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Micheal Bach

Michael Bach was a visiting fellow at the Centre in 2009. Michael Bach is Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Association for Community Living, a national federation of over 40,000 members, 400 local and 13 Provincial/Territorial Associations for Community Living. Michael Bach is Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Association for Community Living, a national federation of over 40,000 members, 400 local and 13 Provincial/Territorial Associations for Community Living.  He is also Managing Director of The Institute for Research and Development on Inclusion and Society – IRIS.

For over twenty years, he has undertaken research and development on law, policies and programs in Canada and internationally on ways to advance the full inclusion and human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities. Michael Bach is Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Association for Community Living, a national federation of over 40,000 members, 400 local and 13 Provincial/Territorial Associations for Community Living.  He is also Managing Director of The Institute for Research and Development on Inclusion and Society – IRIS. For over twenty years, he has undertaken research and development on law, policies and programs in Canada and internationally on ways to advance the full inclusion and human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities.  His research covers a range of policy areas including education, employment, and funding and delivery of community-based services, and he has published numerous monographs, articles, and chapters in books.  His particular area of expertise is in legal capacity of people with intellectual disabilities, and he recently completed a study for the Law Commission of Ontario with Lana Kerzner titled A New Legal Paradigm for Protecting Autonomy and the Right to Legal Capacity.  He also recently co-authored Journey to Inclusive Education in the Indian Sub-Continent with Mithu Alur, published by Routledge Press. He holds a PhD in Sociology and Equity Studies from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.  His dissertation focused on developing a more inclusive theory of personhood on which to challenge the usual equation between intellectual disability and legal incapacity.  

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