The Research Team
RESEARCHERS
Brittany Wenniserí:iostha JockBear Clan from Akwesasne
Assistant Professor, Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition & Environment (CINE), McGill University [email protected] www.mcgill.ca/nutrition/staff/professors/brittany-wenniseriiostha-jock 
Ann C. MacaulayProfessor Emerita, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University
"I am dedicated to participatory research for Indigenous health" [email protected] www.mcgill.ca/familymed/ann-macaulay 
Donna Ivimey
Dave Bergeron, RN, Ph.D.Dave Bergeron is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR). His research focuses on community-based health promotion and program evaluation in partnership with Indigenous communities in Canada, Colombia, and Peru. He is particularly interested in realist evaluation, arts-based research, knowledge translation, and the recognition of traditional knowledge.
[email protected] |
Treena DelormierScientific Director of KSDPP
Associate Professor, School of Human Nutrition, McGill University [email protected] www.mcgill.ca/nutrition/staff/professors/treena-wasontiio-delormier 
Sarah FraserProfessor, Faculté des arts et des sciences - École de psychoéducation, Université de Montréal
[email protected] 
Katsitsiio Splicer
Katsi’tsí:io, Onkwehonwe from Kahnawà:ke, is a research coordinator for youth-led, action-based research that explores how to engage youth in community. She is passionate about the journey of decolonization and re-indigenizing aspects of life, in particular her mind and way of living. She has a six-year-old daughter and a "dog-daughter", teaches yoga and is passionate about physical and wholistic health. Although she has a masters of health science in mental health and a masters of social work in the Indigenous field of study, she is learning there is more to life than Western education and understandings of “work” and has been on a journey to live sustainably.
Leila Qashu
Executive Director, Qc NEIHR
(Quebec Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research) Leila Qashu is a qualitative researcher, educator, arts-based practitioner and human rights activist dedicated to supporting ground-up, community-based projects initiated by and for Indigenous communities. She prioritizes listening and focusing on community-based and collaborative initiatives. |
Alex M. McComberCommunity Advisor and Researcher, KSDPP
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University [email protected] www.mcgill.ca/familymed/alex-m-mccomber 
Lucie LévesqueProfessor, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University
[email protected] skhs.queensu.ca/people/faculty/lucie-levesque-phd/ 
Sonia Périllat-AmédéeResearch Coordinator, KSDPP
Sonia started working with KSDPP in 2018 through her Master's in Human Nutrition at McGill. She is now working as research assistant to Treena Delormier on the Community Mobilization Training project and the Québec Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research. [email protected] 
Ines SebaiInterim Research Coordinator, KSDPP
Ines Sebai holds an applied bachelor's degree in nutrition from Tunisia. She completed a master's degree in nutrition at the Université de Montréal where she is currently pursuing a PhD at the Faculty of Medicine. Her research focuses on the relationship between nutrition and health among First Nations in Canada. |
Former Research Team members
Louise Potvin
Gilles Paradis
Richard Hovey
Kathryn Gray-Donald
Enrique García Bengoechea
The Research Team
STUDENT TRAINEES
Brittany McBeathPhD Candidate
Brittany is a Kanyen'kehá:ka woman of mixed ancestry from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. She has been studying under the supervision of Dr. Lucie Lévesque in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen's University, in partnership with KSDPP since 2017. [email protected] 
Cameron Hare
Cameron is a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario and has been working with KSDPP since 2023. He is currently a graduate student at the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen's University
[email protected] 
Ana Paola Islas CastilloPaola is an exchange student from Mexico studying Nutrition and Wellness at Tecnológico de Monterrey. She is assisting with the KSDPP Traditional Recipe Book project, highlighting the cultural and nutritional value of traditional foods.
Youssef Boulis |
Derek WasyliwDerek Wasyliw is a Ph.D. candidate in Kinesiology Sciences at McGill University and currently works within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta. A KSDPP research team member since 2014, his research revolves around bridging Indigenous and Western research methods to co-construct relational and ethical programming through CBPR approaches. Passionate about holistic wellness, Derek collaborates with Indigenous and non-Indigenous partners to advance culturally grounded, land-based, and intergenerational mentorship programs in PHE.
Marisol Vidal Batres
Marisol is a Research Assistant at the Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment (CINE). She holds a master’s in Human Nutrition and supports summer students' projects at KSDPP related to Dr. Delormier’s Canada Research Chair.
Jolian WongMaya OcampoMaya MillerMegan Légaré |
Colin BailliePhD Candidate
Colin is a PhD Candidate from Queen's University and has been a KSDPP Research Team Member Since 2014. [email protected] 
Ekua ManfulEkua is a Ghanaian master’s student
at McGill University’s School of Human Nutrition, supervised by Dr. Treena Delormier, and has partnered with KSDPP since 2024. 
Giselle Alfred
Kwakwaka’wakw from the Namgis and Mamalilikulla First Nations, Undergraduate Student Trainee, School of Biomedical Sciences, McGill University .
Keko WilliamsHannah Zeidenberg |
Former Student Trainees
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Trainee
Victoria Taylor Grace deHaan *Cameron Hare *Hariata Tai Rakena *Shannon Udy Shannon Blake Danial Vagharfard Elena Tresierra-Farbridge *Hariata Tai Rakena *Olivia Franks Colin P.T. Baillie Sonia Périllat-Amédée *Brittany McBeath *Andrea Ianni *Leslie Ann Stacey *Morgan Philips Cedric Jamet Jonathan Salsberg Soultana Macridis Evangeline Seganathy *Sarah Horne Lindsay Hogan Maedeh Khayyat Kholghi Jayne Murdoch *Treena Delormier Sherri Bisset Shannon Dow Elizabeth Doxsee Allison Kirby *Laura Salmon Gisèle Guilbault Michelle Jimenez *Ojistoh Horn Mary Trifonopoulos |
Research Supervisor
Lucie Lévesque Lucie Lévesque Lucie Lévesque Treena Delormier Lucie Lévesque Lucie Lévesque Alex McComber Lee Schaefer Lucie Lévesque Lucie Lévesque Treena Delormier Lucie Lévesque Lucie Lévesque Steve Jordan Warren Linds Spencer Moore Enrique García Bengoechea Enrique García Bengoechea Ann Macaulay Kathryn Gray-Donald Enrique García Bengoechea Gillian Bartlett/Jon Salsberg Kathryn Gray Donald Katherine Frohlich/Louise Potvin Margaret Cargo/Louise Potvin Nadia Ferrara Lucie Lévesque Lucie Lévesque Kathryn Gray-Donald Louise Potvin/Lucie Lévesque Olivier Receveur Gilles Paradis Harriet Kuhnlein |
Degree
BSc BSc BSc PhD MSc BHSc BHSc BA MA MSc MSc MSc MSc MEd MSc PhD MA PhD PhD MSc MSc MA MSc MSc PhD MSc MA MA MA MSc MSc MSc MSc MSc |
Graduation
2025 2025 2025 2025 2024 2025 2024 2023 2021 2021 2021 2020 2020 2020 2019 2019 2016 2015 2015 2014 2013 2013 2013 2012 2011 2008 2006 2006 2005 2004 2001 1999 1999 1995 |
Institution, Department
Queen's University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies Queen's University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies Queen's University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies The Johns Hopkins University, International Public Health McGill University, School of Human Nutrition Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University Sociology, Concordia University McGill University, Dept. of Kinesiology and Physical Education Queen's University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies Queen's University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies McGill University, School of Human Nutrition Queen's University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies Queen's University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies McGill University, Dept of Integrated Studies in Education Concordia University, Applied Human Sciences Queen's University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies McGill University, Kinesiology McGill University, Dept. of Kinesiology and Physical Education McGill University, Dept. of Family Medicine McGill University, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition McGill University, Dept. of Kinesiology and Physical Education McGill University, Dept. of Family Medicine McGill University, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition University of Montreal, Social and Prev. Medicine Université de Montréal, Santé Communautaire Concordia University, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology Queen's University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies Queen's University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies McGill University, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition Université de Montréal, Dépt. de médecine sociale et préventive McGill University, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition McGill University, Epidemiology & Biostatistics McGill University, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition |
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Juan Camilo Calderon Farfan Jonathan Salsberg Marie-Claude Tremblay *Treena Delormier Margaret Cargo Lucie Lévesque |
Supervisor
Dave Bergeron Gillian Bartlett Ann Macaulay/Debbie Martin Elaine Power Louise Potvin Lise Gauvin/Louise Potvin |
Year(s)
2017 2014-2016 2011 1999-2000 1998-2001 |
Institution, Department
Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) Department of Health Sciences McGill University, Dept. of Family Medicine, PRAM McGill University, Dept. of Family Medicine, PRAM Queen's University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies University of Montreal, Social & Prev. Medicine University of Montreal, Social & Prev. Medicine |
* Indigenous students
Past Members
Jonathan Salsberg - Senior Lecturer, University of Limerick, Ireland
Pierre Haddad - Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Université de Montréal
Pierre Haddad - Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Université de Montréal