Michael Ungar (born June 18, 1963, in Montreal, Canada) is a researcher in the field of social and psychological resilience and is Principal Investigator for the Resilience Research Centre at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Canada, where he is a professor at the School of Social Work, a post that he has held since 2001.
Ungar works in the field of resilience research across cultures and the translation of that knowledge to clinical settings.
Dr. Ungar was the 2012 recipient of the Canadian Association of Social Workers National Distinguished Service Award.
Ungar won the Canadian Association of Social Workers Distinguished Service Award for Nova Scotia in 2010.
[1] He is a board member of the American Family Therapy Academy, a Clinical Supervisor with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and since 2002, has sat on the Board of Examiners of the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers.