Jennifer H. White

Dr. Jennifer H. White is a Professor at the School of Child and Youth Care at the University of Victoria. With a BA in Psychology from UVic and an EdD in Educational Leadership from UBC, she has worked across clinical, academic, and policy domains. Her practice background includes residential treatment, community mental health counseling, and seven years as Director of the Suicide Prevention Information and Resource Centre at UBC.

• Education: BA (UVic), MA, EdD (UBC)
• Expertise: Youth suicide prevention, ethics, discourses of professionalism, constructionist methodologies, narrative practices

Her research critically examines dominant paradigms in suicidology, advocating for epistemic justice and decolonial approaches. She co-founded the Critical Suicidology Network and has published extensively on alternative frameworks for understanding suicide and prevention.

• Key Contributions:
• Uncovering epistemic silences in mainstream suicidology
• Queering professionalism in therapeutic contexts
• Decolonial critiques of Western knowledge production
• Advocating for relational ethics in child and youth care

Jennifer employs collaborative research and narrative practices to expand suicide prevention beyond biomedical models. Her work emphasizes social justice, cultural responsiveness, and multiple epistemologies in mental health.