Tanya Forneris

Dr. Tanya Forneris is currently an associate professor in the School of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, ON Canada. She obtained her Masters in sport psychology at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada and her PhD in counseling psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University. Tanya's expertise is in positive youth development and community programming. More specifically, the development, implementation, and evaluation of life skills based sport and physical activity programs to enhance youth development. In this work she has collaborated with local community, national, and international non-profit organizations.