ALEXANDRIA R. PAVELICH
alexandria.pavelich@usask.ca
Education
Master of Arts (Ongoing)
University of Saskatchewan - Saskatoon, SK
2019 - Defending Spring 2021
Bachelor of Arts, Honours
(Summa Cum Laude)
York University - Toronto, ON
2019
Medical Administrative Assistant (Honours)
AOL Career College - Saskatoon, SK
2014
Major Awards & Honours
*full list available via LinkedIn
Dean’s Scholarship Doctoral Student Recipient
2020 - 2023
Dean’s Scholarship CGS-M Student Recipient
2019 - 2021
Tri-Council CGS-M SSHRC Recipient
2019 - 2020
Saskatchewan Opportunity Scholarship
2019
University of Saskatchewan
Blishen-Richmond Award in Sociology
2019 - Award, Top graduand based on highest academic merit
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Recipient
2019 - Declined
Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Dean's Award for Academic Excellence
2017, 2018, 2019 - Achieved 8.8 cumulative GPA
Sociology Undergraduate Academic Conference - Mastery Award
2019 Award - Best Presentation Recipient
Golden Key International Honour Society
Honour - York University Chapter
York University
Research Experience
Research Assistant - University of Saskatchewan
Department of Sociology - Office of One Health & Wellness
Research Assistant - York University
Faculty of Health - The Bohr Child & Infant Mental Health Lab
Research Assistant - York University
Department of Sociology - Falling In Love With Research (FLR) Research Initiative
Research Assistant - University of Saskatchewan
Department of Psychology - Under supervision of Dr. Melanie Morrison
Publication Record
Academic Publications, Conference Proceedings, & Poster Presentations
UNDER REVIEW: Dell, C., Williamson, L., Carey, B., Cruz, M.,Gibson, E., & Pavelich, A. (2021) Transitioning therapy dogs online during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned. Animals (ISSN 2076-2615).
FORTHCOMING: Carey, B., Pavelich, A., Fletcher-Hildebrand, S. (2021). Transitioning therapy dogs online during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned. 10th Annual E-Mental Health Conference: VirtualCare in Times of Crisis and Beyond, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C., on March 4, 2021.
FORTHCOMING: Pavelich, A. (2021). Exploring animal-assisted intervention among military veterans: The potential social significance and impact of psychiatric service dogs. Paper submitted for presentation at the Anthrozoology as International Practice: A Student Conference in Animal Studies at the University of Exeter, UK on March 4-5, 2021.
*Poster and Conference Presentation
FORTHCOMING: Pavelich, A. (2021). The Depoliticization of Suicide: A Critical Discourse Analysis on the Government of Canada’s Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention. Paper submitted for presentation at the "Re-Imaging Social Futures" Conference at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, March 4-5, 2021.
ACCEPTED/COVID POST-PONED: Pavelich, A. (2020). The Depoliticization of Suicide: A Critical Discourse Analysis on the Government of Canada’s Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention. Paper submitted for presentation at the Fourth Conference of the Critical Suicide Studies Network at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, June 12-13, 2020.
ACCEPTED/COVID POST-PONED: Pavelich, A. (2020). The Medicalization of Social Suffering: The Depoliticizing Nature of Psychiatric Labels in Critical Suicidology. Paper submitted for presentation at the Sociology Graduate Conference: Social Justice in a Changing Society at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, April 22-24, 2020.
Carey, B. (Presenter), Dell, C., Williamson, L., Pavelich, A., McKenzie, H., Gibson,M., Cruz, M. (2020). “Transitioning a Therapy Dog Program Online during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned”. Virtual Solutions for Substance Use Care Conference.University of British Columbia. Virtual Platform. In absentia.
Pavelich, A. (2019, May). Culture as Intervention: Applying Indigenous Knowledge & Self-Determination to Suicide Prevention Policies in Northern Saskatchewan. Sojourners: Undergraduate Journal of Sociology, 11. UBC.
Pavelich, A. (2019) The Medicalization of Suicide and its Depoliticization of Social Suffering. Presenter at the Sociology Undergraduate Student Association Academic Conference on March 15th, 2019 at York University in Toronto, Ontario. Best Presentation Recipient.
Bohr, Y., Manion, I., Lee, Y., Armour, L., Pavelich, A., & Abdelmaseh, M. (2019). I(nuit)-SPARX: Design of a Culture Specific Mental Health e-Intervention by Nunavut Youth for Nunavut Youth. Paper presentation at the International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health at the Hyatt Regency in Calgary, Alberta, March 22-24, 2019.
Pavelich, A. (2018, March). Culture as Intervention: Applying Indigenous Knowledge & Self-Determination to Suicide Prevention Policy in Northern Saskatchewan. Paper presented at the Sociology Undergraduate Student Association Academic Conference on March 15th, 2018 at York University in Toronto, Ontario.
Pavelich, A. (2017, April). From Deviance to Disease: The Role of Medicalization in the History of Psychopathology. Paper presented at the Medical Practices & Processes Panel at the Mount Royal Historical Society Foothills Colloquium on April 30th, 2017 at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta.
Unscheduled Instructional Activity & Guest Lectures
FORTHCOMING: Exploring animal-assisted intervention among military veterans: The potential social significance and impact of psychiatric service dogs
University of Saskatchewan
990 Seminar Series - April 30, 2021
Introducing Animal-Assisted Intervention & Therapy Dogs- Guest Lecture
University of Saskatchewan
Peer Health Mentors - January 26, 2020
Fostering Graduate Student Success: SSHRC Funding
University of Saskatchewan
990 Seminar Series - October 4th, 2019
Introduction to Research Skills
I-SPARX Youth Champions Retreat
Iqualuit, Nunavut
April 14, 2019
Active Memberships
Psychophysiologic Disorders Association (PPDA)
Critical Suicide International Network
American College Health Association
Association for Applied & Clinical Sociology
Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Canadian Sociological Association (CSA)
Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention
Golden Key International Honour Society