Education
Doctorate of Philosophy, Criminology (2021-Present). University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer M. Kilty. Dissertation Title: Make yourself at home: Exploring the emotional geographies of homelessness in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Master of Arts, Sociocultural Studies of Health (2018-2020). Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. Supervisor: Dr. Samantha King. Thesis Title: Prison and it’s afterlives: Haunting and the emotional geographies of formerly incarcerated people’s reintegration experiences in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Health Studies and Global Development Studies (2014-2018). Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. Supervisor: Dr. Jeffrey Masuda. Thesis Title: “Not just from here to here”: The unseen health trajectories of post-carceral mobilities in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Certificate, Interdisciplinary Studies in Global Health and Disability (2016). Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceaux, East Sussex, UK.
Research Experience
Research Assistant (2021-Present), Feeling The Carceral (SSHRC-funded Project), Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. Principal Investigator: Dr. Jennifer M. Kilty.
Research Assistant (2018-2020), The Centre for Environmental Health Equity, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. Director: Dr. Jeffrey Masuda.
Research Assistant (2018-2019), RentSafe EquIP (CIHR-funded Project), Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. Principal Investigator: Dr. Erica Phipps.
Research Assistant (2018-2019), A SHARED Future (CIHR-funded Project), Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. Principal Investigator: Dr. Heather Castleden.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant (2021), Department of Criminology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. CRM 3306: Introduction to Victimology. For more details, see my full CV (linked below).
Teaching Assistant (2018-2019), School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. I have TA’d for four different professors in five undergraduate courses during my MA. For more details, see my full CV (linked below).
Guest Lectures (2018-2020), School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. I have been a guest lecturer in four different undergraduate courses in my capacity as a TA as well as an invited guest speaker. For more details, see my full CV (linked below).
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Lachapelle, S., Bogosavljevic, K., & Kilty, J. M. (2022). In the name of health: Affect theory and the role of public health risks in the creation of carceral spaces. Health, Risk & Society 24(7-8), 336-353. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698575.2022.2113508
Lachapelle, S. & May, A. (2021). A matter of life and death: Exploring the necropolitical limbo of Kingston’s housing crisis in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research 10(1), 321-347.
Other Publications
Lachapelle, S., Kainth, J., & Boisvert, L. (2022, April 13). Lachapelle, Kainth and Boisvert: Why are people held at the Ottawa jail so vaccine-hesitant? In their shoes, you might be too. Ottawa Citizen. (Op-ed).
Lachapelle, S. (2021, May 10). ‘It’s set up so you trip and fall’: What formerly incarcerated people have to say about coming out of prison into our community, and why it matters. The Kingstonist. (Op-ed).
Lachapelle, S. (2021, May 5). “It’s set up so you trip and fall”: A report about formerly incarcerated people’s experiences of prison-to-community reintegration in Kingston, Ontario. (Policy Report).
Lachapelle, S., & May, A. (2021). Kingston’s housing crisis and COVID-19: A matter of life and death. (Policy Report).
Lachapelle, S. (2021, March 3). Too Little, Too Late: Reflecting on the City’s commitment to affordable housing on the first anniversary of the Mayor’s Taskforce on Housing Report. The Kingstonist. (Op-ed).
Lachapelle, S. (2020). Prison and its afterlives: Haunting and the emotional geographies of formerly incarcerated people’s reintegration experiences in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. QSpace Queen’s Graduate Theses and Dissertations. (Thesis).
Presentations
“Use your common sense to navigate and you’re gonna get along okay”: Exploring the sensorial politics of attunement, survival, and resistance in Canadian federal prisons. (2022). International Conference for Carceral Geography, Melbourne, AUS (Hybrid).
A Matter of Life and Death: Exploring the Necropolitical Limbo of Kingston’s Housing Crisis in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic. (2021). Confinement in Pandemic Times: Between Care and Incarceration, Punishment and Protection, Amsterdam, NL (Virtual).
A Matter of Life and Death: Exploring the Necropolitical Limbo of Kingston’s Housing Crisis in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic. (2021). Justice Studies Association Annual Conference: Reclaiming Justice, Chicago, IL, USA (Virtual).
Feeling risky: The subjugation of emotional knowledge and the affective violence of ‘risk’ in the lives of formerly incarcerated people in Kingston, Ontario. (2021). Global Carceral States: A Conference on Violence, Transgressions, and Technologies of Imprisonment, Santa Barbara, CA, USA/Birzeit, PS (Virtual).
It’s set up so you trip and fall: A conversation about prison-to-community reintegration in Kingston, Ontario. (2021). (Community Panel Discussion). Recording linked here.
In the name of health: Affect theory and the role of public health risks in the creation of carceral spaces. (2021). Centre for Interdisciplinary Justice Studies Mobilizing Justice Conference, Winnipeg, MB (Virtual).
Public health, public good. (2019). Kingston Community Chaplaincy Second Annual Restorative Justice Conference, Kingston, ON.
The place of public health within restorative justice: An interdisciplinary conversation. (2018). Kingston Community Chaplaincy First Annual Restorative Justice Conference, Kingston, ON.
“Not just from here to here”: The unseen health trajectories of post-carceral mobilities in Kingston, Ontario. (2018). St. Dismas Society Prison Ministry Quarterly Meeting, Kingston, ON.
“Not just from here to here”: The unseen health trajectories of post-carceral mobilities in Kingston, Ontario. (2018). Canadian Association of Geographers Ontario Division (CAG-ONT) Annual Conference, Toronto, ON.
Interviews
Mills, S. (Host). (2022, April 12). Vaccine hesitancy at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre [Radio program]. In, All in A Day. Ottawa, Ontario. CBC Ottawa (91.5FM).
Mills, S. (Host). (2021, May 11). Experience with reintegration into Kingston after prison sentence [Radio program]. In, All in A Day. Ottawa, Ontario. CBC Ottawa (91.5FM).
Abs, R. (Host). (2021, May 5). Interview with Sophie Lachapelle [Radio program]. In, CFRC’s Prison Radio. Kingston, Ontario. CFRC (101.9FM).
Awards & Recognitions
Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) CGS-D (2022). Monetary Award ($105,000).
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) (2021). Monetary Award ($15,000).
Doctorate of Philosophy Admissions Scholarship (2021-2025), University of Ottawa. Monetary Award ($36,000).
Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) CGS-M Scholarship (2019). Monetary Award ($17,500).
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) (2018). Monetary Award ($15,000).
Dean’s Honour’s List with Distinction, Queen’s University (2016-2018).
Certifications
TCPS 2 Course on Research Ethics (CORE) Certificate
Lifesaver Naloxone Administration Training
Mental Health First Aid
ASIST Suicide First Aid
First Aid – CPR Health Care Provider Level
Community & Volunteer Experience
Integrated Care Hub Drop-in Centre Volunteer (2021-Present), Trellis HIV and Community Care, Kingston, ON
Board Member (2021-Present), Elizabeth Fry Society, Kingston, ON.
Court Support Volunteer (2019-2020), Elizabeth Fry Society, Kingston, ON.
Donation Reception Volunteer (2019-2020), St. Vincent de Paul Society, Kingston, ON.
Visiting Resource Centre Volunteer (2018-2019), Canadian Families in Corrections Network, Millhaven Institution, Bath, ON.
Sophie’s CV can be downloaded here.
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