On Psych: Presented by the Ontario Psychological Association

S3E4: Climate Change & Mental Health with Katie Hayes, Ph.D.

Ontario Psychological Association Season 3 Episode 4

On this episode of OnPsych, we welcome Katie Hayes, Ph.D. — senior policy analyst, researcher, and climate advocate — to the podcast! 

ABOUT OUR GUEST 
Katie Hayes, Ph.D. is a senior policy analyst at Health Canada’s Climate Change and Innovation Bureau. She is also the lead author of the mental health and climate change chapter for the National Climate Change and Health Assessment Report led by Health Canada. 

Katie holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health. For her doctoral research, she investigated formal and informal responses (policies, programs, and practices) to the psychosocial impacts associated with a changing climate. 

In addition to her academic accomplishments, Katie was trained in 2018 by Al Gore as a Climate Reality Leader. 

You can find out more about Katie Hayes’s work by visiting: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katie-Hayes-7