Ariel Dimler

Ariel Dimler is a PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Tara-Leigh McHugh. She holds a BSc Psychology, Honours from the University of Northern British Columbia and a MA in Physical Education and Recreation from the University of Alberta. Ariel is a cisgender lesbian woman, which informs her critical research centred on queer people’s experiences in movement spaces.

1. McHugh, T. L. F., Deal, C. J., Blye, C. J., Dimler, A. J., Halpenny, E. A., Sivak, A., & Holt, N. L. (2019). A meta-study of qualitative research examining sport and recreation experiences of indigenous youth. Qualitative Health Research, 29(1), 42-54.
2. Coppola, A. M., Dimler, A. J., Letendre, T. S., & McHugh, T. L. F. (2017). ‘We are given a body to walk this earth’: the body pride experiences of young Aboriginal men and women. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 9(1), 4-17
3. Dimler, A. J., McFadden, K., & McHugh, T. L. F. (2017). “I kinda feel like wonder woman”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of pole fitness and positive body image. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 39(5), 339-351.