She is also a senior researcher with the Centre of Research on Educational and Community Services at the University of Ottawa, and a member of the Comprehensive School Health Educational Research Unit in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. Her research interests include exploring the psychosocial well-being of students with exceptionalities including relationships between classroom- and school-level factors, student self-concept, and internalizing and externalizing behaviours. She is currently assessing teacher perceptions and beliefs with regard to students’ mental health difficulties with the goals of improving mental health literacy among pre- and in-service teachers and ultimately improving outcomes for students.