Professor Michael Ungar is the Director of the Resilience Research Centre at Dalhousie University and a globally recognized authority on resilience. The course presents him as a “renowned resilience expert” and “world-leading researcher, teacher, and author in the field of Resilience.”
He is the author of 18 books and 335 scientific publications. His research has shaped global understanding of how resilience operates not only within individuals, but within families, communities, and systems, and his frameworks are used worldwide in education, mental health, social work, and community development. He has worked across diverse, high-risk environments, bridging theory and applied practice. At the School of Positive Transformation he leads the Resilience Practitioner Certificate, where his clinical experience and research-based approach inform the curriculum on assessing, designing, delivering, and tracking resilience-building interventions.
