Jennifer Liberty

First Name: Jennifer
Last Name: Liberty
Email: libertj1@algonquincollege.com
Extension: 6193
Room: B202
Title: Coordinator
School/Department: School of Health and Community Studies
Campus: Ottawa

As a graduate of the Algonquin College DSW program, Jennifer Liberty continued her education by completing the Disability Studies Bachelor of Arts program at Ryerson University. Here she discovered her love of research and wrote a qualitative paper on the hiring policies of local agencies supporting people with disabilities and the effects on service provision. She completed her Master’s Degree in Disability Studies at the University of Newcastle in Australia where her research focused on program management and best practices. Jennifer’s current research project is exploring the lived experiences of families and genetic testing. While completing her education, she worked in numerous, different positions within the developmental services sector: front line staff in residential and day programs, respite and nursing homes; a camp counsellor and aid within family homes. Jennifer also trains and works with a therapy dog who often visits the people she supports.