Get Involved
Directory of Academic Partners taking Graduate Students
The CDPP welcomes enthusiastic, creative, and curious students to join our team working to enhance the quality of sport, exercise, and play for children and adults experiencing disability.
Under the guidance of dedicated, award-winning mentors you will have many opportunities to collaborate with organizations and researchers, develop skills to meaningfully and ethically do partnered research, and engage in cutting-edge research projects.
Below is our directory of academic partners taking graduate students for the upcoming year.
Dr. Emily Bremer, PhD
Contact
Area of Study / Keywords
Motor Development, Physical Literacy, Program Evaluation, Children and Youth
Links
https://kinesiology.acadiau.ca/faculty-staff/emily-bremer.html
Dr. Andrea Bundon, PhD
Contact
Area of Study / Keywords
Sociology Sport, Critical Disability Studies, Qualitative Research Methodologies
Links
https://kin.educ.ubc.ca/bundon-andrea/
Dr. Carolyn Emery, PhD, PT
Contact
Area of Study / Keywords
Sport injury, concussion, physical activity outcomes, epidemiology
Links
https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/carolyn-emery
Dr. Blair Evans, PhD
Contact
Area of Study / Keywords
Social Influence, Conceptualizing Quality Experiences, Disability Sport Programs, Social Psychology, Sport Psychology, Organizational Psychology
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Dr. Marcia Finlayson, PhD, OT Reg (Ont), OTR
Contact
Area of Study / Keywords
Multiple Sclerosis, Self-Management, Health Services Access
Links
https://rehab.queensu.ca/marcia-finlayson
Dr. Femke Hoekstra, PhD
Contact
Area of Study / Keywords
Implementation Science, Isolated Communities, Research Partnerships
Links
Active link will be available soon: https://www.isiclab.med.ubc.ca/
Dr. Amy Latimer-Cheung, PhD
Contact
Area of Study / Keywords
Quality participation in sport and exercise, Implementation, Guideline Development
Links
https://skhs.queensu.ca/people/faculty/amy-latimer-cheung-phd/
Dr. David Legg, PhD *co-supervisory role only
Contact
Area of Study / Keywords
Paralympic Sport, Adapted Physical Activity
Links
Dr. Laura Misener, PhD
Contact
Area of Study / Keywords
Parasport Events, Disability Sport Event Leveraging/Legacy, Community Sport Development
Links
https://www.uwo.ca/fhs/kin/about/faculty/misener_l.html
Dr. Sarah Moore, PhD, CTRS
Contact
Area of Study / Keywords
Risky outdoor play, therapeutic recreation, knowledge mobilization
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Toni L. Williams, PhD *Committee Member Only
Contact
Area of Study / Keywords
Disability, Intersectionality, Narrative, Physical Activity, Qualitative Research
Links
https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/toni-williams/
Join the Movement – Disability Sport Opportunities
Our research aims to capture and learn from the experiences of Canadians with lived experience of disability and key sport champions including coaches and sport administrators. With our community partners such as the Canadian Paralympic Committee, Special Olympics Ontario, and PowerHockey Canada we are striving to amplify lessons learned to promote disability sport across Canada. Please share your voice. Get Involved.
1) No experience as an athlete required, but you have an opinion to share about sport and sport media – we need to hear from you!
Click here if you use a powerchair as your primary mode of mobility in the community.
Click here if you are a person with lived experience with physical disability who identifies as a woman or girl.
2) Are you a current or pre-pandemic athlete? Share your opinion here.
Click here if you use a powerchair as your primary mode of mobility in the community and are a current powerchair athlete (or you were pre-pandemic).
Click here if you’ve participated in a major sport event (e.g., Invictus Games, Ontario Para Sport Games, Parapan-Am Games, Special Olympics ect.) within the last 5 years.
3) Are you a powerchair sport champion? Do you have experience starting and/or supporting powerchair sport in your community? Share success stories and lessons learned here.
Click here if you are a powerchair sport champion including coaches, sport administrators, volunteers, and athlete support staff.
4) Are you a disability sport employee or supporter? Do you have experience organizing or volunteering at a disability sport event? Share your experiences here.
Click here if you have volunteered at a disability sport event in the last five years.
Click here if you have held a leadership, administrative, or organizational role (paid or unpaid) at a disability sport event in the last five years.
Don’t see an opportunity that suits you but want your story heard. Please e-mail our Project Coordinator, Jordan Herbison, at jordan.herbison@queensu.ca
COVID-19 Disability Survey, Interim Report & Full Report
All Canadians who identify as having a disability—such as physical, cognitive or sensory— or having a child or family member living with a disability in their household are asked to share their unique experiences and concerns while navigating COVID-19.
The survey, led by Abilities Centre staff along with University of British Columbia researchers Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis, Dr. Joan Ubeda-Colomer and Dr. Femke Hoekstra and Queens’s University researcher Dr. Amy Latimer-Cheung, will give a voice to many Canadians living with a disability. Data from the survey will help evaluate and enhance new policies and community support programs.
The survey is now available in French, English, American Sign Language, and in plain language. Additionally, this survey formatting includes headings suitable for screen reader software, increased font size and colour contrast.
To participate in the survey CLICK HERE
For the press release CLICK HERE
1. For a copy of the November 25, 2020 Interim Report CLICK HERE
2. For a copy of the February 2021 Full Report:
- in English with data collected to Dec 18, 2020 CLICK HERE
- in Plain Language with data collected to Dec 18, 2020 CLICK HERE
- in French with data collected to Dec 18, 2020 CLICK HERE
- in ASL with data collected to Dec 18, 2020 CLICK HERE
3. For a copy of the October 2021 Full Report:
- in English with data collected from Dec 19, 2020 to Sept 8, 2021 CLICK HERE
- in Plain Language with data collected from Dec 19, 2020 to Sept 8, 2021 CLICK HERE
Make the future of work more inclusive for young people with disabilities.
The Institute for Work and Health is currently recruiting for two studies:
1) Do you live with a disability and identify as a youth or young adult between the ages of 18-35? Are you currently employed or looking for work?
Take part in an online activity to design workplace supports for young people with disabilities that are relevant to the future of work.
Learn more, click here.
2) Are you a policy maker involved in the design of social programs and policies? Are you an employer, or employment service representative? Do you have professional expertise on the changing nature of work or the challenges and opportunities faced by people with disability?
Share your feedback in our online activity and help design ways to support the future employment of young people with disabilities.
Learn more, click here.
For more information on either study, contact:
- Kay Nasir
- knasir@iwh.ca
- (416) 927-2021 x 2101
- www.iwh.on.ca
The National Physical Activity Measurement (NPAM) team is currently recruiting:
- Children and youth from across Canada who are ages 4 to 17 and are living with a disability to participate in a study using a fItbit
- Watch this video in either English or French to learn more and get involved (contact information is in the video)