In 2019, I started thinking about the idea of creating a scientific blog in partnership with TRACE, my primary laboratory during my doctoral studies supervised by Natacha Godbout, as well as the Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse (CRIPCAS). At that time, I could not have imagined the pleasure I would take in establishing a scientific blog, made possible by a Dialogue scholarship - student component from the Fonds de recherche du Québec. Furthermore, it was greatly enriching to collaborate with the many co-authors who have published, and with my colleagues who assist in the process of reviewing and disseminating texts. In total, around forty popularization articles on interpersonal traumas and intimate relationships have been published since the creation of the TRACE blog in September 2021.
The statistics on each of these articles indicate that there was a great need to make this type of platform accessible to the general public. With time and various publication shares, each of our articles has received between 500 and 5,000 clicks! Some professionals testify that our blog articles are among the tools they recommend to their clients. We receive several testimonies from the general public that the texts have helped them, interested them, and opened their minds to new realities. Today, it is therefore with a well-enriched journey but a slightly heavy heart to have to end this beautiful experience in scientific popularization that I leave my position as editor-in-chief of the TRACE blog. Now that I have completed my doctoral studies within TRACE and, consequently, will no longer be a student member of CRIPCAS, I will leave our readership in the capable hands of my colleague Élise Villeneuve and under the direction of Natacha Godbout.
Élise has a highly developed research instinct. She is self-taught, reliable, and passionate about scientific popularization. Without naming all of her past accomplishments, she has already published on the TRACE blog and coordinates the CRIPCAS Instagram page. As a result, I am confident that she will ensure the scientific rigor of the texts we publish while making the content accessible to a non-research audience. With that, I wish a long life to the TRACE blog and I thank my colleague Élise for accepting the challenge of becoming the editor-in-chief! I also warmly thank Natacha Godbout for having confidence in this project and for investing part of the funds granted as part of her Dialogue grant - researcher component from the Fonds de recherche du Québec.
I became a member of the TRACE laboratory in 2021 while pursuing my undergraduate degree in psychology and have continued my journey there by pursuing my doctoral studies since the fall of 2022. During my undergraduate studies, I became interested in the popularized content on TRACE's social networks, which allowed me to learn more about interpersonal traumas and intimate relationships even before joining the laboratory. From then on, I began to develop an interest in disseminating scientific knowledge to the general public. Throughout my journey, I have had several opportunities to participate in scientific popularization, which have allowed me to refine my skills in this field. I have been involved with TRACE and CRIPCAS, but also with Éducofamille, of which I am part of the administration and content creation team. These experiences have ignited a passion for scientific popularization that I wish to nurture.
Thus, with enthusiasm, I accepted Éliane and my director Natacha Godbout's offer to take over the editing of the blog. I also see the urgent need for reliable and accessible information for the general public on the topics we address on the blog. I feel very grateful for the opportunity to become editor-in-chief and am ready to take on this new challenge! We still have several articles in the editing process that will be published in the coming months on the blog. Also, a new call for papers - the fifth since the launch of the TRACE blog - aimed at undergraduate and postdoctoral students of CRIPCAS is ongoing until May 31, 2024. Thus, the blog continues to grow and offer you varied and quality content on intimate relationships and interpersonal traumas.
I would like to thank my colleague Éliane and my director Natacha Godbout for the opportunity to become editor-in-chief and for their mentorship over the past few months to ensure I have all the knowledge necessary to take over this project. I hope to contribute to the blog's outreach for a long time and warmly thank our readership for following us all this time.
The publication of this article was made possible thanks to our partner, the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse (CRIPCAS), and the Fonds de recherche du Québec.
To cite this article: Dussault, É. & Villeneuve, É. (2024, May 13). A New Beginning for the TRACE Blog! TRACE Blog. https://natachagodbout.com/en/blog/new-beginning-trace-blog
