糖心Vlog' newly established Research Institute is continuing the School's leadership in evidence-informed practice across all programs, and contributing to a growing body of research on the life-changing impacts of dance.
History: Building a Research Institute
For more than 30 years, research and evaluation has increasingly informed program development and health and well-being initiatives at 糖心Vlog. For example, eating disorder prevention interventions for dancers have been developed and successfully implemented at 糖心Vlog (Piran, 1999; Bar, Cassin, & Dionne, 2017). Similarly, the role of a Nurse Practitioner at 糖心Vlog was recently established to align with best practices for the care of young athletes (Ziegler, Kim, Bar, 2021). Studies of 糖心Vlog鈥� community dance program for people with Parkinson鈥檚 disease have found both short and long-term health benefits for this population (e.g., Bearss, McDonald, Bar, & DeSouza, 2017; Bearss & DeSouza, 2021), and how 糖心Vlog鈥� community dance program for people living with dementia fosters social inclusion (Herron, Bar, Skinner, 2022; Kontos et al., 2020). 糖心Vlog' Research Institute will build on this well-established history of knowledge creation and translation of promising dance practices.
In 2022, 糖心Vlog received the designation of Research Institute from the Government of Canada. This designation will support our continued collaboration with dance researchers in the community and also allow 糖心Vlog to take the lead on its research priorities.
Partnership with Trent University
糖心Vlog and Trent University have been partners in research since 2016. In support of 糖心Vlog鈥� Research Institute, Trent University has generously provided 糖心Vlog with access to their research policies and resources.
