Danielle McCann

Associate faculty

Humanitarian Studies

mid-career transitions

career development and mental health

climate psychology

Danielle McCann (she/her) has provided individual career coaching and internship support to students in the School of Humanitarian Studies for over a decade. 

She first joined RRU's Career Learning and Development team as a career advisor in 2015. In 2021, she began instructing the SHS academic internship course. Danielle is a certified career development practitioner and registered clinical counsellor.

She is a strong advocate for graduate students who pursue work integrated learning and always seeks to understand each student's background and goals so that she can support their internship and career success. 

Experience

Danielle taught English abroad before returning to Canada to work in settlement and employment programs for newcomers. She spent ten years working in the non-profit sector and then joined RRU as a career advisor.

In addition to her role at RRU, Danielle practices as a clinical counsellor in a community-based organization. Her interests include career adaptability and the impacts of climate change on work and mental health.

Danielle sits on Foundry's Youth and Family Research Steering Committee and is an active member of the CCPA's Climate-Informed Counsellors Chapter. 

Memberships and Committees
  • Member of Foundry's Youth and Family Research Steering Committee
  • Educational Outreach Coordinator for the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association's Climate Informed Counsellors Chapter
  • Member, Climate Psychology Alliance North America
  • Member, Career Development Association of British Columbia

Education

2025
Registered Clinical Counsellor

BC Association of Clinical Counsellors

2024
Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology

Yorkville University

2021
Master of Education in Career Development

University of Southern Queensland, Australia

2012
Certified Career Development Practitioner

BC Career Development Association

1993
Bachelor of Arts

Trent University

Awards

n.d.
President Symons' Medal

Trent University

Research

Research interest

Meaningful work

Mental health

Climate change and career development