Dr. Suzanne Simpson, PhD: The Connection Scientist
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Dr. Suzanne Simpson is a distinguished Canadian educator and researcher with over three decades of frontline experience working directly with adolescents and families. Her work provides a crucial, practical foundation for the Foundation for Life's Upstream Mandate.
Dr. Simpson's research focuses specifically on strengthening the protective factors that build a young person's Will to Live: connection, secure attachment, and feeling seen, heard, and understood. Through her rigorous doctoral research with teens in crisis, she brings actionable, practical insight into how genuine connection can be sought, fostered, and deepened in everyday life. As the host of the Get on Their Turf podcast, Dr. Simpson excels at translating complex, evidence-based prevention strategies into accessible tools for parents and community members, amplifying youth and parent voices along the way. Her expertise directly supports the Foundation for Life's strategy to shift decisively from downstream crisis response to proactive, community-based resilience, ensuring that FFL's investments result in programs where every child feels truly supported, understood, and cared for. |
