Shanon Phelan

Associate Professor, School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University

Dr. Shanon Phelan is an Associate Professor at the School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University. Informed by critical disability theories and participatory methods, she engages in research to (re)imagine inclusion in ways that subvert normative assumptions, are founded in belonging, and centre the voices of children, young people, and families who experience disability. (Re)imagining is a recurring theme in her teaching philosophy. Shanon draws upon the critical social sciences and humanities, arts-based approaches to education, critical reflection, and reflexivity to re-imagine rehabilitation in health professional education and research.

CFD Program Faculty: Teaching for Transformation