TRACE works in collaboration with other researchers on a study on adversity. We are looking for participants of legal age who understand English to complete an online questionnaire. For more information on the study: qui comprennent l'anglais pour compléter un questionnaire en ligne. https://natachagodbout.com/en/projects/collaborations.
The study is also available here.
The director of TRACE Natacha Godbout, Ph.D., and her colleague Alison Paradis, Ph.D., have obtained a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for the Parental Couples Project! This grant will allow us to continue our study on couples who welcome a child and their adjustment over the years.
Professors Martine Hébert, Rachel Langevin, and Marie-Eve Daspe are co-investigators on this project. Congratulations to all people involved!
The article from Actualités UQAM is available here (in French only).
The professor and director of TRACE Natacha Godbout, Ph.D., was interviewed by Denis Wong, journalist at Radio-Canada, as part of a report on sexual violence experienced by men. Several CNVAM partner organizations were also involved.
The report is available online here and here (in French only).
Radio interview is available here.
We congratulate Denis Wong for his work and thank his Radio-Canada team for the visibility on this important issue.
Our student Francis Morissette Harvey defended his doctoral dissertation titled "Dans l'ombre du passé: trauma cumulatif, présence attentive et fonctionnement conjugal" earlier this week! Thanks to teams members of TRACE and the Laboratory for the Study of the Well-being of Families and Couples for their presence.
Congratulations Dr. Morissette Harvey!
Professors Natacha Godbout, Ph.D., and Alison Paradis, Ph.D., were interviewed to share our results from our Parental Couples project.
" The more support the fathers give or perceive they give to the mother, the more happy and the less stressed they are in their role as a father. The support mothers perceive they receive from the father is associated with a parental stress decrease" - Natacha Godbout.
Medias interviews are available online (in French only):
Congratulations to the director of TRACE, Dr. Natacha Godbout, for her collaboration on the feature "𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑟 𝑢𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒" published in La Presse. Among other things, she shares the results of our study conducted in partnership with organizations helping men. To read the article: click here.
Congratulations to our member Cloé Canivet for her presentation at the annual Journée étudiante annuelle de la recherche sexologique (JEARS).
Cloé was awarded the jury prize for best oral presentation, as well as the prize for the public's favourite presentation!
Congratulations Cloé!
The director of TRACE, Natacha Godbout, Ph.D., her doctoral student Cloé Canivet, and their colleagues have published a new article on sexuality and childhood sexual abuse. The article is entitled: The complex interplay between BDSM and childhood sexual abuse: A form of repetition and dissociation or a path toward processing and healing? and is available online.
Congratulations to all!
The professor Natacha Godbout has recently been interviewed to talk about childhood sexual victimization encountered by men, as part of the launching of our Tracer les maux artistic project, and the France #metoogarçons wave in February.
Interviews are available here:
The website for our literary project, Tracer les maux, is now online!
Tracer les maux is a literary project that aims to demystify the realities of male survivors of childhood interpersonal trauma and deconstruct certain harmful norms of masculinity.
Tracer les maux features seven authors inspired by excerpts from interviews with men who have experienced childhood sexual abuse, and six illustrators, putting into words and images the realities of male victims, the repercussions of these traumas and their path to recovery.
To encourage an inclusive literary experience, the texts are also available in audio format.
The vernissage for the literary project will take place on 22 February at UQAM and will be on display until 29 February. For full details: https://www.facebook.com/events/363522106419453.
Our director Natacha Godbout and members Éliane Dussault and Lucie Marcoux helped create the project Connecting to Our Strengths to Recover from Traumatic Experiences (Se relier à ses forces pour se relever d’expériences traumatisantes), a psycho-educational group for adults focusing on attentive presence.
The project was featured in Le rendez-vous du CCSMTL magazine. To read it, click here.
To read our team's blog post on the project, click here.
Congratulations to our members and director, and to Marie-Josée Boileau and Nathalie Boucher, psychologists and founders of the project!
Tracer les maux is an artistic project aimed at demystifying the experiences of men who have survived interpersonal trauma. It brings together French-speaking authors and illustrators. Each text is a unique creation, accompanied by a personalised illustration and an audio version, all available online (website address to be announced).
The opening of the visual exhibition at UQÀM and the launch of the website dedicated to this project will take place on Thursday February 22nd at 5:00 p.m. in room J-M280 at UQÀM.
The exhibition will be open until 29 February 2024.
Link to the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/363522106419453
