Culture, Disability, and Inclusion (CDI) Project

What is the CDI project?

The Culture Disability and Inclusion (CDI) project, is a research and capacity building initiative led by Race and Disability Canada, in partnership with L'Arche Canada and Humanity & Inclusion Canada. The objective is to learn how disability is understood across cultures by conducting community-led research in Canada and 10 global locations across Africa, Southeast Asia, East Asia, the Middle East, and South America.

Make it stand out.

Based on the 10 countries chosen, the CDI research project will recruit 10 Indigenous, Black and racialized people with disabilities from across Canada with strong community ties in Canada and in their representative countries, as community based research consultants who will collectively contribute to the development and delivery of the research. Using a Community-based Emancipatory Disability Research approach, the community based research consultants will collaborate with RDC researchers and representatives from L’Arche Canada and Humanity and Inclusion Canada to form a working group that will draw on lived experience and expertise to co-create and inform the research.