Lucie Lévesque
Professor
Health Promotion and Community-Based Physical Activity Programming
PhD (Université Laval)
MSc (Université Laval)
BA (McGill University)
Undergraduate Courses
KNPE 365 – Motivational Interviewing for Physical Activity Behaviour Change
HLTH 416 – Program Planning and Evaluation
HLTH 417 – Community Based Programming and Evaluation
Graduate Courses
KHS 830 – Health Promotion Research Seminar
KHS 862 – Physical Activity and Community: Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of Community-Based Physical Activity Interventions
Research Summary
Dr. Lévesque leads the Community-Engaged Heath Promotion Research group in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies. Her research focuses on program evaluation and implementation science examining community-based physical activity interventions through an ecological approach. A long-time member of the Kahnawà:ke Schools Diabetes Prevention Program (KSDPP) research team, and frequent collaborator on Indigenous research initiatives, Dr. Lévesque has extensive experience working with Indigenous communities within a CBPR framework. Her work is founded on community engagement for the production and dissemination of action-oriented knowledge. Dr. Lévesque’s research encompasses both Indigenous and mainstream/Western science approaches and has informed the ways in which respectful and relevant research is conducted with Indigenous communities in Canada (e.g., KSDPP Code of Research Ethics; Canada’s Tri Council Policy Statement 2: Module 9 – Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples of Canada). In addition to her research with Indigenous communities, she also collaborates with public health researchers in local communities and in Latin America and the Caribbean to conduct program evaluation and research related to physical activity and health promotion.
Graduate Student Opportunities
Opportunities available for graduate students who identify as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis. Prospective students are encouraged to apply to the Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (www.sshrc.ca), the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (www.cihr.ca), and other agencies that provide support for graduate students. Please email Dr. Lévesque your statement of interest, resumé, and academic transcript..
Current Funding
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Links
Community-Engaged Health Promotion Research Lab
Kahnawà:ke Schools Diabetes Prevention Program
Kingston Gets Active
Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program