Lead Researcher:
Research interests:
- Assistive technology, social participation, caregiving, outcome measurement
- Working with assistive technology users, informal and formal caregivers, individuals with spinal cord injury and residents in long-term care
Involvement in MAP:
- MAP Principal Investigator
- Accessibility Advisory Committees/Disability Advocacy (lead)
- Intersectional Sensitivity Training for Service Providers (lead)
- COVID-19 and Making Streets for People (lead)
- Communications Committee
Web pages:
https://osot.ubc.ca/directory/ben-mortenson/
https://icord.org/researchers/dr-ben-mortenson/
https://www.vchri.ca/researchers/ben-mortenson
Phone: (604) 675-8870
Email : ben.mortenson[at]ubc.ca
Twitter: @mortensonlab
Researchers:
Research interests:
- Disability advocacy
- Municipal advisory committees
- Accessibility policies
- Sociology of disability
- Disability in post-Socialist contexts
Involvement in MAP:
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- COVID-19 and Making Streets for People
- Accessibility Advisory Committees/Disability Advocacy on a Local Level (lead)
- Intersectional Sensitivity Training for Service Providers
- Communications committee
Web pages:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfiyabattalova/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alfiya-Battalova
Email : alfiya.battalova[at]ubc.ca
Involvement in MAP:
- MAP Community Lead
- MAP Social Accessibility Stream Committee Member
Web pages:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/annwen-loverin-525833a/
Phone: (604) 980-2474
Email: annwen[at]silverharbourcentre.com
Research interests:
- Older adults
- Persons with disability
- Mobility
- Social inclusion/exclusion and participation
- Physical environment and health
- Recent research in MAP can be summarized as:
- a) development of comprehensive and validated user-led tools in environmental assessments for older adults and people with disabilities;
- b) development of evidence-based Knowledge Translation tools (e.g., videos and photovoice exhibits) in mobility and participation for diverse group of people using a community-based participatory process
Involvement in MAP:
- Co-lead for Navigation and Pedestrian Environment Accessibility Stream
- Stakeholders Walkability/Wheelability Audit in Neighbourhoods (SWAN) Tool Development (lead)
- COVID-19 and Making Streets for People
Email: amahmood[at]sfu.ca
Research interests:
- Disability Policy
- Social Participation and Inclusion
- Person-environment interaction
- Adaptive Leisure and Physical Activity
- Community-Based Participatory Research
- Qualitative and Mixed-methods Research
Involvement in MAP:
- Engineering Solutions for Outdoor Accessibility (lead)
- Intersectional Sensitivity Training for Service Providers
- Active Transportation Policy Analysis (lead)
Web page: https://ahs.uic.edu/disability-human-development/directory/labbe-delphine/
Phone: (312) 413-8569
Email : dlabbe[at]uic.edu
Research interests:
- Health institutions
- Design solutions at the home or urban level to improve the quality of life of disabled people
Involvement in MAP:
- Stakeholders Walkability/Wheelability Audit in Neighbourhoods (SWAN) Tool Development
- Engineering Solutions to Outdoor Accessibility
- Intersectional Sensitivity Training for Service Providers
- Active Transportation Policy Analysis
Web page: https://www.cirris.ulaval.ca/fr/ernesto-morales
Phone: (418) 529-9141 # 6030
Email : ernesto.morales[at]fmed.ulaval.ca
Research interests:
- People with disabilities or loss of autonomy
- Technical and technological aids
- Urban planning
- Development and validation of measuring instruments
Involvement in MAP:
- Co-lead for Navigation and Pedestrian Environment Accessibility Stream
- Stakeholders Walkability/Wheelability Audit in Neighbourhoods (SWAN) Tool Development
- Engineering Solutions to Outdoor Accessibility
- COVID-19 and Making Streets for People
- Active Transportation Policy Analysis
- Indicator Development
- Social Network Analysis
Web page: http://cirris.ulaval.ca/fr/francois-0
Phone: (418) 529-9141 # 6256
Email : françois.routhier[at]rea.ulaval.ca
Research interests:
- Physical Activity Participation
- Applied Social & Exercise Psychology
- Behaviour Change
- Disability & Spinal Cord Injury
- Knowledge Mobilization
- Integrated Knowledge Translation
- Community-Engaged Research
- Implementation Science
Web pages:
https://hes.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/kathleen-martin-ginis/
https://www.med.ubc.ca/person/kathleen-martin-ginis/
https://sciactioncanada.ok.ubc.ca/
Phone: (250) 807-9187
Email: kathleen_martin.ginis[at]ubc.ca
Research interests:
- Loss of autonomy and social participation
- Mobility and aging
- Health care technologies
- Physical activity
- Life in society
Involvement in MAP:
- Stakeholders Walkability/Wheelability Audit in Neighbourhoods (SWAN) Tool Development
- Accessibility Advisory committees/Disability Advocacy on a Local Level
- Active Transportation Policy Analysis
- Indicator Development
Email: krista.best[at]fmed.ulaval.ca
Research interests:
- Knowledge transfer
- Social environment
- Physical environment
- Technological environment
Involvement in MAP:
- Co-lead for Transportation Accessibility Stream
- Accessibility Advisory Committees/Disability Advocacy on a Local Level
- Intersectional Sensitivity Training for Service Providers
- Active Transportation Policy Analysis
- COVID-19 and Making Streets for People
- Indicator Development (lead)
- Social Network Analysis (lead)
- Website Accessibility for People with Traumatic Brain Injury (lead)
Web page: http://cirris.ulaval.ca/fr/marie-eve-lamontagne
Phone: (418) 529-9141 # 2423
Email : marie-eve.lamontagne[at]cirris.ulaval.ca
Research interests:
- Disability policy
- Spirituality and disability
- Attitudes toward disability
- Disability and primary care (esp. “Actionable Nuggets”)
Involvement in MAP:
- Intersectional Sensitivity Training for Service Providers (lead)
Web page: https://www.rehab.queensu.ca/mary-ann-mccoll
Phone: (613) 533-6319
Email : mccollm[at]queensu.ca
Research interests:
- Geographic Information System (GIS)
- Human environment interactions
- Smart and inclusive mobility and cities
- Geospatial assistive technologies
- Accessibility mapping
- RV, RA and TIC Augmented and virtual geospatial reality
Involvement in MAP:
- Stakeholders Walkability/Wheelability Audit in Neighbourhoods (SWAN) Tool Development
- Engineering Solutions to Outdoor Accessibility
- Intersectional Sensitivity Training for Service Providers
- Active Transportation Policy Analysis
Web page: https://www.cirris.ulaval.ca/researchers/mir-abolfazl-mostafavi/
Phone: (418) 656-2131 #402750
Email : mir-abolfazl.mostafavi[at]scg.ulaval.ca
Research interests:
- People with disabilities or loss of autonomy
- Technology
- Home Support
- Social participation
Involvement in MAP:
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- COVID-19 and Making Streets for People
- Website Accessibility for People with Traumatic Brain Injury
- Communication and Social Media committees
Web page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nolwenn-lapierre-phd-07202a60/
Phone: (418) 529-9141
Email : nolwenn.lapierre.1[at]ulaval.ca
Research interests:
- Social participation and human rights
- Social environment
- People with disabilities
- Political sociology and social movements
- Social policies and theories of disability
Involvement in MAP:
- Co-lead for Social Accessibility Stream
- Active Transportation Policy Analysis
- COVID-19 and Making Streets for People
Web Page: https://www.cirris.ulaval.ca/fr/normand-boucher
Phone: (418) 529-9141 #6740
Email: Normand.boucher[at]cirris.ulaval.ca
Involvement in MAP:
- MAP Community Lead
- MAP Social Accessibility Stream Member
Research interests:
- Technology (wheeled mobility, mHealth) design use and evaluation
- Wheeled mobility devices, determinants of wheelchair use, measurement tools (development and evaluation), balance and ambulation confidence, and assessment of assistive technology (e.g., wheeled mobility devices) used to enable mobility disabled adults’ self-efficacy, (e.g. individuals with lower limb amputation, spinal cord injury, and stroke)
- Behavioral change, social participation
Involvement in MAP:
- Co-lead for Transportation Accessibility Stream
- Engineering Solutions to Outdoor Accessibility (lead)
- Intersectional Sensitivity Training for Service Providers
- Active Transportation Policy Analysis (lead)
Web page: http://millerresearch.osot.ubc.ca/
Phone: (604) 714–4107
Email : bill.miller[at]ubc.ca
Partner Staff:
Advisory Board Members:
Collaborators:
Research interests:
- Healthcare environment
- Care of older people in ordinary housing
- Assistive technology
- Re-ablement
- Accessibility and participation
- Occupational therapy
- Leads the research group ALVA – Health, care, and everyday activities of older people https://www.oru.se/english/research/research-teams/rt/?rdb=g324
Web page: https://www.oru.se/english/employee/cecilia_pettersson
Phone: +46 79 061 4088
Email: cecilia.pettersson[at]oru.se
Research interests:
- Community exercise for people after stroke
- Health Literacy responsiveness
- Implementation science and practice change
- Co-design carer/peer support
- Transition to independence for young stroke
- Technology based rehab
Involvement in the following MAP projects:
- Accessibility Advisory Committees/Disability Advocacy on a Local Level
Web page: https://www.utas.edu.au/profiles/staff/health/Marie-Louise-Bird
Phone: +61 408123433
Email: marie-louise.bird[at]utas.edu.au
Research interests:
- Sense of place
- Ageing-in-place
- Age-friendly cities and communities
Involvement in the following MAP projects:
Web page: https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/persons/ryan-woolrych
Phone: +44(0)7957406677
Email: r.d.woolrych[at]hw.ac.uk
Research interests:
Passionate about innovation for and by disability, I am particularly involved in the HIT project (Handicap Innovation Territory: hit-lorient.bzh) which aims to develop the Lorient Agglomeration area around disability and innovation.
I am also strongly involved in the development of the REHAB-LAB community (fablabs integrated into health and care organizations to allow patients / residents to create their own technical aids via 3D printing: rehab-lab.org).
Web page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willyallegre/
Phone: +33666012440
Email: willy.allegre[at]vyv3.fr
Research interests:
- Spinal cord injury
Involvement in the following MAP projects:
- Engineering Solutions for Outdoor Accessibility
- COVID-19 and Making Streets for People
- Accessibility Advisory Committees / Disability Advocacy on a
Local Level
Web page: https://sci-bc.ca/team/chris-mcbride/
Phone: (604) 326-1226
Email: cmcbride[at]sci-bc.ca
Research Students:
Research interests:
- Serious mental illness and improving wellbeing
- Traumatic experiences in first responders
- Gender differences in the experience of trauma
Involvement in MAP:
- SWAN
- Sensory Scoping Review
Research interests:
- Environmental gerontology
- Age-friendly cities with a focus on improving accessibility, walkability and wheelability of urban built environments for older adults and people with mobility disabilities
Involvement in MAP:
- SWAN
Research interests:
- Rehabilitation Interventions focusing on balance, mobility and fatigue in people with spinal cord injury consequently aiming to ameliorate quality of life
Involvement in MAP:
- PhD student
- Accessibility Advisory Committees/Disability Advocacy on a Local Level
Web page:
http://linkedin.com/in/prajapati-h-vaishnav-a2a38720b
Email : himanivaishnav567[at]gmail.com or himani27[at]student.ubc.ca
Research Interests:
- Influence of the neighbourhood built environment on the out-of-home mobility and social participation of persons with dementia
- Design, dementia, disability, and mobility
Involvement in MAP:
- PhD student
- Stakeholders Walkability/Wheelability Audit in Neighbourhoods (SWAN) Tool Development
Email: kseethar[at]sfu.ca
Research Interests:
Universal accessibility
Knowledge transfer
Social inclusion of people with disabilities
Involvement in MAP:
- PhD student
- Social Network Analysis
- Student Committee
- Social media and Communication committees
Email: maelle.corcuff.1[at]ulaval.ca
Research interests:
- Pediatric research and in particular in the benefits of physical activity in children and adolescents with physical and/or cognitive disabilities
- Doctoral project, supervised by Dr. Maxime Robert and Dr. Krista Best, focuses on the role of physical literacy and fundamental motor skills in children with motor limitations. The concept of physical literacy influences the physical activity practice of individuals throughout their lives and plays an important role in the social integration of youth
Involvement in MAP:
- PhD student
- Social Media Committee
Web page:
www.linkedin.com/in/margaux-hebinck-954b12210
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Margaux-Hebinck
Email : margaux.hebinck.1[at]ulaval.ca
Education and professional experience:
Training:
- Homeopathy
- Physiotherapy (Physiotherapy in Benin)
- Psychology
- Management (university degree)
- Professional Studies Diploma in Business Launch
- Osteopathy (in progress)
Professional experience :
- Research assistant
- Extensive experience in clinical practice in hospitals, clinics and rehabilitation centers in Africa
- Expertise in rehabilitation / rehabilitation in trauma, rheumatology, neurology, clinical lymphophlebology, chronic ulcers and wounds and in geriatrics
Research interests:
- Geriatrics and quality of life
- Chronic diseases in the elderly
- Aging
- Mobility, accessibility and participation
- Neurology
- Movement disorders
- Orthotics and prostheses
- Rehabilitation services and care
- Trauma / injuries and neuromuscular diseases
- Wound and scarring
- Neurodegenerative diseases
- Autonomy loss
- Cognitive development
Implications in the following MAP projects:
- Project 2: Accessibility Advisory Committee / Advocacy for people with disabilities at the local level / Community engagement and people with disabilities
- Project 5: Analysis of active transport policies
Web page: www.linkedin.com/in/mkiki
Email: gbetogo-maxime.kiki[at]cirris.ulaval.ca
Research interests:
- Mobility of people with disabilities in their community
- How people navigate and the policies and practices that impact them
Involvement in MAP:
- SWAN
Research interests:
- Social Participation, Inclusion and Equality within the transportation industry
- Finding ways to mitigate discrimination towards individuals who identify with a disability
Involvement in MAP:
- Master’s student
- Intersectional Sensitivity Training
- COVID-19 and Making Streets for People
- Student Committee
- Social Media Committee
Web page: www.linkedin.com/in/olatioluwase-olatona-80bba4180
Email : ola98[at]student.ubc.ca or olatioluwase[at]gmail.com
Research Interests:
- Smart mobility
- Geospatial Analysis
- Landmark-based navigation
- Location-Based Services
- Smart and Inclusive City
Involvement in MAP:
- Engineering Solutions to Outdoor Accessibility
Phone: (418) 271-1614
Email: sanaz.azimi.1[at]ulaval.ca
Research Interests:
- Aging, disability, and accessibility within the built environment
Involvement in MAP:
- Stakeholders Walkability/Wheelability Audit in Neighbourhoods (SWAN) Tool Development
- Student Committee
Email: thomas_jenkins[at]sfu.ca
Research interests:
- Collaborative policy and program accessibility solutions to remove barriers of the built environment, transportation, social participation, and intersectionality
- Community participatory research
Involvement in MAP:
- PhD student
- Active Transportation Policy Analysis
- Engineering Solutions for Outdoor Accessibility
Web page: http://www.rehabresearchprogram.com/
Email: tsca0819[at]student.ubc.ca
Research Staff:
Involvement in MAP:
- Communications committee
Email: jodine.perkins[at]ubc.ca
Research interests:
- Well-being and mental health of older adults in the community
- Development of infants and children from a cross-cultural perspective, specifically focusing on parent-infant attunement and responsiveness
Involvement in the following MAP projects:
- Undergraduate Research Assistant in the MAP SFU Stream
Email: asharroc[at]sfu.ca
Research Interests:
- Neuropsychology, neurodegenerative disorders and diseases as well as cognition in aging
Involvement in MAP:
- Social media committee
Research interests:
- Elderly population from a public health perspective, ranging from their accessibility to equitable and targeted healthcare to looking at the barriers elderly people experience regarding the built environment in their community
- Identifying the social and physical barriers persons with disabilities experience when living in an able-bodied society
Involvement in MAP:
- SWAN
Involvement in MAP:
- Communication and Social Media committees
Email: nicole.banting[at]ubc.ca
Research interests:
- Accessibility of physical and institutional environments for disabled and neurodiverse populations
- Working with disabled, neurodiverse and LGBTQ2SIA+ populations
- Urban planning
Involvement in MAP:
- Social Media Committee (Twitter)
Web page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophia-sauvageau-a93944168/
Email : sophia.sauvageau[at]ubc.ca
Involvement in MAP:
- Podcast committee
Email: tania.jagpal[at]ubc.ca
Research interests:
- Community engagement and breaking down barriers for marginalized members in our community
Involvement in MAP:
- Social media committee
Web page:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianna-tang-558b3114a/
Email: brianna.tang[at]ubc.ca
Research interests:
- Occupational therapy’s role in recovery from mental illness
- Psychological, physical, and cognitive rehabilitation from brain injury
Involvement in the following MAP projects:
- MAP administration committee
- Student leadership committee
Email: collisc[at]student.ubc.ca
Research interests:
- Community accessibility and advocacy
- Physical, cognitive and language post-trauma rehabilitation
Involvement in MAP:
- Communications committee
Web page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelseamjang/
Email: cjang[at]student.ubc.ca
Research Interests:
- Evolution due to climate change
- Species coexistence
- Evolutionary ecology
Involvement in MAP:
- Accessibility Advisory Committees/Disability Advocacy on a Local Level
- Communications committee
Email: nola.morey[at]ubc.ca
Research interests: - Research and development of tools for increasing participation and quality of life
- Universal Design
- Accessibility of recreation
- Dementia and communication
- Motor speech therapy
- Social Media Team
- Podcast Team
Research Interests:
- Environments and designs that hold empathy for the user
Involvement in MAP:
- Social media committee
Email: zach.fitzgerald[at]ubc.ca
Research interests:
- Inclusion of people with disabilities in research
Involvement in the following MAP projects:
- Translation
Email: girardtranslations[at]gmail.com