Susanne Nicolay, RN, BA, BScN, ACRN

Susanne, Clinical Director with Wellness Wheel, is a graduate from the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Nursing and completed her AIDS Certified Registered Nurse certification in 2012. A part of the WW team since the fall of 2016, she has worked in clinical and community settings as an HIV nurse and gained diverse experience with a focus on medicine and chronic disease; including experience in acute and long-term care, community and public health, research and policy development, management and education.

Susanne’s passions include utilizing a client-centered, harm reduction and strengths-based approach, which is culturally responsive and reflective of Truth and Reconciliation, to work with people living with and at-risk for HIV and HCV, integrating people with lived experience (peer experts) as colleagues into the care delivery model, and working in/with/and for communities, families and individuals.

Michelle Dornan, BSW, RSW (non-practising)

Michelle, Organizational Coordinator, is a registerd Social Worker (non-practising) with professional experience in health system navigation, program development, and inter-organizational coordination.

Since joining the Wellness Wheel team in 2025, Michelle oversees the planning and delivery of mobile and community-based clinical services, working closely with physicians, nurses, researchers, First Nation leadership, and health authorities to ensure programs are well-governed, well-coordinated, and responsive to community priorities. Her approach to holistic care includes the meaningful integration of People with Lived Experience (PWLE) and Indigenous knowledge alongside Western medical practice, strengthening culturally safe, practical, and sustainable service delivery.