| Contact Information: | kaylagar@yorku.ca |
| Degrees in Progress: | M.A. (Clinical-Developmental Psychology) |
| Degrees Completed: | BSc. (Honours Psychology, York University) |
Research Interests:
Nichaela will complete a master’s thesis on pediatric pain. Her particular research interests lie in exploring the use of novel technologies for the assessment and management of pain in preterm infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). As a researcher committed to knowledge mobilization, she is dedicated to disseminating her research findings in academic and clinical circles to inform and ameliorate the practice of infant pain management.
Honours and Awards:
2025: Meighen Wright Maternal-Child Health Graduate Scholarship, York University
2025-2026: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (declined)
2025-2026: Canada Graduate Scholarship (Masters), SSHRC
2024-2025: Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2024-2025: Canada Graduate Scholarship (Masters), SSHRC (declined)
2021-2022: Member of Dean's Honour Roll, York University
2019-2021: Undergraduate Bursary, York University
2020: Student Access Guarantee Bursary, York University
Publications:
Garvey, N., Hankey, J., Bohr, Y., Barnhardt, J. (2025). Self-kindness, mindfulness, and common humanity: Effects of self-compassion on wellbeing for Indigenous participants in self-compassion-related interventions. American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 48(2).
Bohr, Y., Hankey, J., Thomas, A., Abdelmaseh, M., Singh, Y., McCague, H., Barnhardt, J., Oskalns, M., Garvey, N., Singh, Y., Danz, C., Singoorie, C., Qaunaq, R., Oshoweektok, I., Lucassen, M., Merry, S., Shepherd, M., Bornstein, M., Ahmed, F., Shulman, S., and Weiss, J. (2024). A Nunavut community-directed Inuit youth mental wellness initiative: Making I-SPARX fly [Submitted]. The International Journal of Circumpolar Health.