Dave Poitras, Université de Montréal

Research

cyberviolence relation amoureuse adolescence victimisation bien-être jeunes violence genrée facteurs de risque et de protection

Latest funding

The changing face of youth violence in the digital era: Unpacking trajectories of support for violence among adolescents within a cyber-developmental framework
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$54,278
Cyberviolence en contexte amoureux à l'adolescence : rendre visible une violence trop souvent invisible
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$13,109
La cyberviolence dans les relations amoureuses des jeunes : identifier les facteurs de risque et de protection ainsi que leurs impacts différenciés selon le genre
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$30,000

All 3 grants and awards

The changing face of youth violence in the digital era: Unpacking trajectories of support for violence among adolescents within a cyber-developmental framework

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Miconi, Diana

Keywords: adolescence; violence; support for violent radicalization; digital media; ideology; school climate; intensive longitudinal data; latent transition analysis; mixed-method research

$54,278

Cyberviolence en contexte amoureux à l'adolescence : rendre visible une violence trop souvent invisible

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Poitras, Dave

Keywords: cyberviolence; relation amoureuse; adolescence; victimisation; bien-être

$13,109

La cyberviolence dans les relations amoureuses des jeunes : identifier les facteurs de risque et de protection ainsi que leurs impacts différenciés selon le genre

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Gender-Based Violence

Principal investigators: Poitras, Dave

Keywords: cyberviolence; relation amoureuse; jeunes; violence genrée; facteurs de risque et de protection

$30,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: cyberviolence Dear Professor Poitras, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on cyberviolence connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Cyberviolence en contexte amoureux à l'adolescence : rendre visible une violence trop souvent invisible" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]