Nancy Arthur

Dr. Nancy Arthur is a Canada Research Chair in Professional Education. She began her academic career as a counsellor and later as the co-ordinator of international student services at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Her current research and teaching focuses professional education, career development, multicultural counselling, and international transitions. Her books include Counseling International Students; Case Incidents in Counseling for International Transitions, and she co-edited the award winning book, Culture-Infused Counselling. She serves on the Board of Governors for the Canadian Career Development Association and the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance, and is an Associate with Calgary Psychology Group.

Dr. Arthur’s research focuses on investigating how professionals adapt to shifting roles and responsibilities in a global context, and how they engage in social justice through professional practice. Dr. Nancy Arthur is interested in how professionals respond to global forces in the work environment, and how professionals are educated to adapt to shifting roles and responsibilities in our global society. Related to this is her research on the ways that people manage international transitions in living, learning, and working across cultures.

Current Projects:

Counsellor Practices for Multicultural Counselling and Social Justice Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

International Student Transitions to Working and Living in Canada Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Client Engagement in Interdisciplinary Pain Management Programs Orion Health

PhD
University of Calgary

MEd
University of Calgary

MA
University of Alberta

BA (Hons)
University of Waterloo

Dr. Arthur offers her expertise to a variety of public and private sector organizations across Canada and internationally. She supports the professional education of counsellors, career development practitioners and other helping professionals through the development and delivery of curriculum and training workshops. She has developed and delivered graduate level curriculum for delivery in distributed learning formats. She is an Associate Fellow in the Institute for Employment Research, The University of Warwick.

• Calgary Psychology Group, Associate
• Canadian Career Development Foundation, Board of Governors
• International Association of Educational and Vocational Guidance, Board of Governors

Arthur, N., & Collins, S. (2010). (Eds.). Culture-infused counselling (2nd ed.). Calgary, AB: Counselling Concepts.

Arthur, N., & Pedersen, P. (Eds.). (2008). Case incidents in counseling for international transitions. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.

Arthur, N., & Collins, S. (2011). Infusing culture in career counselling. Journal of Employment Counseling, 48, 47-49.

Arthur, N., & Flynn, S. (2011). Career development influences of international students who pursue permanent immigration to Canada. International Journal of Education and Vocational Guidance, 11(3), 221-237.

Arthur, N., & Russell-Mayhew, S. (2010). Preparing counselors for interprofessional collaboration through supervision and lateral mentoring. Canadian Journal of Counselling, 44(3), 258-271.

• Canadian Counselling Association Book Award 2006
• Faculty of Education Teaching Excellence Award 2003
• Canada Research Chair 2004-2012

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