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Colleen Anne Dell, PhD

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Colleen Anne Dell, PhD

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I get to witness the magic of the animal human bond for people in recovery from addictions & mental health.

Dr. Colleen Dell

I get to witness the magic of the animal human bond for people in recovery from addictions & mental health.

Dr. Colleen Dell

January 8, 2021- Announcement

Dr. Dell's Centennial Enhancement Chair in One Health and Wellness at the University of Saskatchewan has been renewed for an additional 5 year term!

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About Me

Who I am

Dr. Dell is an animal therapy researcher and practitioner specializing in treatment for mental health, addictions, and well-being. She is currently a Professor and Centennial Enhancement Chair in One Health & Wellness in the Department of Sociology and Associate in the School of Public Health at the University of Saskatchewan. She is also a Senior Research Associate with the Canadian Centre on Substance Use & Addiction. 

About Colleen Dell

Doing Research

Dr. Dell is involved in collaborative and innovative One Health & wellness studies. She adopts a community-based, patient-centred participatory approach, focusing on healing from addictions and mental health, with specific attention to animal assisted interventions and Indigenous populations. 

Research Studies

Sharing Findings

Dr. Dell boldly translates the outcomes of her research into accessible products. Her commitment to enhancing understanding is recognized in the creation of a variety of unique knowledge mobilization products from her funded studies, including music videos and paintings.  

Research Results

Addictions Specific Work

Dr. Dell held a Saskatchewan Government funded Research Chair in Substance Abuse from 2007-2016. Her work concentrated on research, community outreach and training. A products catalogue and promotional video highlighting outcomes of her research is available here. 

Addictions Research

Research Results

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Academic articles
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In the news
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Research fact sheets
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Community reports
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Creative Works
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Videos

TEDx Talk

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Therapy Dogs & Recovery from Addiction

What if we included domesticated animals, and in particular dogs, into the recovery plans of people struggling with addictions? Working alongside community and academic partners, hear about Dr. Dell's animal assisted intervention research and practice focusing on healing from addictions and mental health.

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Research Chair in One Health & Wellness

The foundation of Dr. Dell's work is situated within a One Health & Wellness framework. 


“One Health is the collaborative effort of multiple health science professions, together with their related disciplines and institutions – working locally, nationally, and globally – to attain optimal health for people, domestic animals, wildlife, plants, and our environment.” One Health Commission.  


Key to One Health is zoonosis - the transfer of disease from animals to humans. This article addresses how a One Health pan-species approach can help us understand the current pandemic and ward off the next one. A favorite line of Dr. Dell's in the article is that "No one is safe unless everything is safe". That includes human, animal and planetary health.   


Dr. Dell’s Chair builds on another component of One Health and that is zooeyia. Zooeyia is defined as “the positive benefits to human health from interacting with animals, focusing on the companion animal” Hodgson & Darling, 2011.


To learn more about zooeyia and a One Health approach from Dr. Dell, you can listen here and to her TedX Talk here, or read here. 


Click here to learn how Dr. Dell considers animals a part of her team and she is guided by positive animal welfare. 

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Acknowledgement

Wherever you are accessing this website from, I would like to acknowledge the land and the human and more-than-human beings we share our environment with. A large team has contributed to the work found on this website, including funders, Indigenous Elders and communities, colleagues, students, family, academic mentors and those who push me to ‘show them the evidence’. I would like to acknowledge the presence of each in this work. My sincere appreciation to all, alongside the land and animals, without whom humans would not be.  

– Dr. Colleen Anne Dell 


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