Dr. Shannon Dames

RN, MPH, EdD
Chair, Psychedelic-assisted Therapy graduate certificate program
Faculty
Health and Human Services
Department
Psychedelic Therapy and Nursing
Languages
English
Contact:
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Expertise

Nursing
Psychedelic Therapy
Resilience

Fields

Nursing
Psychedelic Therapy
Resilience

Research goals

  • Development and research of programming that centres on the core factors that promote human resilience.
  • Developing and researching psychedelic programming to promote safety and effectiveness as psychedelics re-emerge in Canada.
  • Expanding programming to include multiples ways of knowing - honouring the physical, spiritual, emotional and energetic components of human health.
  • Cultivating multidisciplinary, multicultural (with a focus on First Peoples) teams that promote reconciliation, the flattening of traditional hierarchies and equity-informed learning systems.

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