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Holly McKenzie’s community-engaged research program focuses on reproductive justice health. As a white-settler, Holly collaborates with both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities to promote policy and service changes that enhance health and wellness. Before her current position, she held a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Health System Impact postdoctoral fellowship where she worked on the project "Sanctum 1.5’s Hope Strength: A Novel, Women-Directed Community-Based Approach to Wholistic Care for Mother-Infant Pairs Experiencing Substance Use Disorder and/or HIV" at Sanctum Care Group within the College of Medicine. Additionally, Holly was awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Banting Fellowship for her project titled "Fostering PAWSitive wellbeing support: A qualitative study with therapy dog-handler teams for service providers" within the Department of Sociology. Holly has numerous peer-reviewed publications centered on reproductive coercion, the child welfare system, and reproductive justice frameworks. In addition to her academic work, she shares research strategies through blogs, fact sheets, videos, and community presentations. Outside of her research-advocacy work, Holly engages in dog sports and enjoys camping.
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