While earning her doctoral degree, she was convinced by Larry Stewart to research experimentation in Canada, leading her to study LSD and eugenics in Saskatchewan.
[6] Dyck's second book, Facing Eugenics: Reproduction, Sterilization, and the Politics of Choice, was published in 2012 through the Johns Hopkins University Press.
[7] Following the publication of the book, Dyck and colleague Regan Mandryk were inducted to the New College of Scholars, Artists and Scientists at the Royal Society of Canada.
[10] Dyck subsequently began working on her third book, Managing Madness: Weyburn Mental Hospital and the Transformation of Psychiatric Care in Canada, published through the Johns Hopkins University Press in 2018.
[13] During the COVID-19 pandemic in North America, Dyck collaborated with U of S professors to create a community archive project with the Western Development Museum.