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2015 – Stewart’s (and research team’s (Letourneau, N.)) findings described in “Peer Power: Helping Allergic Kids to Help Each Other”. In Allergen Success Stories, pp 9-11.

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2015 – Letourneau, N., Owerko, M., Findlay, R., Owerko, S., & Koonar, S. mentioned in Children’s Hospital e-update, New Owerko Centre Opens at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, May 6.

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2015 – Letourneau’s research featured in CBC news online article “Mom-to-mom mentorship more effective than clinical therapy or medication, findings suggest”, May 9. Link

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2022 – Letourneau’s latest CIHR grant on exploring mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and youth in Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute Newsletter article, “Family Violence During Pandemic”, October 26.
2022 – Letourneau’s research “Restrictions may have contributed to rise in family violence: Study” featured in The Province, October 6.
2022 – Letourneau’s research “COVID restrictions may have contributed to rise in family violence: University of Calgary study” featured in HeaD Topics, October 6.
2022 – Letourneau’s research “COVID restrictions may have contributed to rise in family violence: U of C study” featured in Edmonton Sun & Edmonton Journal, October 5.
2022 – Letourneau’s research “COVID restrictions may have contributed to rise in family violence: University of Calgary study” featured in Ottawa Citizen, October 5.
2022 – Letourneau’s research “COVID restrictions may have contributed to rise in family violence: U of C study” featured in The Prince George Post, The Calgary Herald, The Windsor Star, and Calgary Sun (October 5).
2022 – Letourneau’s research featured in UToday article “UCalgary study finds increase in family violence during the pandemic”, October 5.
2022 – Letourneau mentioned in UToday article about PhD student Jelena Komanchuk “Nursing doctoral student committed to improving health and development of vulnerable children”, October 4.
2022 – Letourneau’s research “Nursing prof receives 2.4M for Alliance against Violence and Adversity (AVA) project” featured in UCalgary News, April 1.
2022 – Letourneau’s research “Government of Canada invests more than $31M in the next generation of health researchers” featured in Canadian Institutes of Health Research news release, March 31.
2022 – Letourneau’s research “The ATTACH Parenting Intervention predicts healthier immune activity in both mothers and children” featured in Winter 2022 edition of the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research Update Newsletter, March 22.
2022 – Letourneau’s research “UCalgary researchers receive $2.4M CIHR health research training platform grant” featured in UCalgary News, February 22.

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2021 – Letourneau’s research “Research collaboration highlights success of domestic violence intervention programs” featured in UCalgary News, November 30.
2021 – Letourneau’s research “Nursing doctoral student hopes research will help establish nursing interventions for stronger bonds between child and caregiver” featured on University of Calgary Faculty of Nursing website, May 3.
2021 – Letourneau’s research “Nursing doctoral student hopes research will help establish nursing interventions for stronger bonds between child and caregiver” featured in Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute Newsletter, May 3.
2021 – Letourneau’s research “Nursing doctoral student hopes research will help establish nursing interventions for stronger bonds between child and caregiver” featured in UCalgary News, May 3.
2021 – Letourneau’s research “Nursing research helps improve health and development of Pakistani children by addressing parent interaction” featured in UCalgary News, January 12.

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2020 – “Dr. Nicole Letourneau Inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy of Nursing and Recipient of the Jeanne Mance Award”, article in RESOLVE Newsletter, December 2.
2020 – Lebel and Letourneau’s research “Babies Born to Depressed Moms Show Weakened Brain Connectivity” featured in UCalgary News, August 12.
2020 – Letourneau, N. featured in UToday article “UCalgary Researchers Receive Support for COVID-19 Mental Health Projects”, October 15.
2020 – Letourneau, N. featured in UToday article “Nursing Faculty Member Receives Funding to Move Important Intervention Programs to Virtual Delivery”, October 9.
2020 – Letourneau, N. featured in Calgary Urban Project Society article “Contributing to Research”, September 29.
2020 – Letourneau, N. featured in UToday article “Two UCalgary Nursing Faculty Announced as Fellows in American Academy of Nursing”, August 12.
2020 – Letourneau, N. featured in Huffington Post article “How to Get Help for Postpartum Depression During the Coronavirus Pandemic”, May 7.
2020 – Letourneau, N. research on ATTACH study featured in piece entitled “Helping children at risk” in ACHRI newsletter, April 27.
2020 – Letourneau, N. featured in CBC article “How Twitch viewers helped police narrow down location of possible child abuser in just hours”, January 17.

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2019 – Letourneau, N. featured in UToday article “Study Shows Risk for Developmental Problems”, October 28.
2019 – Letourneau, N. featured in UToday article “UCalgary Nursing Professor Contributes to Landmark DNA Study”, October 22.
2019 – Letourneau, N. research on VID-KIDS study featured in piece entitled “Postpartum depression: A family affair” in ACHRI 10^th anniversary newsletter, April 1.

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Letourneau, N. featured in Apple magazine article “Even Fathers Get the Baby Blues: Social Support Can Help Parents Recover from Postpartum Depression”, Special Edition, 2018.
2018 – Letourneau, N. featured in CIHR ICYHD Newsletter “Expanding maternal mental health and child development through a video feedback-based intervention (VID-KIDS). Clinical trial aims to improve quality and benefits of maternal-child interaction”, November 14.
2018 – Letourneau, N. featured in UToday article “Good Beginnings for Mental Health Start in the Cradle” describing VID-KIDS study and AAIMH conference, September 26.
2018 – Letourneau, N. featured in Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute Newsletter for Science in the Cinema, September 25.
2018 – Letourneau, N., CARNA, Provincial Council Election Results: “President-Elect” , University of Calgary Faculty of Nursing, The Pulse, September.
2018 – Letourneau, N., The Star: “In a World of Buzzword Parenting, What’s a Parent to Do?” University of Calgary Faculty of Nursing, The Pulse, September.
2018 – Letourneau, N., included in the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health Database on Indigenous Health in Canada.
2018 – Letourneau, N. “The Science Behind Postpartum Depression”, ACHRI hosts Science in the Cinema, October 17.
2018 – Letourneau, N. research on “The Science Behind Postpartum Depression” featured in CIHR’s Discoveries for Life, September.
2018 – Letourneau, N. research with Lebel, C., mentioned on CTV Tonight, May 11.
2018 – Letourneau’s op-eds on Postpartum OCD mentioned in the ACHRI Newsletter, May.

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2017 – Letourneau, N. National Research Award from CASN, “2017 Excellence in Nursing Research Award”, University of Calgary Faculty of Nursing, The Pulse, September.
2017 – Letourneau’s MOMS Link program featured in “The Startup Upstarts” in UCalgary Alumni magazine, Spring/Summer 2017.
2017 – Letourneau’s research featured in UToday article “Strong maternal bonds may help reduce childhood skin disease that can lead to asthma”, University of Calgary, July 17.
2017 – Letourneau, N. interviewed (2017) for Better Brain Magazine by Flora, C., Centennial Media (December Issue).
2017 – Letourneau’s Peer-reviewed paper “Prepartum and Postpartum Maternal Depressive Symptoms are Related to Children’s Brain Structure in Preschool” mentioned on CBC Radio, May 12.
2017 – Letourneau’s Peer-reviewed paper “Prepartum and postpartum maternal depressive symptoms are related to children’s brain structure in preschool.” mentioned in Calgary Herald, May 11. Retrieved May 11, 2017 from
2017 – Letourneau’s Peer-reviewed paper “Prepartum and postpartum maternal depressive symptoms are related to children’s brain structure in preschool.” mentioned on Global TV, May 11.
2017 – Letourneau’s work on MOMS Link mentioned in UCalgary Alumni Magazine, written by Mark Witten, Spring/Summer, 2017 issue.
2017 – Letourneau’s peer-reviewed paper “Clinical Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Outcomes Associated With Neonatal Hemorrhagic Stroke: A Population-Based Case-Control Study” mentioned in JAMA Pediatrics editorial “Neonatal Hemorrhagic Stroke”, written by Catherine Amlie-Lefond and Jeffrey G. Ojemann, January 17.
2017 – Letourneau, N. mentioned in The Hill Times Daily E-mail Newsletter regarding her publication “When Inequality in Canada Goes Up, Child Wellbeing Goes Down”, January 13 & 16.
2017 – Letourneau, N. mentioned in EvidenceNetwork.ca e-Newsletter Issue 56, January 2017 regarding her publication “Indigenous People are Not the ‘Ghosts of History’’’.
2017 – Letourneau, N. mentioned in AHS Apple magazine article “Safe at Home”, January 2.

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2016 – Letourneau, N. mentioned in ShawTV broadcast & ShawTV Edmonton YouTube for recognition of Inspiration Award, November 14.
2016 – Letourneau’s team mentioned in Science Daily article, “Depression During Pregnancy is Associated with Abnormal Brain Structure in Children”, November 15.
2016 – Letourneau, N. & Tryphonopoulos, P. mentioned in Brandon University News article, “Brandon University researcher’s project helps new mothers form bonds with their babies”, September 20.
2016 – Letourneau, N. & Tough, S. Personalized medicine for child health is a distraction. Ottawa Life Magazine, shared on Twitter, June 21.
2016 – Letourneau, N. mention in AllerGen reAction Newsletter article “Nicole Letourneau a “Change Agent” for Health”, June.
2016 – Letourneau, N. mentioned in the Winnipeg Jewish Review, regarding study of domestic violence in Jewish community, February 18.
2016 – Letourneau, N. mentioned in the Canadian Jewish News, regarding study of domestic violence in Jewish community, February 5.
2016 – Letourneau, N. mentioned in the Jewish Free Press, regarding study of domestic violence in Jewish community, February 11.
2016 – Letourneau, N. mentioned in Apple News article, “Even fathers get the baby blues: Dads can feel the stress linked to the seismic shift of parenthood”, Winter edition.

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2015 – Letourneau, N. U Voices: Canada needs to rethink approach to early childhood development. UToday University of Calgary, June 11.
2015 – Letourneau’s research featured in Breakfast TV blog by Leah Sarich “Phone Support for New Moms” March 3. Link
2015 – Letourneau, N. Letourneau mentioned in DMM News article IASA’s First Seven Years. Issue#16.
2015 – Letourneau, N. UToday News online, University of Calgary Daily News article, “Help is just a call away for mothers with postpartum depression”. February 23.
2015 – Letourneau, N. Apple magazine article “Healthy mom, healthy kids: A mother’s well-being is directly linked to her children’s”. Winter, Issue 16, p. 26.

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2014 – Letourneau, N. & Joschko, J. Children in poverty. Apple magazine article featuring reference to Scientific Parenting book and research. January 3.
2014 – Stewart, M. & Letourneau, N. “Engaging aboriginal families affected by allergies and asthma in support-education program development” research featured online Success Stories 7, Winter edition on AllerGen homepage and website, March 5.

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2013 – Letourneau, N. & Joschko, J. Time to slay the perfect-mother myth. Article features reference to Moms gone Mad: Motherhood and Madness, Oppression and Resistance, online at Herizons Women’s News & Feminist Views, October 31.
2013 – Letourneau, N. & Joschko, J. Toxic Stress on Children. Referenced in the Alberta Children’s Hospital Newsletter, June issue.

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