Faculty and Staff

Dr. Nancy Hansen

Phone: 474-6458
E-mail:hansenn@cc.umanitoba.ca

Dr. Nancy Hansen is Director of the Interdisciplinary Master’s Program in Disability Studies at the University of Manitoba. Nancy obtained her PhD from the University of Glasgow. Her thesis examined the impact of education and social policy on the employment experiences of women with physical disabilities . Nancy’s Post-Doctoral Research also at University Glasgow examined women with disabilities access to primary health care. Nancy received an Einstein Research Fellowship examining Disability Studies and the Legacy of Nazi Eugenics. She is past president of the Canadian Disability Studies Association (CDSA). In June 2006, she was Awarded Ireland Canada University Foundation Sprott Asset Management Scholarship to examine the history of People with Disabilities in Ireland.

Research Interests:

• Disability history (eugenics and bioethics)
• Geography of disability
• Disabled women’s issues
• Disabled People’s access to primary health care
• Disability and the media  

Dr. Deborah Stienstra

Phone: 474-9971
E-mail:d_stienstra@umanitoba.ca

Deborah Stienstra is Professor in Disability Studies at the University of Manitoba. She held the Royal Bank Research Chair in Disability Studies from 2000-2003 at the Canadian Centre on Disability Studies. She has worked with national organizations including the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, FAFIA, and the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. Her recent research interests include the effects of changes in public services on people with disabilities, women’s experiences as a result of economic restructuring, intersections between disability, race/ethnicity and Aboriginality, access and inclusion in telecommunications policy, and experiences of people with disabilities in end of life and cancer care.

Publication List

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Disability Studies Graduate Program Committee

Dr. Emily Etcheverry

Professor and Director, School of Medical Rehabilitation Associate Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Allied Health Areas of Special Interest:

• Student quality of life
• Professional education
• Ethical practices in research
• Quality of life of older adults
• Occupational science

Areas of Research Interest:

• Occupational therapy education program evaluation
• Interprofessional education
• Aboriginal access to professional education
• Client perceptions of interventions
• Factors influencing community participation of older adults
• Falls in the elderly in institutional environments
• Occupational performance
• Occupation and health

Teaching Areas:

• Research methods for evidence based practice
• Environment and occupational performance  

Dr. Don Fuchs

Education:

• 1980 - Ph.D., University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work.
• 1972 - M.S.W., University of Calgary, Faculty of Social Welfare.
• 1969 - B.A., University of Regina, Department of Psychology.

Areas of Specialization:

• Group Work
• Social Network Intervention
• Self-Help and Informal Helping
• Community Development/Organization
• Social Planning
• Organizational
• Program Evaluation
• Child Abuse Prevention

Darcy MacPherson

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, and a member of the bar of Ontario. He has taught courses in administrative law, commercial law, contracts, constitutional law, and corporations. His current research interests include the law of directors’ duties, corporate criminal responsibility, the law of sentencing, and issues for people adapting to activity limitations, particularly the legal relevance of these issues. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Centre on Disability Studies. 

Dr. Dawne McCance

Research and teaching interests:
Ethics, critical theory, body history, hermeneutics.