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SUMMARY:The Rise of Ziggy Stardust - Becoming a Service Dog Team
DESCRIPTION:The Rise of Ziggy Stardust - Becoming a Service Dog Team\n\n\nD
 r. Jennifer M. Gagnon (she/they) (PhD\, Political Science\, University of 
 Minnesota\, BA\, UBC) is a Lecturer in the School of Journalism\, Writing\
 , and Media. She is the creator and President of UBC’s Disability Affini
 ty Group which works towards the goals of community care and Disability Ju
 stice (https://disabilityaffinitygroup.ubc.ca)\, and serves on UBC’s Acc
 essibility Committee. She has recently been named an EDI Scholar in Reside
 nce with UBC Library where she will be leading a Disability Justice book c
 lub. She has taught in a wide range of programs including Academic Writing
 \, Classics\, International Education\, Equity and Inclusion\, Political S
 cience\, Violence Prevention\, and more. Her research is interdisciplinary
  and embraces topics in Disability Studies\, political theory\, classics\,
  qualitative methods\, accessible healthcare\, Universal Design for Learni
 ng (UDL)\, feminism\, and gender. As a scholar in Disability Studies\, her
  research focuses on academic ableism\, gender\, intersectionality\, and D
 isability Justice. She is the PI for the Disabled Voices Project which aim
 s to surface the narrative experiences of Disabled people in post-secondar
 y settings. As an advocate\, she is involved in efforts and workshop facil
 itation on Disability Justice\, accessibility\, consent culture\, and LGBT
 Q2SIA+ inclusion. She is a recipient of the 2021 Killam Teaching Prize at 
 UBC which recognizes excellence in teaching innovation. Dr. Gagnon identif
 ies as a bisexual settler and Disabled woman and strives to bring her whol
 e self to her advocacy\, teaching and research. \n\n  \n\nDr. Ziggy Sta
 rdust (he/they) –Wag the Dog Service Dogs  \n\nZiggy is a service dog 
 working alongside Dr. Jennifer Gagnon as her supportive collaborator. Zigg
 y is a four year old Portuguese Water Dog and is very excited to work at U
 BC. Ziggy’s favorite things are doing agility\, swimming\, off-leash tra
 ils\, learning new tasks and tricks for treatos\, and hanging out with his
  Mom every single moment. You can follow Ziggy’s adventures on Instagram
  @DrZiggyDog \n\n\n[wpforms id="1039"]
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