Catherine Sweet

A certified Speech and Language Pathologist in Canada and the United States, Catherine is a specialist in North American English phonology. She leads the Accent Clinic at Dalhousie University, serving members of the public who have difficulty being understood because of their accent, and also training Speech and Language Pathology graduate clinical students. Since 2018, she has been an adjunct professor teaching Dalhousie's CMSD 5020, Clinical Phonetics, where Speech and Language Pathology and Audiology students learn to describe, transcribe, and apply the science of speech sounds to their clinical practice.

Catherine is an advocate for Canadian Basic Income, and serves as the Secretary of BIGNS - Basic Income Guarantee Nova Scotia, an affiliate of Coalition Canada.