Neoliberalism and Mental Health Care in Ontario: A Critique of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy In this paper, I offer a critical analysis of Ontario’s mental health strategy, “Roadmap to Wellness,” and the government’s investment in internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) programs a...

...and demonstrate the ways in which they reinforce a neoliberal discourse of mental health. More: cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...

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Neoliberalism and Mental Health Care in Ontario: A Critique of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy In this paper, I offer a critical analysis of Ontario’s mental health strategy, “Roadmap to Wellness,” and the government’s investment in internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) programs a...

In “Neoliberalism and Mental Health Care in Ontario: A Critique of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy,” Sarah Smith uses discourse analysis to explore the language present in Ontario’s two internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy programs... 1/2

The first issue for 2026 was sneakily released a few days ago!

If you'd like to take a look, please click on the following link: cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...

“He’s Adorable”: Representations of People with Dwarfism in Family Guy This paper examines how people with dwarfism1 are represented in the American animated sitcom Family Guy. Using autocritical discourse analysis, this paper reflects on my own response, as a person wit...

...while refraining from encouraging stereotypes of dwarfism. More: cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...

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“He’s Adorable”: Representations of People with Dwarfism in Family Guy This paper examines how people with dwarfism1 are represented in the American animated sitcom Family Guy. Using autocritical discourse analysis, this paper reflects on my own response, as a person wit...

In “‘He’s Adorable’: Representations of People with Dwarfism in Family Guy,” Erin Pritchard uses autocratical discourse analysis to argue that the show exposes negative social attitudes that people with dwarfism encounter from other members of the public... 1/2

...and consider the ways that this memetic cluster subjects Aubrey Graham to the strictures of ableist hegemonic masculinity. More: cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...

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In “They See Me Rollin’, They Hatin’ Discourses on Disability, Race and Masculinity in the Wheelchair Drake Meme,” Jeff Preston uses discourse analysis to critique the discourses of masculinity, disability, and race that animate the Wheelchair Drake meme...

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Normative Tensions in the Popular Representation of Children with Disabilities and Animal-Assisted Therapy This article contributes to the critical disability and human-nonhuman animal studies literatures through a discourse analysis of newspaper stories about animal-assisted therapy (AAT) and children wit...

...and children with disabilities published in the United States and Canada. More: cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...

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Normative Tensions in the Popular Representation of Children with Disabilities and Animal-Assisted Therapy This article contributes to the critical disability and human-nonhuman animal studies literatures through a discourse analysis of newspaper stories about animal-assisted therapy (AAT) and children wit...

In “Normative Tensions in the Popular Representation of Children with Disabilities & Animal-Assisted Therapy,” Eric Mykhalovskiy, Rita Kanarek, Colin Hastings, Jenna Doig, & Melanie Rock use discourse analysis to analyze newspaper stories about animal-assisted therapy (AAT)... 1/2

...(Foucault, 1972/2002, p. 211).

This April, we will be highlighting articles from our archive that focus on discourse analysis.

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“Discourse is not life; its time is not your time; in it, you will not be reconciled to death; you may have killed God beneath the weight of all that you have said; but don't imagine that, with all that you are saying you will make a man that will live longer than he...” 1/2

Send me a note if interested as well. Some excellent reviews are coming out soon and some wonderful books have just come in.

Reviewer Database Hi there. The information collected in this form will (hopefully) help us with acquiring reviewers for monographs (as well as films and other media) in the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies. Pl...

We are, as always, looking for more folks to review (books, poetry, film, etc) for CJDS. Please add your name and research interests to the Google Form at the following link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

‘Not enough to be a game changer’: Perspectives of disabled people on the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) – a suspected policy failure The Government of Canada recently passed the Canada Disability Benefit Act, introducing a benefit that has the potential to impact the financial security of disabled people in Canada. Many disabled Ca...

...that the CDB constitutes a policy failure across all the most salient metrics of evaluation. More: cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...

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‘Not enough to be a game changer’: Perspectives of disabled people on the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) – a suspected policy failure The Government of Canada recently passed the Canada Disability Benefit Act, introducing a benefit that has the potential to impact the financial security of disabled people in Canada. Many disabled Ca...

In “‘Not enough to be a game changer’: Perspectives of disabled people on the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) – a suspected policy failure,” Tracy Smith-Carrier, Alfiya Battalova, Lauren Touchant, Chris Hergesheimer, Sid Frankel, Melissa Brideau, and Laura Cattari argue... 1/2

Approche écosystémique de la bande dessinée Té malade, toi ! (2004) de Line Gamache Cet article porte sur l’analyse qualitative de la bande dessinée Té malade, toi ! (2004) de Line Gamache selon une approche écosystémique. Té malade, toi ! (2004) constitue, à notre connaissance, la p...

En «Approche écosystémique de la bande dessinée Té malade, toi ! (2004) de Line Gamache>> Mouloud Boukala et Joseph Josy Lévy portent sur l’analyse qualitative de la bande dessinée Té malade, toi ! (2004) de Line Gamache selon une approche écosystémique: cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...

From “Burden” to Gift: Re-storying Disability through Indigenous Worldviews in Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman by Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson Through the forced implementation of rigid colonial expectations, colonizers have generated the conditions for disability to become part of the oppressive apparatuses that operate to control Indigenou...

... that offers the potential to overwrite the pathological colonial narrative of disability to reorient focus toward community-based interventions. More: cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...

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From “Burden” to Gift: Re-storying Disability through Indigenous Worldviews in Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman by Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson Through the forced implementation of rigid colonial expectations, colonizers have generated the conditions for disability to become part of the oppressive apparatuses that operate to control Indigenou...

April McInnes, in “From ‘Burden’ to Gift: Re-storying Disability through Indigenous Worldviews in Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman by Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson,” mobilizes Indigenous voices to present an alternative theorization of time—spiraling time— ... 1/2

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Please Stop Diagnosing Darth Vader with Borderline Personality Disorder to Teach Undergraduates about Neurodivergence (And Talk About Bipolar Zelda Instead) This article will examine the surprisingly prolific advocacy for the use of characters from the Star Wars franchise (1977-2024) to teach neurodivergence. While Star Wars is a specific example, it is u...

...acts as a problematic example of the medical model that also ignores basic media theory. More: cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...

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In “Please Stop Diagnosing Darth Vader with Borderline Personality Disorder to Teach Undergraduates about Neurodivergence (And Talk About Bipolar Zelda Instead),” Matthew Konerth explores how pedagogy utilizing the Star Wars franchise... 1/2

Truthfully, I’m Me: Inclusive Research and Reflections on Being a Learning Disabled Researcher This article gives the reader examples of my reflections and observations while taking part as a researcher in the “I’m Me” project. I have Williams Syndrome (for more information see: https://william...

In “Truthfully, I’m Me: Inclusive Research and Reflections on Being a Learning Disabled Researcher,” Daniel Foulds describes how they learned and adapted research techniques to contribute equally alongside a more experienced research team. More: cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...

Good morning.

We would like to take a minute to direct you to the MAiD special issue once more: cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...

“The refusal to fit into boxes”: Interview findings on ADHD and neurodiversity What do people with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) think about neurodiversity? How does it affect what they do? While a burgeoning body of scholarship has examined the concept of neur...

...about neurodiversity that can inform needed changes across social domains such as education, employment, identity, and activism. More: cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...

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“The refusal to fit into boxes”: Interview findings on ADHD and neurodiversity What do people with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) think about neurodiversity? How does it affect what they do? While a burgeoning body of scholarship has examined the concept of neur...

In “’The refusal to fit into boxes’: Interview findings on ADHD and neurodiversity,” Brianna Urquhart, Lauren Chan, Margaret F. Gibson, Bridget Livingstone, and Hannah Monroe argue that people with ADHD have important insights to share... 1/2

In “‘‘I am not this, not here, this time’’: Claudia Emerson’s Infusion Suite as a Compelling Account of the Lived Experience of Cancer,” Chris Foss provides an analysis of Emerson’s poetry. More: cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...

Testimonial of Laverne Jacobs The current debate about medical assistance in dying (MAiD) has focused on very specific issues in relation to MAID — namely, eligibility, safeguards and advanced requests. These are all important top...

A new testimonial was just added to our special issue on MAiD.

You can read Dr. Jacobs' piece at the following link: cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...

As we march into spring (in some places more than others), this month we are going back to the CJDS issue that was released in December. There are seven articles we will be sharing over the course of the month. More later this week!

Integrating Crip Theory and Disability Justice into Feminist Anti-Violence Education In this paper, I critically reflect on my efforts to and experiences of integrating disability justice and crip theory into my intersectional, queer, feminist pedagogy. I begin by grounding my pedagog...

Samuel Z. Shelton, in “Integrating Crip Theory and Disability Justice into Feminist Anti-Violence Education,” describes what disability theory and justice, access, and crip politics look like within the context of anti-violence education. More: cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...

Crip Theory and Mad Studies: Intersections and Points of Departure The experiences of crip and mad people—as well as the disciplinary homes of crip theory and mad studies—have rarely been brought together in any synthesised manner. In this article, I bring crip theor...

In “Crip Theory and Mad Studies: Intersections and Points of Departure,” Ryan Thorneycroft explores the similarities, intersections, and points of departure between crip theory and mad studies. You can read more at the following link: cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...