Douglas Waxman

Dr. Douglas Waxman has a Ph.D. in Critical Disability Studies and is a Policy Analyst with the Office of Disability Issues. His area of research is in corporate culture as it affects employees with disabilities.

With a focus on organizational behavior and disability policy, Douglas’s work includes a range policy research in the social, employment and disability sectors. Some of Douglas’s recent studies look at: How to effect corporate culture change to integrate employees with disabilities; Policy analysis of provincial welfare systems and their impact on persons with mental illness; Employers’ attitudes toward persons with disabilities; and demand side barriers to employment for persons with disabilities. Douglas recently led the development of an online comprehensive resource of human rights law literature with respect to disability

Prior to his doctoral program, Douglas received his Juris Doctor degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Masters in Public Administration from NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He was awarded the York Graduate Scholarship and his continuing research on employers’ attitudes in Canada has earned him an Ontario Graduate Scholarship.

Douglas is the Chair of the Board of Directors of ARCH Disability Law Centre. He has also devoted portion of his volunteer career to policy, with the Learning Disability Association of Ontario, where he has had roles ranging from committee member to President.

Douglas is supporting the Employer Capacity Policy Pod within the CRWDP.

Publications

Waxman, D. (2020). Freud & Szasz – The Conversation. Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal, 16(1). https://rdsjournal.org/index.php/journal/article/view/976/2280

Waxman, D. (2017). Model of Successful Corporate Culture Change Integrating Employees with Disabilities. In B. Altman (Ed.), Factors in studying employment for persons with disability: How the picture can change (Research in Social Science and Disability). Bingley, UK Emerald Publishing Limited (pp.155–180). https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-354720170000010007

Waxman D. Employing persons with disabilities: A model of successful corporate culture change. Report prepared for Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI), November 24, 2015. Click here to access the report summary. Click here to access the full report.

Website

Waxman D., Rioux, M., & Palao, E. (2021). Canadian Work Disability Accommodation Law Resources Digital Portal. https://www.crwdp.ca/en/canadian-work-disability-accommodation-law-resources-digital-portal