Corey McAuliffe, PhD, MPH never expected her father’s death to spark a journey of connection that transcended life and death.
January 5, 2026
In her memoir, 23 Dates with My Dead Dad, Adjunct Professor Corey McAuliffe chronicles how a simple father-daughter ritual transformed into a spiritual practice of healing, synchronicity, and intergenerational repair. Through the lens of grief, chronic illness, and ancestral trauma, Corey invites readers to explore the unseen threads that bind us to those we love and the ways absence can become an opening into deeper presence and meaning.
Corey brings a rare combination of lived experience and professional expertise to her writing. She is an Adjunct Faculty member at the University of British Columbia School of Nursing, a Research Consultant with the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division and the National Institute of Disability Management and Research and has over 20 years of experience in global and community health. Her academic work focuses on mental health, disability, and inclusion, and she specializes in trauma-informed, holistic, and community-based approaches.
Blending evidence-based insight with lived wisdom, Corey writes with wit, compassion, and accessibility. She is passionate about reframing what the world often calls limitation – grief, illness, or sensitivity – into sources of wisdom, connection, and justice.
Born in Portland, Oregon and now based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Corey continues to explore the spaces where personal story meets collective healing. She invites readers into that liminal space, where love, transformation, and renewal weave together to create freedom born from truth.
