Dr. Melanie Nelson(she/hers) B.Sc., B.Ed., D.Ed., M.A., Ph.D.
Samahquam First Nation (St’at’imc), Assistant Professor in UBC School and Applied Child Psychology program
Melanie is a member of Samahquam First Nation (St’at’imc) and is learning traditional approaches to wellness from Saa Hiil Thut Elder Gerry Oleman in addition to Western training. Her work explores Indigenous parent experience with diagnostic processes and how Indigenous youth identify and access supports for mental health and wellness.
Kate Rho(she/her) B.A.
Department of Psychology, The University of British Columbia
Kate Rho (she/her) is a first-generation immigrant settler living on the unceded traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, sel̓íl̓witulh, and sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nations. As the research lab manager of the Anxiety Stress and Autism Program lab in the Department of Psychology, she conducts research on autism and co-occurring mental health conditions. In her spare time, she likes to cook Korean food and cuddle with her cat.
Yasmin Elliott (she/her) B.A.
M.A. Candidate, School and Applied Child Psychology, The University of British Columbia
Yasmin (she/her) is a bi-racial, second-generation immigrant and settler, living, learning, and working on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Stó:lō (Stolo), Tsleil-Waututh, and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nations. Her research focuses on school integration, the experiences of newcomer youth, and wellness, all framed through a critical social justice lens.
Carla Grey (she/her) B.A., M.Ed, RP, CCC
Carla (she/her) is Jamaican-Canadian and she is pursuing a Doctorate in Education in Counselling Psychology (Counselling and Psychotherapy) at the University of Toronto | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education with the Centre for Diversity in Counselling and Psychotherapy. She is a settler, who was born and raised and currently lives on the Treaty Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and before them, the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Huron and Wendat. She is a Counsellor in the Centre for Accessible Learning and Counselling Services at Centennial College, a position she has held for the last 15 years. She is currently Chair of the College Committee on Accessibility Issues. Her research interests are critical multicultural counselling and Black masculinity psychotherapy.