Juan Torres, Université de Montréal

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Université de Montréal profile.

Approche participative Design urbain et architecture urbaine Enfants et la ville Éthique en aménagement Infrastructures de transport Mobilité et accessibilité Urbanisation et aménagement dans les pays en développement

Latest papers

"How does your residential environment positively or negatively influence your well-being?": A multicase photovoice study with public housing tenants.
American journal of community psychology · 2023
Road safety, health equity, and the built environment: perspectives of transport and injury prevention professionals in five Canadian municipalities.
BMC public health · 2023
"Outta my way!" Individual and environmental correlates of interactions between pedestrians and vehicles during street crossings.
Accident; analysis and prevention · 2017 · senior author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Flash sur mon quartier : une recherche-action participative avec des personnes vivant dans des logements sociaux
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$257,907
TRYSPACES: Transformative Youth Spaces
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$20,000

All 2 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

"How does your residential environment positively or negatively influence your well-being?": A multicase photovoice study with public housing tenants.

Radziszewski S, Houle J, Torres J, Leloup X, Coulombe S

American journal of community psychology20238 citations

DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12634 PMID: 36373191

02

Road safety, health equity, and the built environment: perspectives of transport and injury prevention professionals in five Canadian municipalities.

McCullogh E, Macpherson A, Hagel B, Giles A, Fuselli P, Pike I, Torres J, Richmond SA

BMC public health20235 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-16115-7 PMID: 37349745

03

"Outta my way!" Individual and environmental correlates of interactions between pedestrians and vehicles during street crossings.

Cloutier MS, Lachapelle U, d'Amours-Ouellet AA, Bergeron J, Lord S, Torres J

Accident; analysis and prevention201769 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2017.04.015 PMID: 28482177

Flash sur mon quartier : une recherche-action participative avec des personnes vivant dans des logements sociaux

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Houle, Janie

Keywords: recherche action; logement social; bien-être; pauvreté; évaluation; implantation

$257,907

TRYSPACES: Transformative Youth Spaces

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

Keywords: collaborative research; multimedia co-production; youth; public space; transgression; urban governance; informal and formal regulation; south-north comparison; digital space

$20,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Aménagement
Human Kinetics
Cumming School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Département de psychologie
Géographie de la santé INRS
Epidemiology Division
Other

Co-authors at Université de Montréal, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Janie Houle

Département de psychologie

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Alison Macpherson

Kinesiology and Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Ian Pike

Department of Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Brent Hagel

Cumming School of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Pamela Fuselli

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Audrey Giles

Human Kinetics

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Marie-Soleil Cloutier

Géographie de la santé INRS

1 shared papers, latest 2017

Simon Coulombe

Centre de recherche en données massives

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Sarah Richmond

Epidemiology Division

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Ugo Lachapelle

Département d’études urbaines et touristiques

1 shared papers, latest 2017

Xavier Leloup

Sociologie de l'habitat et du logement

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Stéphanie Radziszewski

VITAM - Centre de recherche en santé durable (Reconnu FRQ - secteur santé)

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Approche participative Dear Professor Torres, 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]. I read your paper ""How does your residential environment positively or negatively influence your well-being?": A multicase photovoice study with public housing tenants." (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]