The Canadian Disability Policy Alliance is a national collaboration of disability researchers, advocates, and policy-makers, aimed at creating and mobilizing knowledge to enhance disability policy in Canada.
Mary Ann 
McColl, PhD, MTS
Dr. Mary Ann McColl is the Academic Lead for the Canadian Disability Policy Alliance.
She is also a Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy and the Department of Public Health Sciences, and Associate Director of the Centre for Health Services & Policy Research, at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Dr. McColl is author of 16 books, including:
- Appreciative Disability Studies (2018, Captus Press)
- Disability & Social Policy in Canada (2nd ed. 2006, Captus Press)
- Introduction to disability (1998, Slack Inc.)
- Spirituality and occupational therapy (2nd ed., 2011, CAOT Publications)
- Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (5th ed., 2014, CAOT Publications)
- Occupational Therapy Interventions, Effects & Outcomes (2012, Slack Inc.)
- Theoretical basis of occupational therapy (3rd ed., 2015, Slack Inc)
- Emerging models of chronic disease management (2009, Queen’s McGill Press)
- Inter-professional Primary Health Care (2010, CAOT Publications)
Shannon Jones, MHSc
Shannon is the Administrative and Project Coordinator for the Canadian Disability Policy Alliance.
Shannon has extensive experience and education in disability management. Shannon supports Dr. McColl, coordinates CDPA projects, works out of the Centre for Health Service & Policy Research, at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario Canada.