About Me

Hello! I’m Cathy

Dr. Catherine Richardson/Kinewesquao is a counsellor specializing in violence prevention and recovery.  She is currently living on the territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation in Montreal, where she is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Montreal.  Dr. Richardson is a co-founder of the Centre for Response-Based Practice.  Her most recent research project include a study on Metis identity in Quebec and Indigenous women’s experience in sharing their stories in public forums, such as government inquiries and commissions. Cathy has a leadership role in a number of research organizations, including the Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative With Vulnerable Populations.  She is a Health Canada provider for the intergenerational survivors of residential school internment.

Cathy has two recent book publications “Belonging Metis” and “Calling our families home:  Metis experiences with child welfare.”  She is Metis with Cree, Dene and Gwichin ancestry and with links to Red River.  She is involved in Aboriginal community projects and was a twice delegate to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.