Rod Michalko

Rod Michalko is a Canadian scholar in the field of disability studies.

Michalko earned his Doctor of Philosophy in sociology from the University of British Columbia. In 2007, he worked at New College, Toronto, where he designed a series of disability studies courses. He has since retired from the University of Toronto.

Michalko began losing his vision as a child and is now blind. Until 2001, Michalko was aided by his guide dog, Smokie, which he has written about in The Two-in-One (1999) and Letters with Smokie (2023). Since Smokie's death, Michalko has used a white cane.

Michalko is the partner of fellow academic Tanya Titchkosky.

Michalko passed on August 14, 2026.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Treleaven, Sarah (December 4, 2009). "Champion of Accessibility". University of Toronto Magazine. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Books – Rod Michalko". University of Manitoba Press. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  3. ↑ Michalko, Rod; Titchkosky, Tanya (2024), "Blindness and Dyslexia in the Movements of Everyday Life in Toronto", in Mintz, Susannah B.; Fraser, Gregory (eds.), Placing Disability, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 85–93, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-41219-6_9, ISBN 978-3-031-41218-9, retrieved January 8, 2025
  4. ↑ Michalko, Rod. "Obituary". Rod Michalko. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  5. ↑ Bakker, J. I. (May 1, 1999). "The Mystery of the Eye and the Shadow of Blindness". The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology. 36 (2): 305–307 – via Gale Academic.
  6. ↑ Corker, Mairian (September–October 2000). "Rod Michalko. The Two in One: Walking with Smokie, Walking with Blindness". Canadian Journal of Sociology Online. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  7. ↑ "The Two in One CL by Rod Michalko". Publishers Weekly. November 30, 1998. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  8. ↑ "The Difference Disability Makes. Rod Michalko". The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare. 31 (2). June 1, 2004. doi:10.15453/0191-5096.3000. ISSN 0191-5096.
  9. ↑ Lawthom, Rebecca (January 1, 2019). "Rod Michalko, Things Are Different Here: And Other Stories". Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies. 13 (1): 117–119. doi:10.3828/jlcds.2019.8 – via Gale Academic.
  10. ↑ Spies, Miriam (April 22, 2024). "Review of Letters with Smokie: Blindness and More-than-Human Relations by Rod Michalko and Dan Goodley (2023)". Canadian Journal of Disability Studies. 13 (1): 159–163. ISSN 1929-9192.
  11. ↑ Fowles, Stacey May (December 13, 2023). "Letters with Smokie: Blindness and More-than-Human Relations - Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Rethinking Normalcy, T. Tithkosky, R. Michalko, editors. Canadian Scholars' Press, Toronto (2009). 344 p.". Alter. 7 (3): 225–226. July 2013. doi:10.1016/j.alter.2013.04.011.
  13. ↑ Holmes, Morgan (2012). "Review: Titchkosky, Tanya and Rod Michalko, Eds. Rethinking Normalcy". Canadian Journal of Disability Studies. 1 (3): 163–168. doi:10.15353/cjds.v1i3.61. ISSN 1929-9192.