Dr. Kathryn Dewar

Kathryn Dewar is the Senior Research Manager for the Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) where she has worked in various roles since 2010. Kathryn supports institute-level initiatives, including oversight of the WHRI research support services unit, WHRI grant competitions, and the annual Women’s Health Research Symposium. Since 2011, Kathryn has also served as a member of the UBC Children’s and Women’s Health Centers Research Ethics Board (UBC C&W REB). Kathryn obtained a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the University of British Columbia in 2010, where her research focused on cognitive and language development during infancy and early childhood.

The Women’s Health Research Institute would like to acknowledge that we are uninvited guests on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lo, and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-waututh) Nations.

As a provincial research institute committed to improving the health outcomes of women, including those across the 2SLGBTQIA+ spectrum, we recognize our responsibility in the collective effort towards establishing culturally safe health care systems and services that address health inequities among Indigenous peoples, especially Indigenous women, girls, and Two-spirit peoples.

We encourage all people involved in research to read both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action and the In Plain Sight Report, and reflect on ways we can incorporate the recommendations into our work. As we gather in spaces together, we encourage you to reflect on your positionality on these lands and your personal commitments to reconciliation.

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