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Michael jorgensen

Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Toronto in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, HeadsupCAN Research Director

“You are your greatest advocate. Give yourself the same advice, acceptance, and compassion you would give a teammate.”  - Michael Jorgensen

Michael Jorgensen is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Toronto in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education. Michael’s research seeks to improve current approaches to sport-related concussion prevention by furthering our understanding of why athletes engage in risk-taking and protective behaviours. Specifically, his research critically examines how constructions of risk influence athlete behaviour. Michael is exploring the tensions between risk tolerance and risk aversion and how these affect athletes’ thresholds of acceptable risk. In collaboration with provincial and national sporting bodies, his research has also examined the roles and experiences of actors within a sport system as novel policies and risk management strategies are introduced into competitions. Alongside his research programme, Michael serves as the research director for HeadsupCAN and as a research coordinator at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, Division of Neurology. 

Links to Relevant work

Jorgensen et al. (2017) - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/2059700217730257