{"id":29788,"date":"2023-08-10T15:21:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T19:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/law\/?post_type=cu_people&p=29788"},"modified":"2025-09-08T14:51:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:51:40","slug":"sheridan-sylva","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/sheridan-sylva\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylva Sheridan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sylva\u2019s research interest explores how Gladue <\/em>writers manage trauma as part of their work. Gladue <\/em>writers are exposed to secondary stress, which affects their allostatic load (physical and mental wellness). Sylva has been studying historical trauma theory for the past seven years to demonstrate the transgenerational effects of en masse trauma events (e.g., residential schools). Sylva is a Gladue <\/em>writer with the Ottawa Pro Bono Gladue <\/em>Pilot Project<\/a>. Sylva is also a graduate of the MA in Legal Studies Program, where his thesis, A Significant Negative Impact: Assessing the link between Historical Trauma Theory, Indigenous Child Removal Policies and the Disproportionate Number of Indigenous Children in the Child Welfare System<\/em><\/a>, was accepted without revisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supervisor:<\/strong> Dr. Jane Dickson<\/a>
Committee Member:<\/strong> Dr. Shelley Brown<\/a>
Committee Member:<\/strong> Dr. Zeina Bou-Zeid<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n