She has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from McGill University. She conducts research on eudaimonia, hedonia, elevation, and meaning, and works on developing an integrated theoretical model of the eudaimonia-hedonia distinction in the domains of well-being orientations, experiences, and functioning. She teaches courses in positive psychology and advanced statistics, and is one of the top rated instructors in her faculty. She is a co-founder of the Canadian Positive Psychology Association, she co-organized the first cross-disciplinary conference on eudaimonia, and has recently been interviewed for a book on the world’s leading women in positive psychology research.