Educational Institutions

Canadian Centre on Disability Studies ( http://www.disabilitystudies.ca )
The Canadian Centre on Disability Studies is a consumer-directed, university affiliated centre dedicated to research, education and information dissemination on disability issues.

Google Scholar
Google Scholar enables the user to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research
http://scholar.google.com/ (English)

Graduate Program in Critical Disabilities Studies, York University, Toronto (http://www.yorku.ca/gradcdis/)
The programme offers a comprehensive curriculum covering major scholarly perspectives and professional issues in disability, social justice and social policy, and encouraging students to critique existing policies and practices; presents theories of human rights as a basis for understanding existing legal, economic and social rationales for inclusion in relation to systemic barriers and oppression; provides a structure for advanced research; and, provides students with research opportunities.

MA (Critical Disability Studies) York University
This program is offered on a full-time basis (1-year) or on a part-time (2-year) basis. The first of its kind in Canada, this program examines the systemic social, political, legal and economic barriers to the full societal inclusion of persons with disabilities.
http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/cdis/ (English)

National Research Council
NRC Resource Section for People with Disabilities
This page has links to resources as part of the National Research Council's employment equity initiative.
http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/index.html (English)

http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/fra/index.html  (French)

NEADS (National Educational Association of Disabled Students) Projects
Access to Academic Materials for Print-Disabled Post-Secondary Students
This is a project conducted by NEADS and funded in part by the federal government's Social Development Partnerships Program. The results of this study will provide English and French post-secondary students with the information, media and services they need to meet their goals.
http://www.neads.ca/en/about/projects/atam/ (English)

School of Disability Studies, Ryerson University, Toronto ( http://www.ryerson.ca/ds/ )
Unique in Canada, this program provides part-time university education to adults with a college diploma in the disability field or other related post-secondary academic credentials and work experience who are currently providing disability-related supports, services, education or advocacy. At the end of the equivalent of approximately two years of full time study, students will receive a Bachelor of Arts, B.A. (Disability Studies) from Ryerson University.