Research
Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.
Latest papers
Is sport safe with safe sport? A critical examination.
Psychology of sport and exercise · 2025 · first author
The relationship between psychological abuse, athlete satisfaction, eating disorder and self-harm indicators in elite athletes.
Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024
"The abuse of minors you witness or experience": A qualitative study of former professional ballet school students' characterizations of maltreatment.
Child abuse & neglect · 2024
Latest funding
- $67,059
Conceptualizing Pan-Canadian Safe Sport Standards in a Federated Sport System
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $944,776
A tolerated intolerable: A longitudinal examination of youth soccer referee abuse and its impact on health
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $37,780
A Collaborative Community-Based Educational Initiative to Address Maltreatment in Sport
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
13 publications.
Is sport safe with safe sport? A critical examination.
Kerr G, Gurgis J, Wensel S, Willson E, Schwender J, Porter J
The relationship between psychological abuse, athlete satisfaction, eating disorder and self-harm indicators in elite athletes.
Willson E, Buono S, Kerr G, Stirling A
"The abuse of minors you witness or experience": A qualitative study of former professional ballet school students' characterizations of maltreatment.
Wensel S, Kerr G, Tamminen KA
Mental Health Among Elite Youth Athletes: A Narrative Overview to Advance Research and Practice.
Walton CC, Purcell R, Henderson JL, Kim J, Kerr G, Frost J, Gwyther K, Pilkington V, Rice S, Tamminen KA
Maltreatment experiences and mental health indicators among elite athletes.
Willson E, Buono S, Kerr G, Stirling A
Starting young to protect elite athletes' mental health.
Purcell R, Henderson J, Tamminen KA, Frost J, Gwyther K, Kerr G, Kim J, Pilkington V, Rice SM, Walton CC
Investigating Sport Stakeholders' Understanding of Behaviour Management within a Competitive Youth Baseball Team.
Gurgis JJ, Kerr G, Battaglia A
Prevalence of Maltreatment Among Canadian National Team Athletes.
Willson E, Kerr G, Stirling A, Buono S
Listening to Athletes' Voices: National Team Athletes' Perspectives on Advancing Safe Sport in Canada.
Willson E, Kerr G, Battaglia A, Stirling A
'Safe Sport Is Not for Everyone': Equity-Deserving Athletes' Perspectives of, Experiences and Recommendations for Safe Sport.
Gurgis JJ, Kerr G, Darnell S
Conceptualizing Pan-Canadian Safe Sport Standards in a Federated Sport System
Principal investigators: Gurgis, Joseph
A tolerated intolerable: A longitudinal examination of youth soccer referee abuse and its impact on health
Principal investigators: Vaillancourt, Tracy
Keywords: Longitudinal; Mental Health; Physical Health; Workplace Abuse; Workplace Climate; Youth
A Collaborative Community-Based Educational Initiative to Address Maltreatment in Sport
Principal investigators: Kerr, Gretchen A.
Keywords: maltreatment; sport; community-based; education
A Collaborative Community-Based Educational Initiative to Address Maltreatment in Sport
Principal investigators: Kerr, Gretchen A.
Keywords: maltreatment; sport; community-based; education
A Collaborative Community-Based Educational Initiative to Address Maltreatment in Sport
Principal investigators: Kerr, Gretchen A.
Keywords: maltreatment; sport; community-based; education
COVID-19 Impacts on Gender+ Equity in Canadian Sport: Understanding how sport can Address and Prevent Gender Inequity in Post-Pandemic Times
Principal investigators: Pegoraro, Ann
Keywords: gender equity; crisis; system justification theory; sport; Canada
COVID-19 Impacts on Gender+ Equity in Canadian Sport: Understanding how sport can Address and Prevent Gender Inequity in Post-Pandemic Times
Principal investigators: Pegoraro, Ann
Keywords: gender equity; crisis; system justification theory; sport; Canada
L'inclusion, ça compte! Classes de maître pan canadiennes pour une plus grande inclusion des groupes historiquement marginalisés dans le baseball au Canada
Principal investigators: Demers, Guylaine
Keywords: équité diversité et inclusion; baseball; sports; Canada
Potential for change exploring the culture of youth hockey
Principal investigators: Tamminen, Katherine A.
Keywords: youth sport; anti-bullying; violence in sport; policy; sport parents; mixed methods; longitudinal
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
- Gretchen Kerr and Ashley Stirling: 4 shared papers
- Larkin Lamarche and Guy Faulkner: 1 shared paper
- Larkin Lamarche and Gretchen Kerr: 1 shared paper
- Guy Faulkner and Peter Donnelly: 1 shared paper
- Guy Faulkner and Gretchen Kerr: 1 shared paper
- Peter Donnelly and Gretchen Kerr: 1 shared paper
- Simon Darnell and Gretchen Kerr: 1 shared paper
- Health, Aging & Society
- Epidemiology
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Profile data last refreshed on September 25, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.