Dr. Barbara Gibson Inducted into the Royal Society of Canada’s New College

Physical therapist and bioethicist Dr. Barbara Gibson was among six U of T scholars named by the Royal Society of Canada as members of its College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.

Founded in 2014, the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists recognizes and fosters scholarly leadership and interdisciplinary collaboration among Canada’s “new” generation of scholars, artists and scientists who’ve received their PhD within the last 15 years.

“I’m really excited about it. It’s a great honour,” said Gibson

Dr. Gibson’s research focuses on pushing rehabilitation to expand its thinking beyond the confines of biomedicine to include newer areas of research that see disability less as a medical problem to solve and more of a social problem to tackle, e.g., I am disabled by my society, not by my body.

To learn more about Dr. Gibson’s research and the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, visit the University of Toronto website.