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Associate Professor of Sport Management Julie Stevens delivered the Convocation address at the morning ceremony of Brock’s Spring Convocation on Wednesday, June 15.<\/p><\/div>\n
The project studies how individual factors \u2014 such as substance use, sleep, physical activity, screen use, diet and bullying \u2014 and policies and programs at the school and government levels affect youth mental health.<\/p>\n
Patte\u2019s recent research studies how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted youth mental health and their engagement in health behaviours, and whether it has increased health inequities, with funding from CIHR<\/a> and SickKids<\/a>. She is passionate about working with youth<\/a> to design, implement and disseminate research.<\/p>\n \u201cBy engaging youth throughout the research process and employing mixed and multiple methods, I believe we\u2019re able to have a greater impact,\u201d says Patte.\u00a0\u201cI look forward to continuing this work to improve our understanding of how to best ensure all youth can flourish.\u201d<\/p>\n She credits \u201cthe unique transdisciplinary and collaborative environment\u201d at Brock, learning from, and with, colleagues and mentors across disciplines, for successes in her research.<\/p>\n Stevens, who delivered Brock\u2019s morning Convocation address Wednesday, is known for her research on women\u2019s hockey, launched by the 1997 book she co-authored as a PhD student, Too Many Men on the Ice: Women’s Hockey in North America<\/em><\/a>. She joined Brock shortly after that to develop expertise in women\u2019s and girls\u2019 hockey, including history, governance, player development, management and international growth, and expanded into broader hockey scholarship from there. She also studies sport oral history<\/a> and the impact of sport upon a regional economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Stevens integrates her research into academic and applied activities with a wide range of sport bodies and programs. Some of these include the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Pickleball Ontario, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation and the Coaching and Sport Management Program at Linnaeus University in Sweden.<\/p>\n In 2018, Brock University appointed Stevens as Special Advisor to the President, Canada Games. In this role, Stevens has led research, teaching and community engagement innovation, and championed the University\u2019s academic legacy through its partnership with the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n