Miriam Sekandi
Dr. Miriam Sekandi is a multipassionate author, speaker, curriculum developer and educator. She has spent her entire working career teaching at secondary and post-secondary levels locally and internationally. She has also delivered training to the community on Mental Health First Aid Parenting in 2 Cultures, Intercultural Awareness and Communication and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
Dr. Miriam was born and raised in Kampala Uganda where she completed her teacher education program. She came to Canada in 2004 to pursue her graduate studies at the University of Alberta. She obtained her Master of Arts degree from the department of Human Ecology and later a PhD from the department of Secondary Education both from the University of Alberta.
She has authored an amazon best selling book, “It Takes a Village to Wreck a Child” and has delivered over 50 keynote speeches to various audiences locally and nationally, including at one of the Canadian Citizenship ceremonies, and recently at an RCMP Black History Month event in Ottawa. She is currently the Board Chair of the Alberta Black Therapists Network and works. She is also a Sessional Instructor with the University of Alberta.
Dr. Miriam is a life-long learner, a mental health advocate, loves to bake and decorate cakes, reading and writing, swimming, gardening and enjoying nature. She is a wife, mother of 3 adult children and a teenager, as well as a grandma to a 3 year old granddaughter.
Consultant | Speaker | Educator
- Mental Health First Aid
- Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Justice, & Anti Racism
- Intercultural Awareness, Communication & Education
- Parenting Life & Personal Development
- Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma
- Intergenerational Trauma Healing
- Community Responsibility
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