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