Research
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Intimate Partner Violence Research
We study many facets of intimate partner violence (IPV) including intergenerational transmission of violence, bidirectional IPV, teen/young adult IPV, and IPV perpetrator interventions, informed by psychobiological theories of stress responsivity and trauma.
Homelessness
Homelessness Research
In collaboration with the Old Brewery Mission, among other partners, we are exploring the trajectories into, during, and exiting from homelessness for different populations, including women, veterans, and First Nation, Métis, and Inuit within Québec.
Affect Regulation Research
Affect regulation is the process of coordination of physiological, emotional, and cognitive mechanisms to maintain equilibrium in response to internal and external stress. Responding to stress (adverse or demanding experiences) is an adaptive process driven by past experiences that influence future stress reactions. Informed by a psychobiological stress physiology framework, we explore affect regulation, a capacity which matures during adolescence, as experienced by youth exposed to family violence, among other populations. Within this research, we consider how social interactions of structural factors of socioeconomic status, gender, ethnicity/race, and systemic oppression inhibit or enhance resilience as defined by Ungar (2021).
The COVID-19 pandemic and its effects
Humanity is experiencing a unique moment in history, with serious effects for individuals, families and societies. This survey study explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being and social interactions in collaboration with researchers from 10 countries and in 7 languages (incluant une version en français). Participate in the survey here!
Transformative Justice/Healing Justice/Cultural Safety
BIPOC families are over-represented in the child protection services and criminal justice system, with persistent negative consequences; immigrant families, already living in heightened precarity, may be exponentially further negatively impacted by contact with these systems. Very little research from a family-focused perspective has explored the nature of this intersection between the siloed IPV and child protection services and immigrant families and their needs for trauma-informed care.
