Tristan Hopper

Tristan Hopper is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies at the University of Regina. Tristan completed an Honors BA in Therapeutic Recreation at the University of Waterloo (2013), a Master of Arts in Leisure Studies from Dalhousie University (2015), and a Ph.D. from the University of Alberta (2018). Tristan’s federally funded research involves respectfully engaging and mobilizing individuals (i.e., youth) who are often marginalized to address significant societal challenges, such as homelessness, social exclusion/inclusion, and mental health issues. Using a meaning-oriented and strengths-based approach, as a research-practitioner his work primarily draws on the use of community-based participatory research methods (including youth-led participatory action research, YPAR) and aims to build thriving communities and provide an effective support system through co-creating and co-implementing people-centered solutions through a social justice lens