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Tracy Vaillancourt is a Full Professor and Canada Research Chair in Mental Health and Violence Prevention in Schools at the University of Ottawa. She holds cross-appointments in Clinical Psychology and the School of Psychology, while also serving as a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for International Governance. Her research spans social neuroscience, bullying, child mental health, and autism spectrum disorder.
- Education: Ph.D. in Educational and Counselling Psychology (University of British Columbia); Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Developmental Psychology (University of Montreal/Laval University) and Applied Child Psychology (McGill University)
Her work focuses on bullying etiology, neurobiology of peer victimization, and pandemic impacts on youth mental health. Current funding includes
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
- Ontario Mental Health Foundation
Recent publications through 2025 examine:
- Bullying-perfectionism links
- Autism-anxiety comorbidity networks
- Gender-specific developmental trajectories
- Longitudinal executive function mediation
- Social comparison and indirect aggression
- Zero-COVID advocacy analysis
Scientific recognition includes
- Royal Society of Canada Fellowship
- Pickering Award for Developmental Psychology
- APUO Research Excellence Award
- Media Relations Award
- PrevNet and Canadian Safe School Network leadership
Current supervisees include Aly Julien and Melissa Probert-Gilhooly. She co-directs the Health and Peer Relationship Study (HPRS) and contributes to policy discussions on school safety and mental health infrastructure.
