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The Researcher
Dr. Kate Weaver is Assistant Professor at the University of New Brunswick and Nurse Psychotherapist in private practice providing long term therapy to persons with eating disorders. She is a member of the Board of Directors, Eating Disorder Council of New Brunswick. She has conducted workshops about eating disorders locally, nationally, and internationally with professional and lay audiences. She was principal investigator of Through True Eyes: Recovery from Eating Disorders, a documentary produced by Atlantic Mediaworks, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
The documentary builds upon Dr. Weaver’s Master’s thesis, The Process of Recovering from Anorexia Nervosa: Women’s Journey of Self Development from Perilous Self-Soothing to Informed Self-Care. Dr. Weaver is currently engaged in research, Voices of Peril and Pain: Analysis of Eating Disorder Narratives, supported by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research and Killam Cornerstone Fund, University of Alberta, to analyze diaries of women affected by eating disorders. In addition, Dr. Weaver has begun a project funded by the University of New Brunswick to explore the stories of parents caring for children with eating disorders.
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