TIE Lab 2024-2025 Members
Who we are:
We are a dynamic group of students, academics, and research assistants who take interest in experimental and applied research within the discipline of exercise and health psychology and adapted physical activity. The collective differences but common interest from our lab members contribute to a stimulating, engaging, and diverse lab culture.
We seek to understand, support, and improve the health and well-being of adults living with physical disability by actively engaging with community-based partners, applying theories, and using a variety of research designs. Our team focuses on ways to improve and sustain physical activity engagement, participation in daily and social activities, and well-being.
What we research:
Two specific areas of research are conducted within TIE Lab.
Adapted physical activity. To build an understanding of the process to help people with a physical disability engage in physical activity while identifying and testing solutions to overcome physical activity barriers.
Spinal cord injury peer mentorship. Strives to optimize spinal cord injury peer support programs and services across Canada by working in partnership with academics and community-based organizations (see www.mcgill.ca/scipm for more information).
What we value:
In prioritizing what is important to us as a team, TIE Lab established values for all members to exemplify both in and outside of our lab setting. Our values include,
Balance: To have awareness and skills to have a healthy integration of the facets of our lives.
Collaboration: To build and maintain relationships within and outside the lab through respect, compassion, and trust.
Compassion: To be aware of and to actively promote the well-being of yourself and others.
Curiosity: To actively approach and engage situations and people with interest and a critical perspective.
Growth: To be motivated to progress to be the individuals and team we strive to be.
Respect: To acknowledge the inherent worth, needs, perspectives, and differences of oneself and others.
Trust: To build and maintain the belief we can count on one another.
TIE Lab Highlights
We would like to extend a big congratulations to our PhD Candidate, Olivia Pastore on successfully defending her PhD!
Olivia's PhD thesis was "Understanding and reducing compassion fatigue using the compassion fatigue resilience model and self-compassion in peer mentors of Canadian spinal cord injury community service organizations". Olivia dissertation aimed to explore the occurrence of compassion fatigue in spinal cord injury (SCI) peer mentors and developing a self-compassion program for SCI community organizations to provide to their peer mentors to optimize their well-being and mentorship to mentees. Olivia will begin as an Assistant Professor at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in the New Year.
Congratulations, Dr. Pastore!
Congratulations to our Master's student, Lily White, who has successfully proposed her Master's thesis! Lily's Master's thesis aims to understand the implementation of an evaluation tool for Canadian community-based spinal cord injury organizations peer mentorship programs. Having achieved this milestone, Lily will now begin data collection and analysis for her thesis. We're excited to see the outcome of this meaningful research!
Well done, Lily!
We are excited to share that our Master's student, Gabrielle Bedard, has successfully completed and submitted her Master's thesis! Gabby's Master was "Understanding the Enactment of Behaviour Change Techniques in Physical Activity Among University Students with Physical Disabilities and Chronic Conditions". Gabby's research provides understanding as to the specific techniques and behaviours university students with physical disabilities and chronic conditions use to engage in physical activity. The results of Gabby's research may provide further understanding as to which techniques and behaviours may be most supportive for university students with physical disabilities to become physically active.
Congratulations on achieving this milestone, Gabby!
A big congratulations to our PhD Candidate, Zhiyang "George" Shi on successfully defending his PhD!
George's PhD thesis was "Implementation of Spinal Cord Injury Peer Mentorship Programs in Rehabilitation Settings" and sought to understand how incorporating of peer mentorship programs in clinical settings could be beneficial to individuals with spinal cord injury. George's research was completed in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams of clinicians, mentors, and mentees and provides evidence as to how peer mentorship programs provides patients with meaningful information, skills, and social connections that they can use during and beyond a rehabilitation setting. George will begin a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto this fall.
Congratulations, Dr. Shi!
We would like to congratulate our lab director, Dr. Shane Sweet, on the successful renewal of his Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Participation, Well-Being, and Physical Disability!
Dr. Sweet was one of only 10 McGill faculty members to receive a renewal of their Canada Research Chair. The continued recognition and support from the Canada Research Chair Program is a testament to the highly developed and sought-after research program Dr. Sweet has established in contributing to the enhancement of physical activity participation, well-being, and overall quality of Canadians living with physical disabilities. Please see the link below for the news highlight published by the Faculty of Education.
Congratulations, Shane!
Dr. Shane Sweet Is One of McGill's 10 Renewed Canada Research Chairs (2023)
