Katharine Gloade

Biography

Katie Gloade is a member of Millbrook First Nation and has been an educator and certified counsellor in the public school system since 2008. She completed a Master of Education in Educational Psychology and a Master of Education in Counselling prior to starting the PhD in Health at Dalhousie University and is now in her third year of the program. In addition to her research studies, she is the lead instructor for the course “Introduction to Cultural Safety in Healthcare for Indigenous People”, a mandatory course for students in their first year of medicine, nursing, dentistry, dental hygiene, and pharmacy. Her research will focus on early childhood development from a Mi’kmaw perspective and explore assessments like the Early Development Instrument (EDI) for cultural relevance in Mi’kmaw populations. She will use Indigenous methodologies to guide her work, in particular, a Two-Eyed Seeing/Etuaptmumk approach. Her research is funded by a SSHRC CGS-D scholarship, an Atlantic Indigenous Mentorship Network Kausattumi Grant Program Scholarship, Dalhousie President’s Award, and she is an honorary Killam Scholar.

Memberships

• Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (Certified Canadian Counsellor)
• Collaborator with the Aboriginal Children’s Hurt and Healing Initiative (ACHH)
• Editorial member of the Healthy Populations Journal, Dalhousie University
• Dalhousie BIPOC Graduate Student Advisory Council
• Indigenous Advisory Council