Dr Michael Ungar

Building Resilience To Social Harms

Resilience Research Centre, Dalhousie University

Michael Ungar, Ph.D., is a Family Therapist and Professor of Social Work at Dalhousie University where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience. His ground-breaking work is recognized around the world for its emphasis on how to use the theory of resilience to increase both individual and group agility during crises, with numerous communities, organizations and businesses adopting his concept of resilience as a negotiated process that enhances people’s wellbeing when facing adversity. '

Mike has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on the subject of resilience and is the author of 17 books for mental health professionals, researchers and caregivers. These include Change Your World: The Science of Resilience and the True Path to Success, a book for adults experiencing stress at work and at home, and Multisystemic Resilience: Adaptation and Transformation in Contexts of Change, an open access edited volume with contributors from a dozen diverse disciplines ranging from epigenetics and psychology to architecture and computing science.

His blog, Nurturing Resilience, can be read on Psychology Today’s website.