Members of the media may directly contact the following experts on this topic:
Milena Parent (English and French)
Full Professor, Telfer School of Management.
Milena.Parent@Telfer.uottawa.ca
Professor Parent specializes in sport (event) governance and strategy, with her research focusing on the organization and strategic planning of sport organizations, particularly major sports events such as the Olympics. She also examines sport system governance issues, such as stakeholder management, partnerships, networks and policies.
Nicolas Moreau (French only)
Full Professor, School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences.
Professor Moreau is an expert in the sociology of sports practices and social norms. He analyzes the relationships between sport and society, as well as the political dimensions of sport, explaining how major sporting events reflect and shape social and political values.
“Sport is based on two ideals: equal opportunity at the starting line, and the health of athletes. Legalizing doping does nothing to resolve inequalities among athletes and between countries; rather, it exacerbates these issues. The same is true for the health of athletes. Even though doping is part of the history of sport, legalizing it only worsens these problems. And what kind of society are we promoting by advancing such a model?”
Nicholas Fabiano (English only)
Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine.
Dr. Fabiano’s research explores how the divide between mental and physical health is imaginary and harmful to patients, and how adverse mental health consequences can occur.
"From a mental health perspective, performance enhancing drugs, such as anabolic steroids, have significant psychiatric morbidity. I worry for both the mental health of the athletes participating in Enhanced Games, but also the impressionable younger generation that may be watching, leading to poor choices down the road."