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Eileen McKee

The Episodic Disabilities Project

Principal Organization: Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation (CWGHR)
Principal Investigator: Eileen McKee

People living with HIV/AIDS (PHAs) often experience unpredictable episodes of illness or disability as a side effect of medical treatment. A review of disability income support and employment policies suggests that these programs do not meet the needs of PHAs suffering from episodic health problems. Through this project, researchers were able form a National Advisory Committee of community groups, academics, and other stakeholders with expertise in HIV/AIDS, the labour force, and income support research. The Committee has developed a research proposal to examine how different employment models affect the well-being of people living with HIV/AIDS and continues to collaborate on other projects as well.

The Episodic Disabilities Project

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.