Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 8, 2014
• Invested on: May 08, 2015

For her scholarship in the field of social justice and for her advancement of the rights of persons with disabilities.

Marcia Rioux is dedicated to the advancement of human rights and equality. A distinguished research professor and director of York University’s Institute for Health Research, she has established a new paradigm for the study of disability rights, one that, through a cross-disciplinary lens, focuses on the physical and social barriers that inhibit inclusion. In addition, she created the first graduate program in critical disability studies. She is a driving force in monitoring disability rights worldwide and enhances opportunities for marginalized people to monitor their own rights.