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Natalie Durand-Bush
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Latest papers
The mediating role of life skills in the association of the coach-athlete relationship with youth athletes' well-being.
Discover mental health · 2026
Psychological Violence and Mental Health Outcomes in NextGen Athletes: Moderating Role of Mental Performance Skills.
Journal of sport & exercise psychology · 2026
How did Canadian national team athletes manage the COVID-19 pandemic? Athlete, coach, and support staff perspectives to guide future responses to major stressors.
Frontiers in psychology · 2025
Latest funding
- $140,000
Toward Winning Healthy: Mental Triad and Sport Environment Profiles of Canadian Athletes
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
- $41,800
Evaluation of the Mental Health Strategy for High Performance Sport in Canada: Are we behind, ahead or exactly where we want to be as a nation?
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $63,714
Exploring the use of Design Thinking to support university student-athletes' mental health
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
16 publications.
The mediating role of life skills in the association of the coach-athlete relationship with youth athletes' well-being.
Tozetto WR, Lima COV, de Sousa Ferreira Dos Santos F, Durand-Bush N, Milistetd M
Psychological Violence and Mental Health Outcomes in NextGen Athletes: Moderating Role of Mental Performance Skills.
Pomerleau-Fontaine L, Boudreault V, Labossière S, Durand-Bush N, Maurin J, Brassard S, Parent S, Dion J, Soulard A
How did Canadian national team athletes manage the COVID-19 pandemic? Athlete, coach, and support staff perspectives to guide future responses to major stressors.
Dithurbide L, Boudreault V, Durand-Bush N, Delage G, MacLeod L, Gauthier V
The role, readiness to change and training needs of the Athlete Health and Performance team members to safeguard athletes from interpersonal violence in sport: a mini review
Gillard A, Mountjoy M, Vertommen T, Radziszewski S, Boudreault V, Durand-Bush N, Parent S
Personal risk factors and types of sport associated with drive for thinness and drive for muscularity in NextGen athletes.
Maurin J, Labossière S, Pomerleau-Fontaine L, Boudreault V, Brassard S, Dion J, Durand-Bush N, Parent S, Soulard A
Editorial: Innovative approaches to foster healthy cultures and mental health in sport.
Hall EE, Davis PA, Durand-Bush N, Salim J
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian national team athletes' mental performance and mental health: The perspectives of mental performance consultants and mental health practitioners.
Dithurbide L, Boudreault V, Durand-Bush N, MacLeod L, Gauthier V
How collaborative mental health care for competitive and high-performance athletes is implemented: A novel interdisciplinary case study.
Van Slingerland KJ, DesClouds P, Durand-Bush N, Boudreault V, Abraham A
Symptoms of mental illness among university student-athletes during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Canada.
Boudreault V, Labossière S, Gauthier V, Brassard S, Couture S, Dionne F, Laurier C, Durand-Bush N
The Acceptability and Appropriateness of a Collaborative, Sport-Centered Mental Health Service Delivery Model for Competitive, and High-Performance Athletes.
Van Slingerland KJ, Durand-Bush N
Toward Winning Healthy: Mental Triad and Sport Environment Profiles of Canadian Athletes
Principal investigators: Tozetto, Willen R
Keywords: Athletes; Mental Disorders; Mental Health; Psychological Safety; Self Esteem; Sports; Sports Psychology
Evaluation of the Mental Health Strategy for High Performance Sport in Canada: Are we behind, ahead or exactly where we want to be as a nation?
Principal investigators: Durand-Bush, Natalie
Keywords: mental health; sport; evaluation; strategic plan; participatory action research; sport culture
Exploring the use of Design Thinking to support university student-athletes' mental health
Principal investigators: Culver, Diane
Keywords: student-athletes; mental health; Design Thinking; participatory action research; sport psychology; collaborative inquiry; social learning space
Bien-être des athlètes en développement : créer un environnement propice à l'atteinte de l'excellence personnelle et sportive
Principal investigators: Boudreault, Véronique
Keywords: santé mentale; psychologie du sport; athlètes en développement; performance
Analyse de la pratique sportive en milieu scolaire au niveau secondaire
Principal investigators: Trudel, Pierre
Keywords: sport; milieu scolaire; pédagogie; entraîneur; élève athlète; parent; école; coaching
Analyse de la pratique sportive en milieu scolaire au niveau secondaire
Principal investigators: Trudel, Pierre
Keywords: sport; milieu scolaire; pédagogie; entraîneur; élève athlète; parent; école; coaching
The role of resonance in sport
Principal investigators: Durand-Bush, Natalie
Keywords: resonance; enjoyment; subjective well-being; optimal performance; youth sport; elite sport; qualitative research
Apprendre à devenir entraîneur bénévole dans sa communauté de pratique
Principal investigators: Trudel, Pierre
Keywords: sport amateur; entraîneur; bénévole; formation d'intervenants; communauté de pratique; identité; connaissances contextualisées
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Margo Mountjoy and Carla Edwards: 5 shared papers
- Lucie Brosseau and Natalie Durand-Bush: 2 shared papers
- Poppy DesClouds and Natalie Durand-Bush: 2 shared papers
- Margo Mountjoy and Natalie Durand-Bush: 1 shared paper
- Carla Edwards and Gary Goldfield: 1 shared paper
- Carla Edwards and Natalie Durand-Bush: 1 shared paper
- Gary Goldfield and Natalie Durand-Bush: 1 shared paper
- Human Kinetics
- Rehabilitation Sciences
- Psychiatry
- Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
- Pediatrics
- Family Medicine
Co-authors at University of Ottawa, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Lucie Brosseau
Rehabilitation Sciences
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Poppy DesClouds
Psychiatry
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Margo Mountjoy
Family Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Carla Edwards
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Gary Goldfield
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2019
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Profile data last refreshed on September 25, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.