KBHN – Autism Alliance of Canada Policy Fellows for the 2021 Cohort.
Jessica Baraskewich is a PhD Candidate in School and Applied Child Psychology at the University of Calgary where her research focuses on mental health in autistic youth. Under the supervision of Dr. Carly McMorris, her dissertation project is examining body image and eating concerns in teens with and without autism.
After several years of professional practice as an architect and a community planner, I began my graduate career at McMaster University with an interest in creating enabling environments for individuals with disabilities and developing evidence-based policies to improve their inclusion in employment, housing, and the broader community.
Jacalyn Guy earned her BSc, MSc, and PhD (Neuroscience) all at McGill University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Oxford. She investigated sensory-related abilities that underpin cognition and behaviour in autism and fragile-x syndrome.
Hadas is a doctoral candidate of the School/Applied Child Psychology program at McGill University. She has a keen interest in supporting the autism community in her capacities as a researcher- and clinician-intraining.
John is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Victoria, where he specializes in early assessment/diagnosis of diverse neurodevelopmental concerns (e.g., ASD, FASD, very preterm birth), as well as the development and evaluation of accessible and affordable clinical interventions (e.g., the KBHN-funded Dino Island Training Program for Attention and Executive Functioning, led by Dr. Sarah Macoun).
Jessi Lewis, M.Sc., is a doctoral student in the University of Victoria’s Clinical Neuropsychology program and received her B.Sc. in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience from the University of Michigan. Jessi's research interests include development and use of accessible, evidence-informed supports for youth with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs) as a way to improve health-related quality of life, equity, and inclusion.
Vanessa Fong is a doctoral student supervised by Dr. Grace Iarocci in the Developmental Psychology program at Simon Fraser University. Her thesis adopts a community engaged approach to understanding quality of life and service navigation in culturally diverse families raising autistic children.
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