Team Giles Alumni - Where are they now?
Sara Nicholls Mathies
Degree: MA in Women's Studies and Human Kinetics, 2008
Thesis Title: Playing Games with Power and Privilege: Subjugated Knowledges and Sport for Development
Current Position: High Commissioner to Mozambique and Eswatini
Davina Rousell
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2009
Thesis Title: Understanding Leadership's Role in Inclusive, Culturally-Appropriate Recreation Programming in K'atlodeeche First Nation/Hay River Reserve and the Town of Hay River, Northwest Territories
Current Position: Manager, Policy and Research, Government of Alberta.
Julie Bertrand
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2009
Thesis Title: New Brunswick Approach to Comprehensive School Health: Healthy Learners in Schools and the Community School
Current Position: Principal in Vancouver, BC
Hannah Irving
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2010
Thesis Title" Dancing with Difference: An Auto/ethnographic Analysis of Dominant Discourses in Integrated Dance
Current Position: Evaluation Officer, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Sara Dorken Ahee
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2011
Thesis Title: The Development of the City of Ottawa's Girls n' Women and Sport Program
Current Position: Manager, Content Development, Fortinet
Karen Lawford
Degree: MA in Women's Studies, 2011
Thesis Title: First Nations Women's Evacuation during Pregnancy from Rural and Remote Reserves
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Gender Studies, Queens' University
Vanessa Lodge Gagné
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2011
Thesis Title: Aboriginal Sport in the Maritimes: Mi'kmaq and Maliseet Tom Longboat Award Recipients
Current Position: Leadership Development Coordinator, Aboriginal Sport and Wellness Council of Ontario
Erin Aylward
Degree: MA in International Development and Global Studies, 2012
Thesis Title: Northern Youth Abroad: Exploring the Effects of a Cross-Cultural Exchange Program from the Perspectives of Nunavut Inuit Youths
Current Position: Acting Manager, Public Health Agency of Canada
Ava Baker
Degree: Completed fourth year research project and family medicine residency research project with Audrey
Current Position: Family medicine and ER physician in Alberta and British Columbia
Dr. Jackie Oncescu
Degree: PhD in Human Kinetics, 2012
Thesis Title: The Impact of a School's Closure on Rural Community Residents' Lives
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of New Brunswick
Dr. Lyndsay Hayhurst
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow who conducted research with Audrey
Lyndsay's research focused on sport for development initiatives, especially those that concerned Aboriginal girls.
Current Position: Associate Professor in Kinesiology and Health Science at York University
Alana Rovito
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2012
Thesis Title: A Case Study of Outside Looking In (OLI): A Youth Development through Recreation Program for Aboriginal Peoples
Current Position: working at Humber College
Mimi Galipeau
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2012
Thesis Title: A Case Study of Alberta's Future Leaders Program (AFL): Developing Aboriginal Youth Leadership through Cross-cultural Mentorship, and Sport, Recreation, and Arts Programming
Current Position: Communications Analyst at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Carolyn McClelland
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2012
Thesis Title: The Social Impacts of Street-involved Youths' Participation in Structured and Unstructured Leisure
Current Position: working with marginalized youth in Bancroft
Kyle Rich
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2013
Thesis Title: Bridging Troubled Waters: Examining Culture in the Canadian Red Cross' Swimming and Water Safety Program
Current Position: Associate Professor, Brock University
Sophie Gartner-Manzon
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2014
Thesis Title: Alberta's Future Leaders Program: Long-Term Impacts
Current Position: Teacher
Lauren Brooks-Cleator
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2014
Thesis Title: Physical activity programming for Aboriginal older adults: A scoping study and a case study
Current Position: SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at Carleton University
Dr. Matias Golob
Degree: PhD in Human Kinetics, 2015
Thesis Title: Leisure-oriented Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Sites for Active Citizenship
Current Position: Entrepreneur
Dr. Francine Darroch
Degree: PhD in Human Kinetics, 2016
Thesis Title: Gaining Insight: A Community-Based Approach to Understanding Physical Activity and Weight Gain in Pregnancy with First Nations and Métis Women
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Carleton University
Katie Glass
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2016
Thesis Title: Examining and Addressing Men's Boating Safety Practices in Inuvik, Northwest Territories
Current Position: Contract worker with the UN and WHO
Dr. Karen Lawford
Degree: PhD at the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, 2017
Thesis Title: Understanding the Experiences and Processes of Health Canada's Evacuation Policy for Pregnant First Nations Women in Manitoba
Co-supervisor: Dr. Ivy Bourgeault
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Gender Studies, Queen's University
Michelle Bauer
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2017
Thesis Title: Exploring Single, Stay-at-Home, and Gay Fathers' Perspectives on Their 4- to 12-Year-Old Children's Outdoor Risky Play
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia
Julia Frigault
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2018
Thesis Title: Culturally Safe Falls Prevention Programs for Inuvialuit Elders
Current Position: PhD student at the University of New Brunswick
Dr. Tricia McGuire-Adams
Degree: PhD in Human Kinetics, 2018
Thesis Title: Anishinaabeg Women’s Wellbeing: Decolonization through Physical Activity
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Education, University of Ottawa
Dr. Lauren Brooks-Cleator
Degree: PhD in Human Kinetics, 2019
Thesis Title: First Nations and Inuit Older Adults and Aging Well in Ottawa, Canada
Current Position: Researcher, Social Research and Demonstration Corporation
Michelle Hope Rumford
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2019
Thesis Title: Recreation, Religion, and Reconciliation: Christian Camps for Indigenous Youth in Canada
Current Position: Researcher with the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
Mary Ollier
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2019
Thesis Title: On-the-land with Project Jewel: A Community-based Research Project in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Current Position: Medical Student at University of Toronto
Dr. Rob Millington
Postdoctoral Fellow who conducted research with Audrey
Rob's research focused on how international NGOs mobilized sport for development in both historical and contemporary contexts
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Brock University
Dr. Nicolien van luijk
Postdoctoral Fellow who conducted research with Audrey
Nicolien's research focused on privatized aid and sport for development in Canada and Australia, as well as the historical relationship between the International Olympic Committee and the United Nations
Current Position: Senior Policy Advisor, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Steven Latino
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2020
Thesis Title: Social Media Portrayals of Three Extractives Companies’ Funding of Sport for Development in Indigenous Communities in Canada and Australia
Current Position: Government of Canada
Dr. Shawn Forde
Postdoctoral Fellow who conducted research with Audrey, 2020
Shawn’s research focused on Audrey’s SSHRC-funded research project that is analyzing ‘sport for reconciliation’ efforts in Canada, Australia, and Aoteroa/New Zealand
Current Position: Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at UBC
Jessica Webb
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2021
Thesis Title: Policy and Physical Activity Programs: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Fathers in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Co-supervisor: Dr. Francine Darroch
Current Position: Policy Advisory, Native Women's Association of Canada
Dr. Michelle Bauer
Degree: PhD in Population Health, 2021
Thesis Title: Exploring Military Parents’ Perspectives on their Children’s Outdoor Risky Play
Co-supervisor: Dr. Mariana Brussoni
Current Position: SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, UBC
Amina Haggar
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2021
Thesis Title: An Intersectional Analysis of the Recruitment and Participation of Second-Generation African Canadian Adolescent Girls in a Community Basketball Program in Ottawa, Canada
Current Position: Policy Analyst at the Strategic Policy Branch at Health Canada
Dr. Yvonne James
Degree: PhD in Feminist and Gender Studies, 2021
Thesis Title: Understanding the Role and Experiences of Birth Centre Aides at the Ottawa Birth and Wellness Centre: Work, Leadership, and Reproductive Justice
Co-supervisor: Dr. Ivy Bourgeault
Current Position: Negotiator, Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
Julia Hamer
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2022
Thesis Title: An Exploration of How Ontario Children’s Soccer Coaches of Mixed-Sex Programs Understand Sex and Gender
Current Position: Working with a soccer league
Jaime Carpenter
Degree: MA in Human Kinetics, 2022
Thesis Title: First Nations Athletes’ Experiences of Leaving Their Home Communities to Play Elite Hockey in a Mainstream Context
Current Position: Indigenous Long-Term Participant Development Coordinator, Aboriginal Sport Circle
Dr. Tom Fabian
Postdoctoral Fellow who conducted research on Audrey's SSHRC on Sport for Reconciliation
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University College Dublin