Alexandro Allison Abaunza, Ph. D.
Team
The team of the SIMS Chair is composed of researchers from various disciplines using diverse research designs. The multidisciplinary nature of the research team allows it to provide innovative insight into the issues surrounding safety and integrity in sport. The SIMS Chair includes high-calibre researchers, students, and research professionals, from Quebec, Canada and abroad.
Emilie Belley-Ranger, Ph. D.
Chair Coordinator
Véronique Boudreault, PhD
Assistant Professor
Isabelle Daigneault, PhD
Professor
Nadine Deslauriers-Varin, PhD
Professor
Jacinthe Dion, PhD
Professor
Allyson Gillard
Adjunct Professor
Claude Goulet, PhD
Professor
Joseph Gurgis, PhD
Assistant Teaching Professor
Leen Haerens, PhD
Professor
Martine Hébert, PhD
Professor
Emma Kavanagh, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Sport Psychology and Coaching Science
Sophie Labossière
Research Professional
Melanie Lang, PhD
Professor
Émilie Lemelin, PhD
Research Professional
Margo Mountjoy, PhD
Clinical Professor
Jeannine Ohlert, PhD
Lecturer and Researcher
Aurélie Pankowiak, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher
Sylvie Parent, PhD
Professor
Stephanie Radziszewski, PhD
Assistant Professor
William Simard
Graduate Research Assistant (Master’s student)
Elisabeth St-Pierre
Graduate Research Assistant (PhD student)
Ashley Stirling, PhD
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Minhyeok Tak, PhD
Senior Lecturer
Julia Topart
Research Assistant
Isabelle V. Daignault, PhD
Associate Professor
Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel, PhD
Assistant Professor
Tine Vertommen, PhD
Doctor (Researcher and Lecturer)
Tom Webb, PhD
Associate Professor
Mary Woessner, PhD
Senior Lecturer/Researcher
Andrea Woodburn, PhD
Associate Professor
Kevin Young, PhD
Full Professor Emeritus
Students
Nick Ashley
Doctoral student
Designated safeguarding leads in sport: Perceptions and experiences of inter-agency collaboration
Directed by Melanie Lang
Rosalie Ayotte
Master’s student
Consequences of sexual violence among university student athletes and non-athletes
Directed by Isabelle Daigneault & Sylvie Parent
Véronique Gauthier
Doctoral student
Mental health of university student-athletes during a pandemic
Directed by Véronique Boudreault
Amélie Gauthier-Duchesne
Doctoral student
Sexual abuse
Directed by Martine Hébert
Matilda Hansen
Master’s student
Concussion in sport: Media representations of critical incidents
Directed by Emma Kavanagh
Terri Harvey
Coming soon
Transgender athlete experiences of organized sport
Directed by Emma Kavanagh
Janina Jaspers
Doctoral student
Empowerment of athletes as an organizational process
Directed by Jeannine Ohlert
Arianne Jean-Thorne
Doctoral student
Resilience
Directed by Martine Hébert
Charlie Larochelle
Master’s student
Adoption of safe behaviours
Directed by Claude Goulet
Yann Laurin
Master’s student
Prevention of concussions
Directed by Claude Goulet
Jessica Mapolin-Gilbert
Master’s student
Carribean coaches’ perceptions and representations of the coach-s-athlete relationship in a context of sexual violence against minor athletes.
Directed by Sylvie Parent
Sarah McGee
Coming soon
Addiction in sport
Directed by Ashley Stirling
Aalaya Milne
Master’s student
Violence in dance/racialized experiences
Directed by Ashley Stirling
Sarah Pinder
Coming soon
Child sexual abuse discourses and the place of adult-child ‘touch’ in physical education and school sport
Directed by Melanie Lang
Lara Pomerleau-Fontaine
Doctoral student
Psychological well-being of developing athletes
Directed by Véronique Boudreault
Alexanne Prince
Master’s student
Analysis of the training needs of managers of Quebec sports federations regarding the prevention of sexual violence against minor athletes
Directed by Sylvie Parent
Bate Robyn
Understanding the mental health experiences of male and female sports officials: A comparative analysis across sport
Directed by Tom Webb
Helena Schmitz
Doctoral student
Prevention of Interpersonal Violence in Sport Clubs: Implementing a Coach-Created Empowering Climate
Directed by Jeannine Ohlert
William Simard
Masters
Analysis of coaches’ training needs surrounding the MEA in a sports context.
Directed by Andrea Woodburn & Sylvie Parent
Rik Soutworth
Doctoral student
Athlete care in elite youth football academies
Directed by Melanie Lang
Elisabeth St-Pierre
Doctoral student
Coaches who have committed sexual abuse in sport
Directed by Nadine Deslauriers-Varin
Alexia Tam
Coming soon
Peer-based violence
Directed by Ashley Stirling
Anika Taylor
Master’s student
Sport journalism and safe sport
Directed by Ashley Stirling
Amélie Tremblay
Master’s student
Prevention of concussions
Directed by Claude Goulet