Dr. Alexander Shaw - Senior
Researcher

Alexander Shaw completed his doctorate in Experimental Psychology at Simon Fraser University in 2002, with a ​focus on health and cultural issues. He has carried out research with several ethnic groups including Greeks in Toronto, First Nations people in Lillooet, British Columbia, and members of the Bhile tribe in rural Madhya Pradesh, India.

Since 2003, Dr. Shaw has worked at CNIB on a number of projects relevant to disability and to the lives of persons who are blind or partially sighted. Topics include employment, needs assessments, youth issues and challenges, physical activity, and barriers to accessing vision rehabilitation services by marginalized language communities. Dr. Shaw co-developed the TAPE (Tool to Assess Preparedness for Employment) which is now available for use by vocational counsellors to use with their clients. Dr. Shaw has also been involved in analysis of data from the Participation and Activity Limitations (PALS) post censual survey to identify demographic and other trends relevant to persons with seeing disabilities. In his various research projects, Dr. Shaw has drawn on a wide range of sources including the blindness literature, the Health Psychological Literature, and the Leisure Studies bodies of literature.