Meet Team Giles
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Shawn Forde |
Ph.D. Students
Yvonne James Michelle Bauer |
Master's Students
Amina Haggar Steven Latino Jaime Carpenter Jessica Webb Julia Hamer |
Undergraduate Students
Nia Contini Laurel Schmanda Yasmin Rajwani Lilianne Johanis |
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Shawn Forde
Shawn Forde is a postdoctoral fellow under the supervision of Dr. Audrey Giles. He completed his MA and PhD at the University of British Columbia. His masters research examined sports-based HIV/AIDS prevention efforts in southern Africa. Shawn’s PhD research was supported by a SSHRC scholarship and was concerned with how various groups mobilize in and around sport for the purposes of social change. This primarily involved an examination of FIFA’s Football for Hope program, as well as an ethnographic and historic look at the social and political role that soccer played in a particular South African community during and after apartheid. Throughout his MA and PhD research, Shawn utilized arts-based research methods including sketching, drawing, and comics. His current work is connected to Dr. Giles’ SSHRC funded research project that is analyzing ‘sport for reconciliation’ efforts in Canada, Australia, and Aoteroa/New Zealand. Shawn enjoys reading, drawing, soccer, and spending time with family. Yvonne James Yvonne James is a third year Ph.D candidate in the institute of Feminist and Gender Studies. Yvonne holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Women’s Studies. In 2013 Yvonne was awarded her Master of Arts degree from the University of Ottawa. Her major research paper explored constructions of ‘bad’ mothers in academia. Since graduation, Yvonne has worked as a research associate at the Pan-Canadian Health Human Resources Network. In July 2014 Yvonne worked on a team that was awarded a CIHR planning grant. Yvonne’s Ph.D research stems from these funds, and will examine Canadian midwives’ capacity to deliver maternity care in the context of birth centres. Yvonne is co-supervised by Dr. Ivy Bourgeault. Michelle Bauer Michelle Bauer is in her third year of her PhD in Population Health at the University of Ottawa. She has a BA in Psychology from Concordia University and MA in Human Kinetics from the University of Ottawa. Her OGS funded and Department of National Defence sponsored PhD thesis research explores military parents' perspectives of combat, injury, parenting, and children's play. She is co-supervised by Dr. Audrey Giles (uOttawa) and Dr. Mariana Brussoni (UBC). Her current academic projects explore parents' perspectives on children's serious play-related injuries, understanding children's disabilities within play contexts, and approaching child and family safety from interdisciplinary and social justice standpoints. Outside of academia, she enjoys playing sports, spending time with friends, family, and her cat Freya, and travelling. Amina Haggar Amina Haggar is a second year Master of Arts in Human Kinetics student. She received her Bachelor of Science with specialization in Human Kinetics from the University of Ottawa in 2017. Her honour's project in her last year of undergraduate studies was completed under the supervision of Dr. Audrey Giles and focused on corporate social responsibility and how extractive companies represent Indigenous-targeted sport for development initiatives on social media. Her thesis-based MA research, which has been accepted for funding through the SIRC Researcher/Practitioner Match Grant program, examines the participation of second generation African Canadian adolescent girls involved in a community sport program in Ottawa using intersectionality theory. She is collaborating with the City of Ottawa and the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity to complete this project. Outside of her academic pursuits, Amina's hobbies include learning new languages, hosting waste diversion and recycling workshops on campus, assisting with health promotion and community engagement initiatives at her local community health centre, and playing badminton with her fellow Team Giles labmate and friend Michelle. Steven Latino Steven Latino is a Master of Arts student in his final year. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa in 2014. His previous research was in sports psychology and focused on resilience strategies implemented by endurance athletes in the midst of competition. Under the supervision of Dr. Giles, Steven's MA research explores the social media representations of the funding of sport for development programs by extractives companies in Indigenous communities in Canada and Australia. Away from his studies, you can usually find Steven with a guitar in hand, out running on Gatineau's trails or practicing yoga at a local studio. Jaime Carpenter Jaime Carpenter is an Indigenous student in the first year of her Master’s degree in Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa. In 2018 she graduated from Plymouth State University (PSU) in New Hampshire, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Promotion. Throughout her four years at PSU, she competed on the varsity women’s ice hockey team. With her background in hockey, and identifying as Indigenous, her research interests include examining female Indigenous hockey players who have to leave their home communities to pursue a sport. Jaime’s hobbies include spending time with family, friends, and her dogs, along with still playing hockey, going to the gym, and traveling. Jessica Webb Jessica Webb is a first year Master's student in the Faculty of Human Kinetics. After graduating from the University of British Columbia in 2013, Jessica spent six years working with women and children in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. She is a co-founder of Taking Steps: Warrior Women's Wellness program - a coalition project between YWCA Crabtree Corner and UBC School of Nursing. Under the supervision of Dr. Francine Darroch at Carleton University and Dr. Audrey Giles, Jessica's current research involves the role of physical activity and fathers' wellness in the DTES. In her free time Jessica likes singing karaoke, tending to her plants and all things Beyoncé. Julia Hamer Julia is in her first year of her Master of Arts in Human Kinetics. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Queen's University and recently finished a Master of Education (specialization in Teaching and Learning) from the University of Ottawa. Having both played and coached soccer for many years, her research interests include socio-cultural aspects of sport, and the impact on gender in children's sport programming. Outside of school, Julia enjoys reading, bouldering, watching tv, and spending time with friends and family. Nia Contini Nia Contini is a third-year student in BSc Human Kinetics at uOttawa. She is also a lifeguard and swim instructor at the uOttawa pool, and a volunteer First Responder with the University of Ottawa Student Emergency Response Team. Her UROP project is focused on the creation of plain language and culturally appropriate boating safety resources. Specifically, she is looking at the Beyond Cold Water Bootcamp geared to the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the NWT. Laurel Schmanda Laurel Schmanda is a second year Health Sciences student at the University of Ottawa. Her Undergraduate Research Opportunity Project focuses on the opportunities -or lack thereof- for physical activity and sport that persons with disabilities have in the Northwest Territories. Outside of academics, Laurel enjoys spending time in nature any way she can. She can often be found riding her horse or planning her next adventure, whether that be a canoe trip in Algonquin Park with her family or volunteering overseas. Yasmin Rajwani Yasmin Rajwani is a second-year undergraduate student pursuing an Honours degree in International Development and Globalization at the University of Ottawa. Her Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) project will use critical discourse and policy analyses to examine the use of sport in reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and settlers in Canada. Yasmin enjoys playing sports, singing and dancing, and loves travelling and learning about new cultures. Lilianne Johanis Lili Johanis is a third-year Bachelor of Fine Arts student at the University of Ottawa. Her Undergraduate Research Opportunity Project focuses on the use of Indigenous art and design in the creation of professional sport merchandise within the Australian National Rugby League. Her academic interests include painting, media arts, and critical theories of art history. Outside of school, you can find Lili cycling, painting, traveling, or in a crossfit gym. |
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