Nancy Hansen

Nancy Hansen, Ph.D. is a Senior Scholar in the Interdisciplinary Master’s Program in Disability Studies at the University of Manitoba. Nancy obtained a PhD (Human Geography) from the University of Glasgow. and her research interests in disability studies are varied ranging including; disability in spaces of culture education, literacy social policy, employment healthcare MAiD, COVID-19, access and experiences of disabled people.  She is co-editor of the Routledge History of Disability and Untold Stories: A Canadian Disability History Reader.  In addition, Nancy has written numerous book chapters and contributed to various international academic journals. .

Hanes, R., Brown, I., & Hansen, N. (Eds.). (2018). The Routledge History of Disability (1st ed.). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Rout

Hansen, N., Hanes, R., & Driedger, D. (2018). Untold Stories A Canadian Disability History Reader. Toronto, |Ontario: Canadian Scholars Press.
Journal Articles
Byrne, S., Mizzi, R. C., Hansen, N., & Sheppherd-Luangkhot, T. (2026). Minding a social distance: A dialogue about researching marginalized communities during a global pandemic. Special Issue. International Journal for Peace and Justice. Submitted and accepted for publication. Forthcoming.

Keshavarz, E., Hansen, N., Buckland, J., & Engel, L. (2025). Feeling Excluded in Financial Environments: Challenges and Strategies to Promote Financial Inclusion for Adults with Post-Stroke Communication Disabilities. Journal of Communication Disorders, 106595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2025.106595

Hansen, N., & Tonge, P. (2024). Horses, wheelchairs and place: on dehumanising disabled people. Scottish Geographical Journal, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2024.2433589
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14702541.2024.2433589#

Byrne,S., Mizzi,R., Hansen, N., Sheppard-Luangkhot, T.,(2022). Economic Aid, Marginalization, and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland Asian Journal of PeaceBuilding,10(2) 287-304 doi: 10.18588/202204.00a244 https://ipus.snu.ac.kr/eng/archives/ajp/volume-10-number-1-may-2022/perspective/economic-aid-marginalization-and-peacebuilding-in-northern-ireland

Moola, FJ., Buliung, R., Posa, S., Moothathamby, N., Woodgate, R., Hansen, N., & Ross, T. (2022). Behind the paintbrush: Understanding the impact of visual arts-based research in the lives of disabled children and youth as well as methodological insights in ABR application. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies 11(2) ttps://cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cjds/article/view/89

Byrne, S., Mizzi, R., & Hansen, N. (2017). Living in a Liminal Peace
Where is the Social Justice for LGBTQ and Disability Communities Residing in Post Peace Accord Northern Ireland? Journal for Peace & Justice Studies, 27(1), 24–51. https://doi.org/10.5840/peacejustice20172712

Driedger, D., & Hansen, N. (2014). c. Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, 17(2), pp. 43–51. http://www.profdevjournal.org/articles/172043.pdf

Hansen, N., & Turnbull, L. (2013). Still Not Getting It: Shifting legal landscape reshapes perspectives on disability, parenting and support . Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, 25(1), 111–127. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjwl.25.1.111

Hansen, N., & Janz, H. (2009). The Ethics of Making Space for Non-Conformist Minds and Bodies in Healthcare . Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, 37(1 & 2), 29–43. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ920686.pdf (Published in 2010).

Hansen, N., (2009). Remapping the Medical Terrain on Our Terms. Aporia, 1(3), 28–34. http://www.oa.uottawa.ca/journals/aporia/articles/2009_06/June%202009%20-%20Hansen.pdf

Hansen, N., Janz, H., & Sobsey, D. (2008). 21st century eugenics? The Lancet, 372 (Special Issue), 28–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61889-9

Hansen, N., & Philo, C. (2007). The normality of doing things differently: Bodies, spaces and disability geography. Tijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie, 98(4), 493–506. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9663.2007.00417.x

Schwartz, K., Lutfiyya, Z., & Hansen, N. (2005). Social Imagery in the Film Million Dollar Baby: An Analysis Based on Wolf Wolfensberger's Social Role Valorization. Disability Studies Quarterly, 25(3), np. https://dsq-sds.org/article/view/590/767

Hansen, N., (2005). Spaces of Education: Finding a Place that Fits. Review of Disability Studies An International Journal, 1(3), 22–36. https://rdsjournal.org/index.php/journal/article/view/370

Refereed Book Chapters
Hansen, N. (2026). Protracted Absence, Disabled People, and Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) Protracted Absence, Disabled People, and Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) ]. In B. Maiangwa (Ed.), Peace and Conflict in Core-Periphery Relations Rethinking Margins, Violence, and Power. Routledge. Forthcoming.
Keshavarz, E., Hansen, N., Buckland, J., & Engel, L. (2025). Feeling Excluded in Financial Environments: Challenges and Strategies to Promote Financial Inclusion for Adults with Post-Stroke Communication Disabilities. Journal of Communication Disorders, 106595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2025.106595

Hansen, N., & Tonge, P. (2024). Horses, wheelchairs and place: on dehumanising disabled people. Scottish Geographical Journal, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2024.2433589
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14702541.2024.2433589#

Hansen, N. (2022) Disability MAiD Invisible In T. Titchkosky, E. Cagulada and M. DeWelles, (Editors), (pp.212-224) Disappearing Disability: Encounters in Disability Studies, Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Scholars Press. https://canadianscholars.ca/book/disappearing/

Hansen, N. (2021). Am I Worth It? In D. Driedger (Ed.), Still Living the Edges. Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Scholars Press. https://www.inanna.ca/product/still-living-the-edges

Hansen, N. (2021). Bodies in Migration Marked for Exclusion In Talking Bodies III: Transformations, Movements and Expression, M. D. Ravenscroft, B. Hughes, C. Dann and P. G. Nixon (Editors), (pp.33-50), Chester UK, Chester University Press. https://storefront.chester.ac.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=12_14&products_id=1067

Hansen, N. (2021). The Continuing Adventures of a Four-Legged Female Academic In Social Research and Disability: Developing Inclusive Research Spaces for Disabled Researchers in Routledge/BSA Sociological Futures book series B. Byrne, & C. Burke, (Eds.). (pp. 81-89). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Social-Research-and-Disability-Developing-Inclusive-Research-Spaces-for/Burke-Byrne/p/book/9781138387652#

Oldfield, M. & Hansen N. (2020). Power, Agency Aging and Cognitive Impairment. K. Aubrecht, C. Kelley & C. Rice (Eds.), The Aging-Disability Nexus (pp. 130–144). Vancouver, British Columbia: University of British Columbia. https://www.ubcpress.ca/the-aging-disability-nexus

Hansen, N. (2020). Disabled Female Academics Reshaping the Landscape of the Academy. In A. Datta, P. Hopkins, L. Johnston, E. Olson, & J. Silva (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Gender and Feminist Geographies (pp. 60-69). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Gender-and-Feminist-Geographies-1st-Edition/Datta-Hopkins-Johnston-Olson-Silva/p/book/9781138057685

Shea-Irvine, R., & Hansen, N. (2019). Missing Discourses: Recognizing Disability and LGBTTQ2 in Conflict Transformation. In S. Byrne, T. Matyok, I. M. Scott, & J. Senehi (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Peace and Conflict Studies (pp. 189–200). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Companion-to-Peace-and-Conflict-Studies-1st-Edition/Byrne-Matyok

Hansen, N. (2018). Uncovering Disability History. In N. Hansen, R. Hanes, & D. Driedger (Eds.), Untold Stories: A Canadian Disability History Reader, (pp. 40–52). Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Scholars Press.
https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/untold-stories

Hansen, N. (2018). Histories of Education and Training. In R. Hanes, I. Brown, & N. Hansen (Eds.), The Routledge History of Disability, (1st ed., pp. 243–245). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-History-of-Disability/Hanes-Brown-Hansen/p/book/97811381935

Hill, M., & Hansen, N. (2018). Tracing Disability History in the Midst of Cultural Absence: An Investigation into the Belfast Association for the Employment of the Industrious Blind. In R. Hanes, I. Brown, & N. Hansen (Eds.), The Routledge History of Disability (1st ed., pp. 299–307). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-History-of-Disability/Hanes-Brown-Hansen/p/book/97811381935

Flaherty, M., Hansen, N. (2015). Disability, Gender and Peacebuilding Natural Absences Present But Invisible. In, M. Flaherty, S. Byrne, H. Tuso, & T. Maytok (Eds.), Gender and Peacebuilding: All Hands Required (pp. 375–389). Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780739192603/Gender-and-Peacebuilding-All-Hands-Required

Hansen, N. (2014). Dispatches in the First Person Four-Legged Encounters with the Medical Profession. In J. Devaney & D. Molenhuis (Eds.), MESS: The Hospital Anthology (pp. 117–120). Barrie, Ontario: Tightrope Books. https://tightropebooks.com/mess-the-hospital-anthology/

Hansen, N. (2013). Education and Disability A Space Where We Belong or is History Repeating Itself? In A. Holliman (Ed.), The Routledge International Companion to Educational Psychology (pp. 225–234). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-International-Companion-to-Educational-Psychology-1st-Edition/Holliman/p/book/9780415675604

Schwartz, K., Lutfiyya, Z., & Hansen, N. (2013). Dopey’s Legacy: Stereotypical Portrayals of Intellectual Disability in Classic Animated Film. In J. Chen (Ed.), Diversity in Disney Films Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Disability (pp. 179–184). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc.
https://www.worldcat.org/title/diversity-in-disney-films-critical-essays-on-race-ethnicity-gender-sexuality-and-disability/oclc/824362729

McFarlane, H., & Hansen, N. (2013). Zones of Exclusion The Experience of Scottish Girls. In F. Twine & B. Gardner (Eds.), Geographies of Privilege (pp. 323–343). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780203070833/chapters/10.4324/9780203070833-25

Hill, M., & Hansen, N. (2011). Disability & Conflict: Untold Stories from the North of Ireland. In T. Matyok, J. Senehi, & S. Byrne (Eds.), Critical Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies: Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy (pp. 97–114). Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. https://books.google.ca/books/about/Critical_Issues_in_Peace_and_Conflict_St.html?id=y6Gm0bsfX7AC&redir_esc=y

Hansen, N. (2010). A Delicate Balance: Chronic Conditions and Workspace In Living the Edges a Disabled Women’s Reader. In D. Driedger (Ed.), A Delicate Balance: Chronic Conditions and Workspace In Living the Edges a Disabled Women’s Reader (pp. 122–137). Toronto: Inanna. (Reprint). https://www.inanna.ca/product/living-edges-disabled-womans-reader/

Driedger, D., & Hansen, N. (2010). Art, Sticks and Politics. In D. Driedger (Ed.), Living the Edges a Disabled Women’s Reader (pp. 195–203). Toronto: Inanna. https://www.inanna.ca/product/living-edges-disabled-womans-reader/

Hansen, N. Philo, C. (2009). The Normality of Doing Things Differently Bodies, Spaces and Disability (Reprint), In, T. Titchkosky, & R. Michalko (Eds.), Rethinking Normalcy: A Disability Studies Reader (pp. 251–269). Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press. https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/rethinking-normalcy

Lutfiyya, Z., Schwartz, K., & Hansen, N. (2009). False Images: Reframing the End-of-Life Portrayal of Disability in Million Dollar Baby. In S. Shapshay (Ed.), Bioethics at the Movies (pp. 225–241). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/bioethics-movies

Hansen, N. (2008). A Delicate Balance: Chronic Conditions in Workspace. In D. Driedger & M. Owen (Eds.), Dissonant Disabilities: Women with Chronic Illnesses Explore Their Lives, (pp. 131–145). Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars Press. https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/dissonant-disabilities

McFarlane, H. & Hansen, N. (2007). Including People with Disabilities in Participatory Action Research in Scotland and Canada. In, S. Kindon, R. Pain, & M. Kesby (Eds.), Participatory Action Research Approaches and Methods: Connecting People, Participation and Place (pp. 88–94). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/dissonant-disabilities