Dr. Janice Victor
Janice has her PhD in Cultural Psychology from the University of Saskatchewan. Broadly, her interests are on the interstices between cultural processes and subjective experience, particularly regarding how our wellbeing is influenced by our social and physical environments. Her research is interdisciplinary, often including research from anthropology (psychological & medical), psychology, Indigenous studies, sociology, and gender studies.
Her past research includes: a person-centred ethnography and narrative analysis on men's experiences of participating in sex offender treatment programming and their subsequent community integration, and an investigation into how the arts - specifically drama, photography, and filmmaking - facilitated identity development, leadership, and self-confidence for Nehiyaw (Woodland Cree) high school students. She is currently working on a program evaluation for ARCHES' I'taamohkaanoohsin (Everyone comes together) program and she is starting a new program of research titled, "Ai'aoskiikowaata (showing direction to youth): Bringing Blackfoot cultural knowledge into child welfare practices."