Nancy Heath, PhD
Distinguished James McGill Professor
Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education, McGill University
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Dr. Nancy Heath is a Distinguished James McGill Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at McGill University. Her research program explores resilience and adaptive functioning in young people at-risk (i.e., children, adolescents, and young adults). She is a founding member, former President, and current Elected Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury (ISSS), and the recipient of the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS) Dr. Suning Wang Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship in recognition of her outstanding support for graduate student supervision. She has published and presented extensively on topics related to mental health and resilience in educational settings, is an internationally recognized leader in the area of self-injury in educational settings, and has worked in collaboration with schools for over 30 years. Dr. Heath has received over $7.5 million in research grants from federal, provincial, international, and foundational sources.
Contact Information:
3700 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A IY2
Tel.: (514) 398-3439
Fax: (514) 398-6968
E-mail: nancy.heath@mcgill.ca
Research and Supervision Interests
Building mental health resilience in educational settings, mindfulness, emotion regulation, student stress and coping, non-suicidal self-injury
Recent Recognitions and Awards
2023:
Dr. Suning Wang Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship, Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS). Established in 2018, this national award recognizes graduate faculty members with a record of excellent mentorship of graduate students under their supervision.
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2023:
David Thomson Award for Graduate Supervision and Teaching, McGill University. This award acknowledges outstanding contributions to promoting graduate student excellence through supervision and teaching by a faculty member who has been supervising for 10 years or more.
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2023:
Elected Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Self-injury (ISSS). Awarded in recognition of longstanding and substantial contributions to the advancement of the field of self-injury at the highest level.
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2023-2030:
Distinguished James McGill Professor, McGill University. Endowed professorship recognizes a late-career scholar's sustained scholarship of world-class caliber and international leadership, similar to that of a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair. Nominees for these awards include James McGill Professors who have maintained an outstanding research record.
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2016-2023:
James McGill Professor, McGill University. Endowed professorship recognizes a senior scholar’s status as outstanding and original researcher of world-class calibre and a leader in his/her field, McGill internal equivalent of the Tier I Canada Research Chair program. Second seven-year term, renewed in recognition of continued excellence.
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