Dr. Sarah MacDonald specializes in Memory and Forensic Interviewing in Calgary, Canada. She conducts forensic interviews on request for complex, serious cases of sexual assault for police members from the Calgary Police Service, RCMP, and other organizations in Southern Alberta. Dr. MacDonald serves as the Scientific Advisor for the Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General (Police Advisory Committee - Sexual Violence) and as a Director on the Board of the Alberta Criminal Justice Association. She was recognized for her work by being named as one of the Top 40 Under 40 in Calgary in 2021.
Dr. MacDonald provides education and training to Law Enforcement in Alberta, Judges, Prosecutors, Physicians, among others. She has conducted and published research, including a book chapter, examining cognitive processes underlying investigative interview techniques, psychological-based investigative practices, deception detection/credibility assessment, and memory. Dr. MacDonald has presented her research internationally and is a TEDx speaker.
She was trained in Advanced Cognitive Interviewing in the U.K. and has developed and taught this course (the first of it's kind in North America) to Canadian police officers in Major Crime who interview significant witnesses and victims of crime.
Her research on human behaviour in the justice system has been recognized through SSHRC J.A. Bombardier top National awards.
Dr. MacDonald provides education and training to Law Enforcement in Alberta, Judges, Prosecutors, Physicians, among others. She has conducted and published research, including a book chapter, examining cognitive processes underlying investigative interview techniques, psychological-based investigative practices, deception detection/credibility assessment, and memory. Dr. MacDonald has presented her research internationally and is a TEDx speaker.
She was trained in Advanced Cognitive Interviewing in the U.K. and has developed and taught this course (the first of it's kind in North America) to Canadian police officers in Major Crime who interview significant witnesses and victims of crime.
Her research on human behaviour in the justice system has been recognized through SSHRC J.A. Bombardier top National awards.
