Isabelle V.Daignault

Isabelle V. Daignault has a PhD in clinical psychology and is professor at the Criminology school at Université de Montréal. Her practice and researches focus essentially on young and teenagers victims of criminal acts. Her research work happens in a clinical setting and aims to improve psychological and socio-judiciary interventions for youth exposed to sexual violence, including children who exhibit problematic sexual behaviours.

Since 2019, as a former athlete, she is interested in the problem of violence in sport sectors.

With Nathalie Fontaine, she directs the Youth Development and Adjustment Study Center (YDASC). She is a research member of the Équipe Violence Sexuelle et Santé (ÉVISSA), of the Compared Criminology International Center, and on the Research Chair in Safety and Integrity in Sport (SIMS). She is also an associated researcher for the Marie-Vincent Interuniversity Research Chair on sexual assaults against children, a collaborating researcher at the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse (CRIPCAS) and collaborating researcher within the Institut universitaire Jeunes en difficulté, CIUSSS Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal.