Cultural and Indigenous Research in Counselling Psychology (CIRC)
The Cultural and Indigenous Research in Counselling Psychology (CIRC) is a research program under the supervision of Dennis Wendt, PhD, Assistant Professor of Educational and Counselling Psychology at McGill University. CIRC's focus is cultural research pertaining to counselling psychology and related mental health disciplines, with a particular focus on partnering with Indigenous communities within Canada.
Current projects address (a) the impact of the pandemic on substance use services among Indigenous communities, (b) interventions for opioid addiction among Indigenous communities, (c) youth substance use prevention among Indigenous communities, (d) social inclusion and belonging among Indigenous university students, and (e) culturally-appropriate counselling and school psychology interventions for Indigenous communities.
