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Past Research Projects

Northern Dialogues: Remoteness and sustainable livelihoods in rural and northern Canada

2023-2024

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Insight Development Grant ($49,876).

Collaborators: Dr. Agnes Pawlowska-Mainville, Amanda Graham, Dr. Audrey Giles, Dr. Joelena Leader, Dr. Kristin Catherwood, Dr. Patrick Brouder

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State of Rural Canada 2024: Inclusive and Sustainable Futures for Rural and Northern Communities

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Municipal Collaboration in Regional Event Hosting

2021-2023

Brock University (Internal) Canada Games Grant ($6,975).

Collaborators: Dr. Erin Sharpe, Dr. Martha Barnes, & Dr. Carol Phillips

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Municipal Perspectives on Collaboration in Regional Event Hosting: A Case Study of the 2022 Canada Summer Games

Policy Brief: Municipal Collaboration in Regional Event Hosting

Canada Games Research Spotlight: Kyle Rich

Sport Policy Implementation: Regional Perspectives

2021-2024

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Insight Development Grant ($59,607)

Collaborators: Dr. Ann Pegoraro, Dr. Jeffrey Boggs, Dr. Adam Gemar, Row Ontario, Ontario Basketball Association

Mapping Women's Community Sport Participation to Inform Sport Development Initiatives: A Case Study of Row Ontario

Regional Policy and Organizational Fields in Multi-level Sport Governance.

Community sport organizations, regional governance, and sport policy implementation in Ontario, Canada

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Interdisciplinary and Impactful Sport Research

2022-2024

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Connection Grant ($49,882)

Collaborators: Larena Hoeber, Marika Warner, Michael Naraine, Audrey Giles

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Rural Canada and COVID-19: Understanding the impacts, responses, and recovery needs for rural resilience

2020-2022

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Partnership Engage Grant ($24,246)

Co-Investigator: Dr. Heather Hall

Partner Organization: The Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation

State of Rural Canada 2021: Opportunities, Recovery, and Resiliency in Changing Times

COVID-19 and Rural Canada: Rural Impacts and Resilience

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Creating Inclusive Economies: Building bridges between the public, private, and civil society sectors

2020-2022

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Connection Grant ($49,715).

Co-Investigator: Audrey Keating, Dr. Laurie M. Brinklow, Dr. Nathalie Lewis, Dr. Sarah-Patricia Breen, Dr. Sarah R. L. Minnes

Creating Inclusive Economies: Building Bridges Between Public, Private and Civil Society Sectors, 2022 Hybrid Conference

Creating Inclusive Economies: 2021 Virtual Conference

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Program Evaluation for VicHealth Investments in Participation and Health Through Sport

2016-2017

In collaboration with the Centre for Sport and Social Impact at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria

Participant-Centered sport development: A case study using the leisure constraints of women in regional communities

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Sport and Recreation in Rural Canadian Communities

2013-2017

Participatory research project with the Municipality of Powassan.

Awarded SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship.

Insiders, outsiders, and agents of change: First person action inquiry in community sport management

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The Impact of Recreational and Participatory Sporting Events on the Adaptation of Newcomers to Canada

2013-2015

Collaborators: Dr. Laura Misener, The Community Cup

"Community Cup, We Are a Big Family”: Examining Social Inclusion and Acculturation of Newcomers to Canada through a Participatory Sport Event

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Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Cultural Safety Training

2011-2013

$10, 000 University of Ottawa Internal Interdisciplinary Grant competition

Collaborators: Dr. Audrey Giles, Canadian Red Cross

Managing Diversity to Provide Culturally Safe Sport Programming: A Case Study of the Canadian Red Cross’s Swim Program

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