Saria James-Thomas
(She/Her)

Saria James-Thomas is currently an Honours Student in the TREC lab. She is trained as a teacher (BEd.), and served in the role before returning to the University of Calgary to pursue a BA. in Psychology with an embedded certificate in Mental Wellbeing and Resilience. Her current research interests include finding ways to reduce the barriers to positive mental health of equity-deserving groups such as BIPOC and 2SLGBTQ+ persons. She also would like to find and implement strategies to foster the positive mental health of these groups. In the future, she hopes to pursue graduate studies in Clinical Psychology or School and Applied Child Psychology to become a registered psychologist who specializes in children and adolescents. 

What would you bring in your backpack if you were heading on a TREC?   

If I was going on a TREC, I would bring recordings of motivational Gordon Ramsay quotes (which I would listen to on repeat) to keep me going because there’s just something about Gordon’s words that makes you not want to quit. I would also bring necessities such as a water bottle and my phone so that I do not get lost.