A Research Centre
Welcome to the website for the Centre for Global Disability Studies at the University of Toronto

Honouring the Late David Onley
Learn more about his impact on the disability studies community
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CGDS Anti-Ableist Research Fund
Faculty, graduate students, researchers, and units affiliated with University of Toronto are eligible to apply for grants of $100-$1500.
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2022 Graduate Student Summer Research Fellows
CGDS is pleased to announce the Inaugural Graduate Student Summer Research Fellows, Elaine Cagulada and Vanessa Maloney!

[Image description: images of the two award winners, Elaine Cagulada and Vanessa Maloney.]

See what’s coming up
Join CGDS for upcoming programming and events
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We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

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