Cathy Fournier

Cathy has a PhD in the Interdisciplinary Studies (Medical/Social Anthropology and Indigenous Studies) and is currently the Senior Researcher, Indigenous Homelessness at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness. She recently completed her Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Indigenous research at the University of Toronto.

Cathy is also an Oshkaabewis (ceremonial apprentice) at the Native Women’s Resource Centre in Toronto. Before pursuing a career in academia Cathy was a complementary and alternative health practitioner for over 20 years.