York University
  • Stephanie Renner - M.A. (Critical Disability Studies) Candidate, York University
  • Donn Short - Ph.D. Law Candidate, York University
  • Scott Tanaka - M.A. (Critical Disability Studies) Candidate, York University
  • Samantha Walsh - M.A. (Critical Disability Studies) Candidate, York University

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