Xuan Thuy Nguyen is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies and Pauline Jewett Institute of Women and Gender Studies at Carleton University in Canada. She is the Principal Investigator in a collaborative research project on transforming disability knowledge, research and activism (TDKRA), funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada [2016–2020]. Her research focuses on the transdisciplinary areas of critical disability studies, human rights, inclusive education and critical childhood studies.