Biography

Master’s Student, University of British Columbia Erin is an occupational therapist with almost 20 years of clinical experience, primarily working with infants and  children. She is currently working with Dr. Jill Zwicker on a Master of Science degree in Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of British Columbia. Erin’s research examines the experience of [...]

Graduate Student, Western University Cailey is an MSc student at Western University where she is advised by Dr. Blake Butler (NiSSL Group) and Dr. Ryan Stevenson (Sensory Perception Research Lab). Her research interests include using EEG and developing online methods to study audiovisual speech perception across the normal hearing spectrum and in cochlear [...]

Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director, Institute of Health Economics Dr. McCabe brings more than 25 years of experience as a health economist to his role with the organization. He trained and worked for 20 years in the UK before emigrating to Canada. During this time, he held Full Professorships at the Universities [...]

Professor, Western University Dr. John Paul Minda is an author and professor of Psychology at Western University. Dr. Minda's research investigates how people learn new concepts and how conceptual structure influences thinking and behaviour. He is the author of the the popular textbook "The Psychology of Thinking" and the forthcoming "How to Think: [...]

Research Project Manager, University of Calgary Wendy Mitchell, Ph.D., R.SLP, brings extensive experience in neuro-developmental disabilities as a speech language pathologist and more recently in supporting the KBHN Navigation project. She graduated with her PhD from Rehabilitation Medicine, and brings additional background in research addressing the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities and [...]

Associate Chair & Instructor, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Dr. Melissa Dobson received her PhD in biochemistry many years ago.  Through her work,  she was involved in identifying three human genes and a new bacterial species.  Melissa is currently the associate chair  at NAIT in the Bachelor of Technology program. She is also [...]

Assistant Professor, McGill University Keiko Shikako-Thomas is the Canada Research in Childhood Disability: Participation and Knowledge Translation, Associate Professor at McGill University School of Physical and Occupational Therapy. Her research focuses on the promotion of healthy living and the human rights of children with disabilities AND knowledge translation science and practice. Keiko's research [...]