Kaitlyn shares that she is biracial with Chinese and Portuguese parents. She voices moments of experiencing microaggressions, such as when people make assumptions about her ethnocultural identity and try to place her in racial categories. She states the importance of defining spaces for inclusivity and representation.
Kaitlyn Lem (she/her) is a PsyD. student at Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Health Studies from the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on expanding access to evidence-based mental healthcare and improving community-level mental health outcomes. Her clinical work aligns with this, as Kaitlyn is committed to reducing stigma and enhancing support for mental health in marginalized and racialized communities. She has worked with leading institutions like UHN and Sinai Health, contributing to studies on social connection in long-term care, measurement-based care (MBC), and perinatal mental health. She has published and presented on many of these topics. Her doctoral thesis focuses on implementing MBC in Newfoundland and Labrador’s (NL) mental health and addiction services to improve care delivery and outcomes. For this work, she is supported by CIHR and NL’s SPOR Unit and was awarded the 2023 Canadian Mental Health Association Newfoundland and Labrador Mental Health Research Award.
