Dr. Vorstermans (she/her) is an assistant professor in the Critical Disability Studies program in the School of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Health, at York University. She is a settler scholar who is living, working and researching from Treaty 13 lands, and is committed to centring reciprocity in all of her engagements and relationships. Her research makes critical interventions into the field of international experiential and service learning and global citizenship, engaging plural ideas of human rights, disability and equity. She uses critical disability theory and the lens of intersectionality to complicate North-South encounters engaging impairment and disablement. Her ongoing work engages community-based research, centres the perspectives and desires of those in the South and takes up equity, critical care in community, disability & North/South relations.
Research keywords:
Transnational service learning; global citizenship; critical disability theory; human rights; disablement; equity; North/South relations
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism |
Status | Active |
Related Work |
N/A
|
Updates |
N/A
|
You may also be interested in…
Recap – Inuit Perspectives: Health and Well-being Through Storytelling
On January 31, 2024, the Wellness Impact Lab at the Dahdaleh Institute kicked off its 3-part seminar series focused on Inuit perspectives on mental health and well-being, ‘Climate Change and Mental Health: Listening to the …Read more about this Post
Voices on the Move
Voices on the Move, launched in October 2024, is a podcast series exploring the complex relationship between climate change and mobility. It aims to amplify the voices and stories of researchers, climate migrants, and community …Read more about this Project
Recap – Climate Change Threatens to Cause Greater Resource Insecurity, Greater Poverty, and Poor Health Outcomes
On February 1, over 40 attendees were introduced to Godfred Boateng’s research programs – he discussed some examples of current global environmental changes that have destabilized the earth’s climate and threaten to cause resource insecurity, …Read more about this Post