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

emily.bremer@acadiau.ca

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

andrea.bundon@ubc.ca

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

caemery@ucalgary.ca

Area of Study / Keywords

Sport injury, concussion, physical activity outcomes, epidemiology

Links

https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/carolyn-emery

 

Dr. Blair Evans, PhD

Contact

mevan3@uwo.ca

Area of Study / Keywords

Social Influence, Conceptualizing Quality Experiences, Disability Sport Programs, Social Psychology, Sport Psychology, Organizational Psychology

Links

www.evanslab.ca

 

Dr. Marcia Finlayson, PhD, OT Reg (Ont), OTR

Contact

marcia.finlayson@queensu.ca

Area of Study / Keywords

Multiple Sclerosis, Self-Management, Health Services Access

Links

https://rehab.queensu.ca/marcia-finlayson

 

Dr. Femke Hoekstra, PhD

Contact

femke.hoekstra@ubc.ca

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 

amy.latimer@queensu.ca

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

dlegg@mtroyal.ca

Area of Study / Keywords

Paralympic Sport, Adapted Physical Activity

Links

https://www.mtroyal.ca/ProgramsCourses/FacultiesSchoolsCentres/HealthCommunityEducation/Departments/HealthandPhysicalEducation/Faculty/dlegg.htm

 

Dr. Laura Misener, PhD

Contact

lmisene@uwo.ca

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

sarah.moore@dal.ca

Area of Study / Keywords

Risky outdoor play, therapeutic recreation, knowledge mobilization

Links

https://www.dal.ca/faculty/health/health-humanperformance/faculty-staff/our-faculty/kinesiology/sarah-moore.html

 

Toni L. Williams, PhD *Committee Member Only

Contact

toni.williams@durham.ac.uk

Area of Study / Keywords

Disability, Intersectionality, Narrative, Physical Activity, Qualitative Research

Links

https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/toni-williams/

  


 

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 were asked to share their unique experiences and concerns while navigating COVID-19.

Data from 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 and help evaluate and enhance new policies and community support programs.

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