Cathy Fournier

Cathy Fournier, PhD, is currently the Director of Indigenous Homelessness/Houselessness Prevention at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH). Her research involves working with Indigenous communities and community partners examining Indigenous homelessness and homelessness prevention through a lens of social and structural dynamics of Indigenous Peoples’ health and wellness, social justice, Indigenous values, and Indigenous concepts of home.

Cathy is actively involved in the urban Indigenous community in Toronto. She is an Oshkeebewis (traditional ceremonial helper) at the Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto. Before pursuing a career in academia, she was a complementary and alternative health practitioner.