Jenna Barnhardt

Jenna Barnhardt (iakon:kwe/she/her) is a second year Indigenous PhD student from Kenhte:ke Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in the Clinical Developmental Neuropsychology program. She received her Masters degree (MA) in Clinical Developmental Psychology from York University and her Bachelors degree (B.Sc. Hon.) from Toronto Metropolitan University in Biomedical Science with a minor in Psychology and a certificate in Mental Health & Addictions from TMU's Chang School of Continuing Education. She is focused on neuroscience and Indigenous mental health working to provide relevant and culturally significant intervention/assessment services to Canada’s Indigenous people using her experience with traditional Indigenous knowledge and knowledge mobilization to community. Her research aims to learn more about the Indigenous brain and focusses on measures that explore development of executive functioning (impulsivity and emotion regulation), pediatric oncology (namely brain cancer), and intergenerational trauma of Indigenous children and families.