Dr. Cheryl-Anne Cait

Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University

grief, death, dying and bereavement, child and adolescent grief, end-of-life, hospice and palliative care, arts-based pedagogy

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Biography

Cheryl-Anne Cait received a PhD from Smith College School for Social Work in 2001. She teaches in the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University in the MSW and PhD programs as well as in the W2B program, a program where university level courses are taught in correctional institutions. She is dedicated to experiential learning, teaching and arts based approaches to knowledge development. She has been working in the area of death, dying and bereavement since 1991. In addition to her academic experience, Cait has practiced as a clinical social worker since 1991 in community mental health and in inpatient and outpatient psychiatry with children, adolescents and their families.

Expertise

  • grief
  • death, dying and bereavement
  • child and adolescent grief
  • end-of-life, hospice and palliative care
  • arts-based pedagogy