Fiona Whittington-Walsh
Kwantlen Polytechnic University: Inclusive Post-Secondary Pedagogy Faculty
British Columbia Canada
Dr. Fiona Whittington-Walsh is a disabled scholar and Lead Advisor on Disability Accessibility and Inclusion at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia Canada. She is also the Co-Chair of the Board of Directors for the Institute on Research and Development for Inclusion and Society (IRIS) and Past- President of Inclusion BC. Key to her role as Lead Advisor is system transformation and includes the following: (1) The Including All Citizens Pathway (IACP), one of the first fully inclusive programs to include students with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities in academic courses on par and for credit; (2) transforming how post-secondary students with disabilities receive supports and accommodations. In addition to teaching disability issues in all of her courses, her other areas of research include disability and media, women and beauty, popular culture and film, social inequality, and community/academic research partnerships. Fiona has a long history working in the community in Canada. All aspects of her work involve collaboration with community.