Draft:David Danto

David Mark Danto, Ph.D., R. Psych. (born April 4, 1970) is the Dean of Health and Community Studies, MacEwan University. Prior to this role he was the Program Head of Psychology, University of Guelph-Humber. He is a Canadian Clinical Psychologist and a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA).

He is an internationally recognized scholar. Dr. Danto has been involved in allyship and reconciliation efforts within academic and healthcare contexts. Clinically, he has worked in psychiatric hospitals, counselling centers, private practice, and prisons in Canada and the United States.

In partnership with Indigenous Knowledge Keepers, he developed a field course on Indigenous wellness, that he delivered in Mushkegowuk Territory along the James and Hudson Bay coast for approximately 10 years, as well as a course on Indigenous knowledge and mental health around the world, based on his book, Indigenous Knowledge and Mental Health, A Global Perspective, Co-edited with Masood Zangeneh. He was the founding Chair of the CPA Task Force on Responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report and the CPA Standing Committee on Reconciliation. He earned his B.A. in Psychology from York University in 1996, M.A. in Psychology from Duquesne University in 1998, and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Duquesne University in 2004.