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Conference Presentation on Physician Ratings of Functional Impairment

This weekend, Dr. Alana Holmes will be presenting and discussing her research study titled, Consistency of functional impairment ratings of postsecondary students with mental illness:  Physician ratings versus assessment at the 80th Annual Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Convention in Halifax, NS.  In this study, using a case study approach Dr. Holmes investigated the level of agreement […]

New Article Published

An original peer-reviewed research article co-authored by NOARC’s Dr. Alana Holmes, was recently published in the Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy.  In the article titled, Medically Confirmed Functional Impairment as Proof of Accommodation Need in Postsecondary Education:  Are Ontario’s Campuses the Bellwether of an Inequitable Decision-Making Paradigm?, Dr. Holmes and her colleagues at […]