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Talia Ritondo

(She/they)
PhD Candidate, School of Human Kinetics, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Talia completed her MA thesis in 2021 in the Department of Recreation and Leisure at Brock University. Her research focused on postnatal women's experiences of physically active leisure and how gendered expectations of motherhood impact their participation in community team sport after the birth of a child. Talia is a research assistant on the "Youth Sport and Role Identity" SSHRC and Sport Canada funded project. After graduation, Talia accepted a full-time position with Brock University’s Human Rights and Equity Office.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Teaching Assistant, University of Ottawa
  • 2022–present
    Research Assistant, University of Ottawa
  • 2021–2022
    Gender & Sexual Violence Education Coordinator, Brock University
  • 2018–2022
    Research Assistant, Brock University
  • 2018–2021
    Teaching Assistant, Brock University

Education

  • 2021 
    Brock University, Master of Arts, Applied Health Sciences

Publications

  • 2023
    Resistance and Mothers’ Experiences in Postnatal Team Sport: “Didn’t You Just Have a Kid?”, Leisure Sciences
  • 2023
    Women moving forward in pictures: using digital photographs to explore postpartum women’s physical activity experiences, Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health