Disability Studies Alumni
Disability Studies alumni have taken their knowledge of disability as a social, cultural, historical, and political construction and applied it to careers in a wide range of areas including teaching, research, policy analysis in various
levels of government, the non-profit sector, the health care sector, the tourism sector, and more.
Evan Wicklund is a Vanier Scholar and a Ph.D. student in the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Carleton University. He is also a Senior Researcher at Eviance (formerly the Canadian Centre on Disability Studies) and a former Instructor in the Disability and Community Support program at Red River College Polytech (RRC). His academic background is in Cultural Studies and Disability Studies and has a particular interest in the ethics of poststructuralism, critical theory, posthumanism, and intersectionality. He has over a decade of experience working in the disability field in a variety of capacities, including both academic and community-based research, advocacy, post-secondary education, supported employment, and community living.
Read Evan's UWinnipeg Cultural Studies alumni profile
Evan was also the recipient of the Inaugural Disability Studies Award