ALEXANDRIA R. PAVELICH
alexandria.pavelich@usask.ca
Full CV available upon request through alexandria.pavelich@usask.ca
Further information on scholarships, publishing, presentations, non-academic employment history, and volunteer experience is detailed extensively on my LinkedIn page.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, PhD (Ongoing)
University of Saskatchewan - Saskatoon, SK
2022 - 2026
Master of Arts, MA
University of Saskatchewan - Saskatoon, SK
"Exploring Mattering and the Human-Animal Bond: The Impact of Service Dogs for Military Veterans at High Risk for Suicide"
Defended December 1st, 2021 - accepted without revision, award nominated.
Canadian Sociological Association Outstanding Graduating Student Award (MA) Receipient
2019 - 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
Outstanding Graduating Sociology Student Award (MA)
Awarded by the Canadian Sociological Association, 2022
Lee Student Support Fund (SSSP) Travel Award
The Study for the Society of Social Problems, 2022
Dean’s Scholarship Doctoral Student Recipient
2022 - 2026
Dean’s Scholarship Masters 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
Tri-Council CGS-M SSHRC Recipient
2019 - DECLINED
Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Dean's Award for Academic Excellence
2019 - Achieved 8.8 cumulative GPA
Sociology Undergraduate Academic Conference - Mastery Award
2019 Award - Best Presentation Recipient
Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Dean's Award for Academic Excellence
2018 - Achieved 8.8 cumulative GPA
Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Continuing Student Scholarship
2018
Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Dean's Award for Academic Excellence
2017 - Achieved 8.8 cumulative GPA
Golden Key International Honour Society
Honour - York University Chapter
York University
Tri-Council CGS-M SSHRC Recipient
2019 - McMaster University (DECLINED)
Promising Women Award & Scholarship
2008 - Honour issued by Saskatoon Soroptomist's Club
Promising Women Award & Scholarship
2008 - Honour issued by Saskatoon Soroptomist's Club
Ralph Morris Language Arts Award & Scholarship
2008 - Honour issued by Nutana Collegiate Institute
Valedictorian - Youth Police Academy, Unit 4
2008 - Honor issued by Saskatoon Police
Other Awards, Honours
Research Experience
Research Assistant - University of Saskatchewan
Improving Pain in Saskatchewan - Multi-year project funded by SCPOR and SHRF
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
ACCEPTED/FORTHCOMING: Pavelich, A. (2022). The Significance of "Mattering:" Exploring the Experiences of Military Veterans Living with PTSD, Substance Use Harms, and Pain While Working Alongside Service Dogs. Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California, on August 5 - 7.
ACCEPTED/FORTHCOMING: Pavelich, A. (2022). Navigating Iatrogenic Harm Among Female Pain Patients: Utilizing Institutional Ethnography to Explore the Social Organization of Trauma-Informed Care. Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California, on August 5 - 7.
ACCEPTED/FORTHCOMING: Pavelich, A. (2022). The Life-Saving Role of Service Dogs for Military Veterans Experiencing Suicidality. Suicide Research Symposium (SRS) – Inaugural Conference, Mount Sinai Health System, New York City, NY on June 16– 17, 2022.
ACCEPTED/FORTHCOMING: Pavelich, A. (2022). The Life-Saving Role of Service Dogs in Promoting "Mattering" for Military Veterans Experiencing Suicidality. Canadian Sociological Association - Annual Congress, May 16 - 20, 2022.
Jones, C., Jack, J., Hewson, M., Pavelich, A., Okeeweehow, S., Beckwell, E., McCreery, R., Baerg, K., Juckes, K., Coe, J., Dell, Cell., Downe, P., Lawson, K., Ugulini, C., and Tupper, S. (2022). Partners in Pain: Evaluation of a virtual community engagement group for people living with chronic pain in Saskatchewan. Canadian Pain Society - Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec on May 11-13, 2022.
Dell, C., Williamson, L., Carey, B., McKenzie, H., Pavelich, A., Gibson, M., & Cruz, M. (2021). Responding to university student substance use and mental health concerns during COVID-19 through an on-line therapy dog program. Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, Issues of Substance 2021: Driving Change Together, in Ottawa, Ontario on November 23 – 25, 2021.
Dell, C., Williamson, L.,Gibson, M., & Pavelich, A. (November 23-25). The varied helping roles of service dogs in the recovery journeys of veterans diagnosed with PTSD &substance use disorder. The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) Issues of Substance 2021 conference. Virtual format.
Pavelich, A. (2021). Animal-assisted intervention and suicidality: The impact of service dogs for Veterans at high-risk for suicide. American Psychological Association (APA) Convention - Human Animal Interaction Social Hour, in Washington, DC on August 12, 2021.
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).
Carey, B., Pavelich, A., Fletcher-Hildebrand, S. (2021). Transitioning therapy dogs online during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned. Workshop presentation at the 10th Annual E-Mental Health Conference: Virtual Care in Times of Crisis and Beyond, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C., on March 4, 2021.
Pavelich, A. (2021). Exploring animal-assisted intervention among military veterans: The potential social significance and impact of psychiatric service dogs. Paper 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
Pavelich, A. (2021). The Depoliticization of Suicide: A Critical Discourse Analysis on the Government of Canada’s Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention. Paper 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. Paper presentation 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 presentation 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 presentation 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
Animal-Assisted Interaction and Suicidality: The Impact of Service Dogs for Veterans at High Risk for Suicide
HAI Research Group for the American Psychological Association - Washington, DC
Human-Animal Interactions Research Webinar - September 15, 2021
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
Canadian Pain Society (CPS)
Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)
Psychophysiologic Disorders Association (PPDA)
Critical Suicide International Network
American College Health Association
Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Canadian Sociological Association (CSA)
Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention
Golden Key International Honour Society