School of Kinesiology and Health Studies
On October 1, 2025, the Community-engaged Health Promotion Research Lab participated in the Bridging Campus & Community: Collaborating for Impact workshop hosted by the Principal's Office and Dr. Michelle Searle, Special Advisor to the Principal on Community Engagement. This special event highlighted community-engaged work across research, teaching and learning, and partnerships and was attended by over 100 campus and community members.
Our lab was represented by Lucie Lévesque (Professor and Principal Investigator); Kelechi Kemnele, PhD Candidate (Photo above, left); Julia Nord-Leth, PhD Student (Photo above, right); and Victoria Taylor, former undergraduate member of the research lab and currently a Master of Science student in Public Health Sciences, Queen's University.
McBeath B, Jock BW, Delormier TW, & Lévesque L. (2025). Recentering Indigenous knowledge: A narrative review of recent developments in the Indigenous health promotion. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 21(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.32799/ijih.v21i1.45613.
Majed E, Abdel-Jalil J & Lévesque, L. (2025). The Effectiveness of Interventions to Improve Movement Behaviors Over the 24-Hour Day Among Immigrants: A Systematic Review. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0534.
Ortiz-Brunel J, Jáuregui-Ulloa EE, Comfort A, Juárez-Rodríguez P, Lee RE, López y Taylor J, Pérez-Maravilla JM, Zarate I, & Lévesque, L. (2025). Users’ safety perceptions from crime in relation to park type and user gender in Mexico. Journal of Healthy Eating and Active Living, 5(1), 86–96. https://doi.org/10.51250/jheal.v5i1.85
Majed E, Janssen I, Lévesque L. (2024). Meeting the 24-hr Movement Guidelines among adult immigrants in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 1-12.
Szeszulski J, Faro JM, Joseph RP, Lanza K, Lévesque L., Monroe CM, ... & Lee RE. (2023). How Societal Forces of Change Are Transforming Youth Physical Activity Promotion in North America. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 1(aop), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2023-0167
Bruner B, Rickwood G, Shwed A, Karvinen K, Lévesque L., Mantha S, & Raymer G. (2023). Child and parent perspectives on active transportation to school: Facilitators and barriers in a northern, rural environment. Journal of Transport & Health, 33: 101708, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2023.101708
2025, September (with C Hare, B McBeath, M Trifonopoulos, K Splicer, S Fraser): KSDPP as a Research & Training Centre: Mentorship in Action. Panel discussion at the KSDPP Indigenous Health Research Summit: Skátne Tewateweinst: Together We are Learning. Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory, QC.
2025, February. Community Interventions in Vulnerable Groups. Presentation to Graduate Students, Physical Activity and Lifestyle Program at the University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, MX.
2025, February: Respectful Practices for Community-Engaged Health Promotion Intervention, Evaluation & Research, and Application of Theories and Models in Health Promotion Interventions. Modules for the Short Course: Design & implementation of community-based programs, Physical Activity and Lifestyle Program at the University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, MX.
2025, January 30: Ethical Practices for Community-Engaged Health Promotion Research and Methods for Engaging Communities in Culturally Relevant Physical Activity Research. Presentations at the Building Bridges: Advancing Multinational Research and Capacity Building in Physical Activity Promotion. Salud Unida Network (SUN), Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Xochimilco in Mexico City, MX.
2025, January 29: History of the Collaboration. Presentation at Building Bridges: Advancing Multinational Research and Capacity Building in Physical Activity Promotion. Salud Unida Network (SUN), Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Xochimilco in Mexico City, MX.
2024, November: Walking Alongside: Wise practices for allies in Indigenous health promotion research. Indigenous Research Collaboration Day: Indigenous Perspectives on Health, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON.
2024, July (with C Hare, E Proskurnik, T Delormier): KSDPP Mobilizing and supporting Indigenous community to community connections to prevent Type 2 diabetes in future generations. Panel discussion at the 24th Lawson Foundation Child and Youth Diabetes Strategy (CYDS) Gathering. Victoria, BC.
2024, May (with V Taylor): PHE Canada Conference Environmental Assessment. Private presentation to PHE Board of Directors during the Physical Health Education Canada Annual Conference, Saskatoon, SK.
Comfort A, Janssen I, García Camarena R, Vázquez Gutiérrez A, López y Taylor JR, Jáuregui Ulloa E, Lévesque L. (2025, June 11-14). Gender differences in the composition of movement across the 24-hour day among high school students in Guadalajara, Mexico [conference presentation]. The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Meeting, Auckland, NZ.
Hare C, McBeath B, McComber AM, Delormier T, Jock BW, Bergeron D, Baillie CPT, Lévesque L (2025, June 11-14). Conceptualizing Community Resilience in Three First Nations. Abstract submitted to the International Society of Behavioural Nutrition & Physical Activity Annual Meeting, Auckland, NZ.
Lévesque L, Jock B, McComber AM, Tai Rakeni HG, Udy S. (2025, June 11-14). Sha'tetionkwatte (we are all the same height): Wise practices for building equitable and respectful partnership research with Indigenous communities. Pre-conference workshop. The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Auckland, NZ.
Hare C, McComber AM, Delomier T, Jock BW, Bergeron D, McBeath B, Baillie CPT, Lévesque L. (2025 March 21-22). Exploring Perceptions of Collective Agency in Three First Nations, Eastern Canada Sport & Exercise Psychology Symposium, Western University, London, ON.
Taylor V, Lévesque L. (2025 March 21-22). Reframing Health Perspectives: A Personal Reflection on Unlearning Colonial Health Frameworks. Eastern Canada Sport & Exercise Psychology Symposium, Western University, London, ON.
Aladesuyi, F, Kemnele, K, Oluwasanu, M, & Lévesque L. (2025, March). Exploring the role of school environment in shaping physical activity and healthy eating among adolescents in Nigeria (Proposal presentation). Eastern Canada Sport & Exercise Psychology Symposium (ESCEPS) Conference, Western University, London, ON.
Kemnele K, Thomas A, Walwyn D, Walwyn L, Janssen I, Storey K, Sheppard J, Lévesque L. (2025, March 21-22). Navigating Challenges in School-based Data Collection in Antigua and Barbuda. Oral presentation, Eastern Canada Sport & Exercise Psychology Symposium, Western University, London, ON.
Ortiz Brunel J, Jáurgeui Ulloa E, Lévesque L, Juárez-Rodríguez P, López y Taylor JR, Pérez-Maravilla JM, Comfort A, Zarete I, Lee RE. (2024, October). Disparities of Types of Parks Characteristics and User’s Safety Perception in Mexico. Oral presentation, International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress. Paris, France.
Lévesque L, Jáuregui E, Lee RE. (2024, October). Physical activity research in Mexico: Can the ideals of participatory-research be upheld in HIC-LMIC partnerships? Workshop accepted but cancelled. International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress. Paris, France.
Ferguson L, Hare C, Manson G, Majed E, Baillie CPT, Lévesque L, (2024, October). Changing the Playbook: Making Space for Diverse Ways of Knowing, Being, and Doing. The Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology, Winnipeg, MB.
Comfort A, Galavíz, KI, Lapeña J, Guzmán Caballero L, Lee RE, López y Taylor JR, Jáuregui Ulloa E, Lévesque L. (2024, May). Community-based interventions to increase physical activity in adults in Spanish-speaking Latin America: a systematic review [conference presentation]. The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Omaha, NE, USA.
Bergeron D, Muirhead M, Jedemann C, Jock BW, Lévesque L. (2024, May). An Initial Program Theory Explaining the Outcomes of Community Mobilization Training in Health Promotion in Indigenous Communities. International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Meeting, Omaha, NE, USA.
McBeath B, Ferguson, L, Jock B, Lévesque L, (2024, May). Addressing the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action through Physical Activity, Sport and Health Promotion Research. Physical and Health Education Canada annual conference, Saskatoon, SK.
Ortiz-Brunel J, Jáuregui-Ulloa E, Lévesque, L, Lee, RE, Comfort, A, Zarate I, López y Taylor J, Juárez- Rodríguez P, Pérez-Maravilla, J M. (2024, March). Association between Mexicans’ safety perceptions from crime and type of park by gender. Active Living Conference, Chattanooga, TN.
Kemnele, K., Walwyn, D., Walwyn, L., Janssen, I., Storey, K., & Lévesque, L. (2024) Adherence to the 24-hour movement guidelines among adolescents in Antigua & Barbuda: A pilot study. Eastern Canada Sport and Exercise Psychology Symposium, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Taylor V, McBeath B, Thériault C, Hare, C, Lévesque, L. (2024, March). What is the Environmental Cost to Gather? A case example from the National Indigenous Diabetes Association Conference. The Eastern Canada Sport & Exercise Psychology Symposium, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Hare C, McComber AM, McBeath B, Baillie CPT, Lévesque L. (2024, March). Culturally Relevant Indigenous Knowledge Exchange for Community Mobilization to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes. The Eastern Canada Sport & Exercise Psychology Symposium, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.