Martine Lévesque, Ph. D.

Education

• B. Sc. Occupational therapy, School of rehabilitation, Université de Montréal (1990)
• M. Sc. Biomedical sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal (1993)
• Ph. D. Public Health, School of Public Health, Université de Montréal (2016)
• Postdoctoral fellowship, Health planning and community participation, Oral health and society, McGill University (2016-2019)

Current research projects

• Network environments for Indigenous Health Reseach-Québec (NEIHR-QC) Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project funding. Duration : 2025-2030. Principal applicants: Treena Delorimier, McGill, Dave Bergeron, UQAR, Amélie Blanchet Garneau, UdeM, Brittany Wenniseriiostha, McGill, Anne-Marie Leclerc, UQTR, Lucie Lévesque, Queens, Annie Pullen Sansfaçon, UdeM, Marie-Claude Trembay, U Laval; role : co-researcher.
• Sortir des violences intimes, familiales et structurelles à l’ère post-pandémique : des pratiques et politiques ancrées dans l’expérience des personnes concernées. Partnerhsip program, Social sciences and humanities research council. Duration : 2023-2030..Principal applicant : Geneviève Lessard; role : co-researcher.
• Mobilizing resilience through community-to-community (C2C) exchange: Seven Generations thinking for wellness and diabetes prevention. Diabetes Prevention and Treatment in Indigenous Communities: Resilience and Wellness. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project grant: 2023-2028. Principal applicants : Lucie Lévesque, Dave Bergeron, Treena Delormier, Brittany Jock; role: co-researcher
• Occupational well-being and safety of women with disabilities experiencing domestic violence: life course trajectories and pathways out of violence. Research Support Grant for New Professors. Fonds de recherche du Québec: Société et Culture; Sept. 2022-August 2025

Selected publications

• Veras M, Sigouin J, Auger L-P, Auger C, Ahmed S, Boychuck Z, Cavallo S, Lévesque M, Lovo S, Miller WC, et al. (2025). A Rapid Review of Ethical and Equity Dimensions in Telerehabilitation for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.  22(7):1091. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22071091
• Lévesque MC, Kutcher A, Roy L, Linton P, Trapper L, Torrie J, Macdonald ME. Eeyou/Eenou community voices on ‘doing’ Miyupimaatisiiun (wellness) planning: An occupational transactional perspective. (2024). Journal of Occupational Science (JOS). Vol. 31, no.2 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14427591.2023.2290011.
• Munoz, Y, Lévesque MC, Roy L, Gauthier L, Bergeron L. Intimate Partner Violence and Disability: Addressing Systemic Barriers. (2023). Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2023/11/04/intimate-partner-violence-and-disability-addressing-systemic-barriers/ Publié en ligne le 4 novembre 2023.
• Lévesque MC, Munoz Y, Laurence-Ruel C, Gauthier L, Labrecque-Lebeau L. (2023). Violence, femmes et handicap : responsabilité sociale de l’ergothérapie ? Actualités ergothérapiques, revue de l’Association canadienne des ergothérapeutes. Édition mai/juin 2023.
• Lévesque, MC., Kutcher, A., Roy, L., Linton, P., Trapper, L., Torrie, J. E., & MacDonald, M. E. (2023). Occupational transaction in support of miyupimaatisiiun (wellness): Eeyou/Eenou community voices. Journal of Occupational Science, 30(3), 342–362. https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2022.2132999
• Laurence-Ruel C*, Lévesque MC, Munoz Y, Labrecque-Lebeau L, Gauthier L. (2022). Expériences de violence conjugale chez les femmes en situation de handicap, une analyse structurelle des leviers et barrières à la sortie de violence. Édition Hiver 2022 Revue du CREMIS (Centre de recherche sur les inégalités sociales, les discriminations et les pratiques alternatives de citoyenneté). Vol. 13, no.2.
• Massé J, Dupéré S, Martin E, Lévesque M. (2020). Transformative medical education: must community-based traineeship experiences be part of the curriculum? A qualitative study. International Journal for Equity in Health. Version électronique: 19:94. org/10.1186/s12939-020-01213-4
• Lévesque, M. C., Law, S., Torrie, J., Carlin, R., Trapper, L., Kutcher, A. & Macdonald, M. E. (2019) Northern Québec James Bay Cree regional health governance in support of community participation: Honoring the “Butterfly.” International Indigenous Policy Journal. 10(4). doi:10.18584/iipj.2019.10.4.8425.
• Teachman, G., Lévesque, M. C., Keboa, M. T., Danish, B. A., Mastorakis, K., Noronha, C., & Macdonald, M. E. (2018). Group peer review: Reflections on a model for teaching and learning qualitative inquiry. International Review of Qualitative Research, 11(4), 452-466. doi:10.1525/
  2018.11.4.452.
• Lévesque, M. C., Dupéré, S., Morin, N., Côté, J., Roberge, N., Laurin, I., Bedos, C. (2015). Translating knowledge on poverty to humanize care: benefits and synergies of community engagement with the arts. Educational Action Research, 23(2), 207-224. doi:10.1080/
  2014.980286
• Lévesque, M. C., Hovey, R. B., & Bedos, C. (2013). Advancing patient-centered care through transformative educational leadership: a critical review of health care professional preparation for patient-centered care. Journal of Healthcare Leadership. 5, 35-46. doi:10.2147/jhl.s30889

Research interests

• Occupational Science:
  • Indigenous community mobilization and participation in wellness planning
  • Occupational justice, women with disabilities and intimate partner violence
  • Occupational transactionalism
  • Occupational community development
• Cultural safety in healthcare and cultural grounding in health promotion
• Community-based participatory research and qualitative methodologies
• Lifecourse perspectives
• Social and political practices in occupational therapy
• Equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility