Dr. Mikaela D. Gabriel is an Italian-Mi’kmaq psychologist, scientist, professor, and auntie. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Women & Two-Spirit Mental Health and Homelessness and is a Research Scientist at Unity Health Toronto across Well Living House & MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions. Her clinical and research efforts seek to provide culturally-centered, trauma-focused, and ceremonially enriched care for Indigenous Peoples in urban settings navigating housing, healing, and health.
Peer Reviewed Journal Publications
Social Science & Medicine, 2025
Structural violence as a driver of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Toronto
Jenkinson, J.I.R., Gabriel, M.D., et al.
Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 2024
The mental health of Indigenous Peoples during COVID-19: A scoping review
Ponton, S. J., Gabriel, M., Stewart, S., et al.
BMC Health Serv Res, 2024
Disparities in healthcare costs of people experiencing homelessness in Toronto
Richard, L., Gabriel, M. D., Stewart, S., et al.
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19(20), 2023
Exploring Mental Health and Holistic Healing through the Life Stories of Indigenous Youth Who Have Experienced Homelessness.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, 18(2), 2023
My Mother Wild: Land and Healing for Indigenous Youth’s Wellness and Life Transitions.
Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 14(S1.), p. 89-105, 2022
Our Home Is Native Land: Teachings, Perspectives, & Experiences of Indigenous Houselessness, Decolonizing Inequities: Indigenous self-sustenance in a social economy, special issue.
BMJ Open, 12, 2022
Ku-gaa-gii pimitizi-win, the COVID-19 cohort study of people experiencing homelessness in Toronto, Canada: a study protocol.
Canadian Psychologist/Psychologie canadienne , 2022
Indigenizing in Clinical and Counselling Psychology Curriculum in Canada: A Framework for Enhancing Indigenous Education.
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications & Reports
Wellesley Institute
Supporting Agency, Facing Equity: An environmental scan of Indigenous cultural safety training for primary care providers. (Executive Summary)
Wellesley Institute, 2025
Bridges and Barriers: Exploring Healthcare Access (Wellesley Institute)
Gabriel, M. D., et al.
Wellesley Institute, 2025
Supporting Agency, Facing Equity: Environmental Scan of Training
Gabriel, M. D. & Giulianelli, A.
Wellesley Institute, 2025
Bridges and barriers: Healthcare access (Executive Summary)
Gabriel, M. D., et al.
Invited Lectures & Presentations
NAMHR Research Intensive, July 2025
Exploring Safety for Indigenous Women & 2-Spirit Peoples [Workshop]
Gabriel, M.D.
CPA 86th Annual Conference, June 2025
Indigenizing Psychology for Systems Change: Reclaiming Approaches
Gabriel, M. D. & Stewart S.
Hawaii Intl Conference on Education, Jan 2025
Apaja’si: Ceremony And Wellbeing For Indigenous Peoples In Western Academia
Gabriel, M. D.
ON NEIHR Policy Forum, June 2023
Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto and COVID-19
Stewart, S., Gabriel, M., et al.
University of Sydney, March 2023
The Ku-gaa-gii pimitiziwin Study: COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy
Gabriel, M. D., & Brown, M.
Hawaii International Conference on Education, Jan 2023
From the Heart: Supporting Indigenous Women Through Community Building
Stewart, S. L., Gabriel, M. D., & Hart, P.
Hawaii International Conference on Education, Jan 2023
Gina’masuti: Reflections on Indigenous Education in Canada
Gabriel, M. D.
Books
In R. Monchalin (Ed.), Public Health Feminisms, Canadian Scholars Press.
Strangers in Our Homeland: The Impact of Racism Across Healthcare Policy and Delivery for Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Essentials of Global Mental Health, Cambridge University Press