Jeffrey Ansloos

Jeffrey Ansloos
Education	Trinity Western University (BA, 2008), Fuller Graduate School of Psychology (MA, 2010; Ph.D., 2014)

Jeffrey Ansloos is a mixed Cree/Canadian English scholar known for his expertise in Indigenous suicide research. He is an associate professor of Indigenous Health and Social Policy at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, as well as a Canada Research Chair in Critical Studies in Indigenous Health and Social Action on Suicide. He is an appointed member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists and a fellow at the Broadbent Institute. He is also a children's book author.

Ansloos' work sits at the intersection of Indigenous mental health, Critical Suicide Studies and Critical Geography. He is an affiliate faculty member at the School of Cities at the University of Toronto.

Career

Ansloos received his Bachelor of Arts from Trinity Western University (2008), his Masters of Arts from Fuller Graduate School of Psychology (2010) and his Doctor of Philosophy from Fuller Graduate School of Psychology (2014).

From 2014 to 2016, Ansloos was an assistant professor in Interdisciplinary Studies at Lesley University, then moving on to the University of Victoria (2016–2018). He was a visiting faculty member at the University of Western Australia (2022–2023) and is currently an associate professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

In 2019, Ansloos was named a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Critical Studies in Indigenous Health and Social Action on Suicide. In 2022, Ansloos was appointed a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.

Writing

Ansloos co-wrote the award-winning children's book Thunder and the Noise Storms with Shezza Ansloos. The book was published in 2021 by Annick Press. The book has been nominated for and has won numerous children's literature awards including A Cooperative Children's Book Center Choice 2022 (joint winner), TD Summer Reading Club 2023 (joint winner), and the Blue Spruce Award 2021 (nominee).

Personal life

Ansloos is of mixed Cree/Canadian English descent and is a member of the Fisher River Cree Nation.

Selected publications

• Ansloos, J. P. (2017). The medicine of peace: Indigenous youth decolonizing healing and resisting violence. Fernwood Publishing.
• Ansloos, J. (2018). Rethinking indigenous suicide. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 13(2), 8–28. https://doi.org/10.32799/ijih.v13i2.32061
• Ansloos, J., Stewart, S., Fellner, K., Goodwill, A., Graham, H., McCormick, R., Harder, H., & Mushquash, C. (2019). Indigenous peoples and professional training in psychology in Canada. Canadian Psychology / Psychologie Canadienne, 60(4), 265–280. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000189