Colleen Anne Dell is Professor and Research Chair in One Health and Wellness at the University of Saskatchewan in the Department of Sociology and School of Public Health. She is also a Senior Research Associate with the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, Canada’s national addictions agency. Grounded in an empowering community-based participatory approach, her research focuses on healing from addictions and mental wellness, with specific attention to animal assisted interventions. She has three St. John Ambulance registered therapy dogs who are involved alongside her and various community and academic partners in demonstration projects examining how animal assisted interventions can help build wellness among individuals who cope through problematic use of substances.
