Natalie Frandsen
Associate teaching professor; undergraduate adviser
Public Health and Social Policy
- Status:
- Not accepting new graduate students
- Credentials:
- Hons BSc (Waterloo), BN (Calgary), MN (UVic), PhD (SFU)
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Mental health, program evaluation, program planning and management, online education, health promotion, health education, relational practice
Background
Natalie is an Associate Teaching Professor at the 探花系列 in the School of Public Health and Social Policy. Her research and practice interests are focused on the application of public health approaches to learning design to foster accessible, inclusive, and mental-health-promoting post-secondary education.
Select publications
Frandsen, N. (2025). “A little bit challenging, a little bit exhausting and a lot disheartening”: Barriers to Accessible Online Learning for Students with Mental-Health-Related Disabilities. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 14(2), 34–68.
D'Amico, L., O'Neill, D. K., Davey, R., Frandsen, N., Ji, W., & Williamson, R. L. (2023). The power of example? Lessons learned about equity and inclusion through COVID-19 teacher education courses. In Blikstein, P., Van Aalst, J., Kizito, R., & Brennan, K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2023 (pp. 1937-1938). International Society of the Learning Sciences.
DiRuggiero, E., Papadopoulos, A., Steinberg, M., Blais, R., Frandsen, N., Valcour, J., & Penney, G. (2020). Strengthening collaborations at the public health system–academic interface: A call to action. Special Section on COVID-19: Commentary. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 111, 921–925.