Michaela conducts collaborative interdisciplinary research with communities, community-serving agencies, and activist groups, developing and evaluating social, institutional, and policy interventions addressing structural and social exclusion for communities experiencing social conflict and/or forced displacement. Recent projects have focused on maternal mental health in Rwanda; access to health care for refugees and asylum seekers in Canada and in South Africa; and the relationship between state refugee policies and health and well-being in Canada, Germany, and South Africa. Michaela is the past president of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies. She has a PhD in social psychology from McGill University.
Current Affiliation: Professor, Department of Psychology; Executive Member, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University.
Contact Information: mhynie@yorku.ca
Link to other profiles [LinkedIn/Website/Researchgate/Social Media]: Work profiles: http://health.yorku.ca/health-profiles/index.php?mid=12603; https://migrationandcriticalhealthpsy.com/; Twitter (X): @MichaelaHynie