I’ve disclosed, now what? Exploring how racialized women with invisible disabilities navigate stigma and disclosure in the workplace

Authors

  • Cindy Jiang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/82zy4614

Author Biography

  • Cindy Jiang

    Cindy Jiang is a research associate at the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, where she is part of the inaugural team of the Critical Perspectives on Mental Health (CPM). She is also a research associate at the York Centre for Asian Research and a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Centre on Disability Studies (operating as Eviance). She works toward creating community and capacity building, and her research focuses on mental health, disability health, and health policy, particularly among racialized populations. Her past research includes looking at how to reduce the stigma of mental illness among Asian men and Mad history in Vancouver. Her current projects focus on diversifying mental health curriculum through the creation and inclusion of racialized experiences of mental health through the arts and providing accessibility in the arts. Cindy is completing her PhD in Critical Disability Studies at York University. She also has an MPH (Master of Public Health) and is a recipient of a SSHRC doctoral fellowship.

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Published

2021-08-31

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Summer 2021: Critical perspectives on mental health/mad studies

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I’ve disclosed, now what? Exploring how racialized women with invisible disabilities navigate stigma and disclosure in the workplace. (2021). Canada Watch. https://doi.org/10.25071/82zy4614