Current Interests

• Psychedelic integration (individual and community)

• Intersectionality and inclusion

• Psychedelic community building

• Psychedelic spirituality

• Psychedelic ceremony and ritual

• Psychedelics and end of life 

• Interdisciplinarity in psychedelic studies

• Psychedelic ethics and accountability

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Academic Publications

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Gran-Ruaz, S., Caldwell, K., MacIntyre, M., Bartlett, A., Nepton, A., & Williams, M.T. (2025) A clinical case series: Evaluation of a novel healing racial trauma protocol. Traumatology. Advance online publication.  
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Bartlett, A., Williams, M., Rundle, M. (2025). ‘Strategic Allies’: Cultivating Allyship as a Tool to Help Build a Stronger and More Inclusive Military Culture. In: Waruszynski, B.T., Yanakiev, Y., McDonald, D.P. (eds) Team Diversity and Inclusion in Defence and Security. The Military and Society. New York: Springer Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61125-4_13

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​​Bartlett, A., C. Christ, B. Martins, K. Saxberg, T. Ching. (2024)  The Library is Open: A Scoping Review on Queer Representation in Psychedelic Research. Frontiers in Public Health: Sec. Life-Course Epidemiology and Social inequalities of health, Vol 12.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1472559  *Featured in Psychedelic Alpha's 2024 Interdisciplinary Annotated ​Psychedelic Research Bibliography

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Bartlett, A., Williams M.T. (2024)  "The Cost of Omission: Dr. Valentina Wasson and Getting Our Stories Right". In Dyck, E. et al (Eds.). Women & Psychedelics: Uncovering invisible voices. Synergetic Press.​

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Feng, R., T. Ching, A. Bartlett, J. La Torre, M. Williams. (2023) Healing Words: The Impact of Different Psychoeducation Modes on Seeking and Referring Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy Among a BIPOC Sample. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2023.2253535

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Faber, S., E. Wu, A. Bartlett  (2023) Abuse of Power in the Disciplinary Actions of a State Psychology Licensing Board: Inequitable Outcomes and Early Career Psychologists. Frontiers in Psychology, Volume 14, Sec. Forensic and Legal Psychology.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1184528

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Bartlett, A., A. Vallely, M. Williams, A. Nepton and R. Feng. (2023) Building Psychedelic Studies as an Interdisciplinary Academic Field: Its Urgency and Its Challenges. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 3(4), p. 415-424  https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2023.2216628

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M. Williams, A. Bartlett, M. Zare, M. Osman (2023) Sexual Harassment and Abuse in Law Enforcement: Best Practices for Creating Safety for Female Officers. The Police Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X231156714

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Bartlett A, Faber S, Williams M, Saxberg K. (2022) Getting to the Root of the Problem: Supporting Clients With Lived-Experiences of Systemic Discrimination. Chronic Stress, 6. doi:10.1177/24705470221139205

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Bartlett, A. C. Christ, S. Manoni-Millar, S., T. Ching (2022). "Where is the love? Queerness and the state of psychedelic research". In Belser, A., Cavnar, C., Labate, B.C. (Eds.). Queering psychedelics: From oppression to liberation in psychedelic medicine. Synergetic Press. 

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Jacob, G., Faber, S. C., Faber, N., Bartlett, A., Ouimet, A., & Williams, M. T. (2022). A systematic review of Black People coping with racism: Approaches, analysis, and empowerment. Perspectives on Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916221100509 

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Gran-Ruaz, S., Feliciano, J., Bartlett, A., & Williams, M. T. (2022). Implicit racial bias across ethnoracial groups in Canada and the United States and Black mental health. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne. Vol. 63, No. 4, 608-622. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000323 *Winner of the 2022 Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Best Journal Article Award

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Faber, S. C., Strauss, D., Gran-Ruaz, S., La Torre, J., Bartlett, A., Faber, I., Levinson, A. R., & Williams, M. T. (2022). A call to use psychology for anti-racist jury selection. Practice Innovations, 7(3), 203–222. https://doi.org/10.1037/pri0000172

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Christ, C., A. Bartlett. S. Manoni-Millar, T. Ching (2021). "The Future is Queer: Imagining Queer-Affirming MDMA-Assisted Therapy (QA-MDMA-AT)". MAPS Bulletin, 31(3), 35-38. 

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Levinson, A., Williams, M. T., Faber, S. C., Strauss, D., Gran-Ruaz, S, La Torre, J., & Bartlett, A. (2021). Challenging jurors’ racism. Gonzaga Law Review, 57.

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Williams, M. T., Sharif, N., Strauss, D., Gran-Ruaz, S., Bartlett, A., & Skinta, M. D. (2021). Unicorns, leprechauns, and White allies: Exploring the space between intent and action. The Behavior Therapist, 44(6), 272-281.

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Williams, M., Bartlett, A., Michaels, T., Sevelius, J. and George, J. (2021) Dr. Valentina Wasson: Questioning what we think we know about the foundations of psychedelic science. Journal of Psychedelic Studies. 4(3) 146-148. https://doi.org/10.1556/2054.2020.00140  

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Forthcoming​​

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Bartlett, A., S. De la Salle, T. Harrison, M. Williams, M. Bartram, B. Rush, D. Payer, D. Morisano (under review) Expanding Event Horizons: Centering ethics, transparency and accountability when organizing psychedelic events and conferences.  ​​

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Trainings and Certifications

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Narrative Therapy Foundations 1 Certificate (Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy, September 2024) 

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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Level 1 (Ottawa Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, May 2023)

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Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certification (The Embody Lab, December 2021)

 

End of Life Doula Certification (Douglas College, February 2021)

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Functional Analytic Psychotherapy: Level 1 (Behavioural Wellness Clinic, August 2020)

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Teaching, Posters and Presentations​​

 

Presenter (December 2025) MAPS Canada Research Room. Topic: Psychedelic Integration and Community: the essential role that the 'we' plays in psychedelic healing and spirituality. A recording of the talk can be found on MAPs Youtube channel here

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Guest Lecturer (December 2025 and 2024): University of Ottawa, PSY6191: Seminars in Psychology: Ethics and non-ordinary states of consciousness. Lecture topic: Psychedelics, Storytelling, Integration and Ethics

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Guest Lecturer (April 2025) The UHN Nikean Centre for Psychedelic Psychotherapy Research Centre  ‘Foundations of Psychedelic Psychotherapy’ training program. Module on integration, equity and community​

 

Co-Instructor (Winter Term 2024 and 2023) University of Ottawa, SRS4107: Selected Topics in Religion & Culture: An Interdisciplinary Survey of Psychedelic Studies

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Panelist (June 2024): Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychology: Psychedelics Seminar, University of Ottawa. Presentation: Queer Equity and Inclusion in Psychedelic Research 

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Panelist (March 2024): Cafe Scientifique on Psychedelics and Health Equity: An Interactive Public Dialogue with Leading Researchers in Canada. Vancouver, B.C. Presentation: Queer Communities and Psychedelic Spaces. Watch a video recording of the full panel here, or ​​a video of the specific presentation (via MAPS Canada)

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Guest Lecturer (Autumn 2023 and 2022) The UHN Nikean Centre for Psychedelic Psychotherapy Research Centre  ‘Foundations of Psychedelic Psychotherapy’ training program. Module on equity and diversity. Lecture topic: queer psychedelic healing

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Presenter (September 2023) Law, Religion and Social Progress in the age of COVID-19 Symposium. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA. Presentation: 'Love in the Time of COVID: Exploring avenues to protect psychedelic spiritual practice in Canada'

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Co-Presenter (June 2023) The Global Centre for Religious Research International Conference on Religious Trauma. Presentation: 'Spiritual Healing: Exploring the Intersection of Religious Trauma, Psychedelic Therapy and Mystical Experience' 

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Poster: Vallely, A., Bartlett, A, Umumararungu, F, Gofton, T, Kaplan A (2022, May 28). Point of departure: Training & the psychedelic therapeutic paradigm. [Poster presentation]. Global Summit on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Medicines: From Research to Reality (R2R), Toronto, Ontario.

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Presenter (April 2022) uOttawa Academy of Mindfulness and Contemplative Studies Paths to Mindfulness Colloquium:  "Psychedelics, spirituality and human connection: How the 'we' supports the mindful healing work of the 'me'" 

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Poster: Feliciano, J., Gran-Ruaz, S., Bartlett, A., George, J., Ching, T., & Williams, M. (2021, November). "Implicit racial bias across ethnoracial groups in Canada and the United States and its impact on Black Americans’ mental health." Poster presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies - 55th Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA.

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Guest lecturer (August 2020) University of Ottawa, AHL4100: Psychedelics: Survey of an Emerging Field.  Lecture topic: Individual and community integration

 

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Scholarships and Awards​​​

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SSHRC 1-year Doctoral Fellowship (2025)​

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Joan Shearon Endowment Scholarship (2024)​

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CUPE2626 Tuition Fund Scholarship (2024)

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uOttawa Doctoral Admission Scholarship (2020-2024)

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Other Initiatives

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Co-organizer (2018 to present) Ottawa Psychedelic Education Network (OPEN) community

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Podcast host (2025 to present) My Psychedelic Roots podcast​​

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Podcast guest (April 2026) Why Community is Essential for Psychedelic Integration.  The Integration Session podcast with Dr. Elena Koening 

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Mentor (Autumn-Winter 2025) Lumiere Research Inclusion Foundation

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Bartlett, A., Christ C., Martins, B., Saxberg, K. Ching, T. (2025) "The Queer Potential of Psychedelics: Assessing Queer Representation in the Academic Literature of Psychedelic Studies" Chacruna Institute. Published online May 21, 2025.   

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Podcast guest (2024)  Psychedelic therapies, religion, and LGBTQ+ wisdom. Queer&A podcast with Nadya Pohran

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Therapist (2022 to 2023) Pilot Study for the Racial Trauma Treatment Protocol, Lab for Culture and Mental Health Disparities.

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Psychedelics Today (2022) Guest panelist on "Let's Talk: Psychedelics and Queerness" webinar (recorded August 9, 2022). Available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/hrawIOhiTKo

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Bartlett, Amy. (2022) "Old Guard, New Tricks: Reflections on queering the psychedelic space with Annie and Michael Mithoefer" Chacruna Institute. Published online January 17, 2022.

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Bartlett, Amy and Monnica Williams (2020) "The Cost of Omission: Dr. Valentina Wasson and getting our stories right" Chacruna Institute's "Women in the History of Psychedelic Plant Medicines" Series. Published online November 11, 2020  (Disponible en espanol aqui)