Dr. John Tyler Binfet

Early in his career, Dr. Binfet was a teacher and school counsellor, roles which inform his teaching and research today as a professor in UBC’s Okanagan School of Education. As a researcher at UBC, Dr. Binfet has two active research strands: 1) Examining the effects of therapy dogs on student mental health and well-being; and 2) Understanding how children and adolescents conceptualize kindness and bring it to life in schools. Dr. Binfet is the author of the recently published book Cultivating Kindness: An Educator’s Guide (UofT Press). An informal look at Dr. Binfet’s research can be found at his blog for Psychology Today titled Canines, Kids, and Kindness.