Zahra Bhatia

Director of Programs and Services RSW

Zahra Bhatia is our provincial Director of Programs and Services. Her background is in Social Work and Disability Studies and has worked for Spinal Cord Injury Alberta for over 10 Years in several different roles, including Client Services. Zahra has also worked closely with the Foothills Medical Centre with the physiatry team in identifying community supports and advocacy. Zahra has not only maintained her focus on providing leadership, but also supporting inclusion within the community, increasing quality of life, and effectively reaching out to individuals to reduce isolation. ‘Through communication and ongoing research, we can collaborate through our networks and community members to fill in the gaps on programs and services, promote independence and reduce barriers to clients and family members’. Zahra enjoys travelling, spending time with family and friends, and enjoying the outdoors rain or shine!

To empower persons with spinal cord injuries and other physical disabilities to achieve Independence and full Community Participation.

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We acknowledge that what we call Alberta is the traditional and ancestral territory of many peoples, presently subject to Treaties 6, 7, and 8. Namely: the Blackfoot Confederacy – Kainai, Piikani, and Siksika – the Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, Stoney Nakoda, and the Tsuut’ina Nation and the Métis People of Alberta. This includes the Métis Settlements and the Six Regions of the Métis Nation of Alberta within the historical Northwest Metis Homeland. We acknowledge the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit who have lived in and cared for these lands for generations, and the harm and suffering they have endured. We are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are still with us today and those who have gone before us. We make this acknowledgement as an act of reconciliation and gratitude to those whose territory we reside, and wish to take actions towards authentic allyship.