{"id":26,"date":"2025-03-05T13:21:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T18:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/iacp\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-03-29T16:07:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T20:07:24","slug":"dr-fiona-whittington-walsh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/iacp\/dr-fiona-whittington-walsh\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Fiona Whittington-Walsh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lead Advisor on Disability, Accessibility and Inclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sociology<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Image description a photo of Fiona, white female settler smiling, grey-brown hair, wearing dark rimmed glasses, blue shirt, and blue scarf around neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a disabled scholar who teaches in the sociology department. I am passionate about teaching, inclusion, and disability rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of this I created Including All Citizens Pathway in 2016. I am also the university\u2019s Lead Advisor on Disability, Accessibility, and Inclusion and past president of Inclusion BC<\/a>. My main area of focus is fully inclusive and accessible post-secondary opportunities for all students including students with intellectual and\/or developmental disabilities. A key aspect to all of my work is creating strong connections with the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to teaching disability issues in all of my courses, my other areas of research include women and beauty, popular culture and film, social inequality, and community\/academic research partnerships. I have also examined the history of disability representation in film starting with how Hollywood films portray people with intellectual\/developmental disabilities\/differences. This is a collaborative, participatory research project with the Bodies of Film Club a film club that has a wide range of membership including people with intellectual and\/or developmental disabilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have a long history working in the community both in B.C. and in Ontario. Starting out working in a segregated school and group home for children and young adults with developmental disabilities, I eventually became involved in the inclusion movement of mainstreaming children into their neighbourhood schools in North Vancouver. Inclusion forms the foundation of my professional and personal philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have also been privileged to have been on several provincial and national Boards of Directors for non-profit organizations that advocate for the full inclusion of people with intellectual and\/or developmental disabilities. I was a member of the Board of Directors for\u00a0Inclusion BC\u00a0<\/a>from 2014-2023 and was its president of the Board from 2019-2023. I was a Member of the Board of Directors for Inclusion Canada<\/a> (2018-2023) and am currently the Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for\u00a0New Society Institute<\/a>\u00a0(formerly the Institute for Research and Development on Inclusion and Society (IRIS)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All aspects of my work involve collaboration with community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publications<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Hardwick, J., Whittingtonton-Walsh, Watson, K., Zaffer, L. (2023). Accessible Admissions: Fostering Equitable, Accessible, and Inclusive Admissions Through Disability Justice. Report Prepared for British Columbia Council on Admissions & Transfer. https:\/\/www.bccat.ca\/publication\/accessibleadmissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F., Lead Author with KPU\u2019s Accessibility Committee. (2023). KPU\u2019s Accessibility Plan. https:\/\/www.kpu.ca\/accessibility-plan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F., K. Bezanson, J. Hardwick, K. Miller, and E. Sawatzky. (2022). Designing for Inclusion: Lessons from Including All Citizens<\/a>. <\/em>Morris and Walji (Eds), Designing for Care. Hybrid Pedagogy Books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F. (2020). COVID-19 highlights the need to switch to a community-living care model<\/a>. In, Rabble.ca Blogs, May 07, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F. (2020). COVID-19 and the Crisis in Memory and Compassion<\/em>.<\/a> In, Rabble.ca Blogs, April 22, 2020.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F. and Bezanson, Burton, MacKendrick, Miller, Sawatzky, Turner . (2019). The Bodies of Film Club: Disability, Identity and Empowerment<\/em>. Goggin, Elis, Haller (Eds), Disability and the Media. Routledge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F. (2018). One of Us or Two? Conjoined Twins and the Paradoxical Relationship of Identity in American Horror Story: Freak Show. <\/em>In, Leeson-Schatz and George, Eds, Media and Disability (pp. 11-27). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warfield, K., Whittington-Walsh, F. (2016). Stich the Bitch: #girls#socialmedia#body#human. In, N. Mandell and J. Johnson (Eds), Feminist Issues: Race, Class, and Sexuality. Sixth Edition<\/em> (pp.99-118). Toronto: Pearson Education Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mandell, N., Whittington-Walsh, F. (2014). Building Alliances: A Resource to Help Enhance Community-Academic Research Partnerships. In, Berman, R. (Ed), \u201cCorridor Talk\u201d: Canadian Feminist Scholars Share their Stories of Research Partnerships<\/em> (pp. 98-125). Toronto: Iannna Publications and Education Inc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F. (2012). Reality Television and the Armchair Fl\u00e2neur. In, Greenberg, J. and Elliott, C (Eds), Communications in Question: Canadian Perspectives on Controversial Issues in Communication Studies<\/em>. Second Edition (pp. 268-274). Toronto: Thomson-Nelson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F. (2010). Beautiful Ever After: \u201cExtreme Makeover\u201d and the Spectacle of Rebirth. In, Pomerance and Sakeris (Eds), Popping Culture: Sixth Edition<\/em> (pp.179-190). Boston: Pearson Education. REVISED.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F. (2008). Beautiful Ever After: \u201cExtreme Makeover\u201d and the Spectacle of Rebirth. In, Pomerance and Sakeris (Eds), Popping Culture: Fifth Edition<\/em> (pp.113-126). Boston: Pearson Education. REVISED.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F. (2008). Guilty by Assumption: Style By Jury and Makeover Reality TV. In, Greenberg, J. and Elliott, C (Eds), Communications in Question: Canadian Perspectives on Controversial Issues in Communication Studies<\/em>(pp.273-282). Toronto: Thomson-Nelson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F. (2007). Beautiful Ever After: \u201cExtreme Makeover\u201d and the Spectacle of Rebirth. In, Pomerance and Sakeris (Eds), Popping Culture: Fourth Edition.<\/em> Boston: Pearson Education. REVISED.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F. (2006). The Broken Mirror: Young Women, Beauty, and Facial Difference<\/a>. In, Women\u2019s Health and Urban Life<\/em> (Special Issue. pp. 7-24 ). Vol. 6, No. 2. December, 2006. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F. (2006). Beautiful Ever After: \u201cExtreme Makeover\u201d and the Spectacle of Rebirth. In, Pomerance and Sakeris (Eds), Popping Culture: Third Edition<\/em>. Boston: Pearson Education. REVISED<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F. (2004). Beautiful Ever After: \u201cExtreme Makeover\u201d and the Spectacle of Rebirth. In, Pomerance and Sakeris (Eds), Popping Culture: Second Edition<\/em>. Boston: Pearson Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mandell, N., Whittington-Walsh, F. (2004). Building Alliances: A Resource to Help Enhance Community-Academic Research Partnerships<\/a>. Supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, resource distributed by Joint Centre for Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS)<\/em> across Canada to community groups, Working Paper #33, pp. 1-34. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F. (2002). From Freaks to Savants: Disability and Hegemony from the Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) to Sling Blade (1997).<\/a> In, Disability & Society<\/em>. (695-707). Vol. 17 No. 6.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zitzelsberger, H., Odette, F., Rice, C., Whittington-Walsh, F. (2002). Building Bridges Across Difference and Disability. In, Abbey, S. (Ed), Ways of Knowing In and Through the Body: Diverse Perspectives on Embodiment<\/em> (pp.259-261). Toronto, Canada: Canadian Association for the Study of Women and Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zitzelsberger, H., Rice, C., Whittington-Walsh, F., and Odette, F. (2002). Building Bridges Across Difference and Disability: A Resource Guide for Health Care Providers<\/em>. Toronto, Canada: Regional Women\u2019s Health Centre and AboutFace International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F. (1997). The Miracle Workers<\/em>. In, Today\u2019s Parent. Vol. 14, No. 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F. (1997). The Miracle Workers<\/em> (reprint). In, Rehabilitation Digest. Volume 27, Issue 4. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittington-Walsh, F. (1997). The Miracle Workers<\/em> (reprint). In, Brampton Caledon Community Living Journal. December 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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