CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010 CDSA-ACEI TANIS DOE AWARD FOR CANADIAN DISABILITY STUDY AND CULTURE

The Canadian Disability Studies Association-Association Canadienne des
Études sur l'Incapacité (CDSA-ACEI) is pleased to announce the call for
nominations for the annual CDSA-ACEI Tanis Doe Award for Canadian Disability
Study and Culture.

The CDSA-ACEI Tanis Doe Award for Canadian Disability Study and Culture was
first awarded in 2009, and is named for the activist and professor, Tanis
Doe, who passed away in 2004. This award honours an individual who dares to
"speak the unspeakable" in advancing the study and culture of disability,
and who has enriched through research, teaching, or activism, the lives of
Canadians with disabilities.

*ABOUT TANIS DOE*

Tanis Doe did innovative work on participatory action research, disability,
abuse, women, employment, assistive technology, and advocacy. She was a
professor of social work and disability studies at the University of
Victoria, and also taught at Royal Roads University, Ryerson University, and
the University of Washington. She was a 2003 Fulbright Scholar in Bioethics
at the University of Washington. She conducted research for innumerable
organizations in both Canada and the United States, and consulted with
organizations around the world.

As a Métis (Ojibway/French Canadian) Deaf woman with other disabilities who
was active in disability, queer, and feminist movements internationally,
Tanis Doe was widely respected as a disability rights advocate and as an
educator that provided leadership training and personal mentorship to untold
numbers of scholars and advocates across the Western Hemisphere.

In Tanis' words, "Some of us have become visible citizens of that other
place, using our bodies as our passports. People with disabilities are
frightening to the non-disabled because our citizenship is made clear. In
and with our bodies, we testify to both the existence and proximity of that
Otherland."

*NOMINATION PROCEDURE*

Criteria for nominees are they should be a Canadian citizen or a Permanent
Resident that works and lives in Canada. Anyone can submit a nomination,
but only one nomination in per award-cycle year. Self-nominations not
accepted.

The Letter of Nomination should include the following components:

1. Name and full contact information of the nominee.

2. Name and full contact information of the person making the nomination.

3. The achievements (research, teaching, scholarly achievement, advocacy,
leadership skills, community involvement, etc.) of the nominee that merit
consideration for this award.

4. A brief biographical sketch of the nominee.

5. A brief biographical sketch of the person making the nomination.

The Letter of Nomination should be 1 to 3 pages in length and in MS Word
.doc format with 12-point font and 1-inch margins. Send the Letter of
Nomination as an attachment in an email with the subject heading of "Tanis
Doe Award" to cdsa.acei@gmail.com by 4:00pm EST December 11, 2009.

The winner of the 2010 Tanis Doe Award will be acknowledged at the 2010
CDSA-ACEI conference and will receive a commemorative certificate (suitable
for framing) plus $200 (Canadian dollars).

Sincerely,
Dawna Lee Rumball, President
Canadian Disability Studies Association-Association Canadienne des Études
sur l'Incapacité