Melissa Corrente

Melissa Corrente portrait
Instructor / Faculty of Education and Professional Studies - Schulich School of Education
Position
Part-time Faculty
Extension
4726
About
Dr. Melissa Corrente is an Ontario Certified Teacher and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Ottawa. She teaches part-time for the Schulich School of Education at Nipissing University. She is passionate about infusing mental well-being into teacher education programs. Melissa is the mother of two school-aged children.
Education
BA - Wilfrid Laurier University
BEd - Nipissing University
MEd - Nipissing University
PhD - Nipissing University
Research

Interests:

Teacher mental health, healthcare worker burnout, food literacy for children, psychological health and safety in long term care.

Publications

Book Chapters:

Corrente, M., Ferguson, K., & Bourgeault, I. (in press). Waving a Magic Wand to Improve Canadian Teachers’ Mental Health. Research Handbook on Educator Wellbeing and Resilience

Corrente, M. (in press). Memoir Revealed: Moving from Narrative Revelation to Reformation. In L. Kruk & K. Ferguson (Eds.), Psychologies of Mothering: Literature and Literacy

Corrente, M. (2017). Motherhood and graduate studies: The untold stories of summer residency. In C. DeRoche & E. Berger (Eds.), The Parent Track: Timing, Balance, and Choice in Academia (pp.65-75). Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.

 

Journal Articles:

Corrente M, Atanackovic J, Simkin S, Bourgeault IL. Leading Practices to Safeguard the Mental Health of Investigators and Trainees in Research Teams. New Solut. 2025 Nov; 35(3):304-315. doi: 10.1177/10482911251362477.

Ferguson K, Corrente M, Bourgeault IL. Facilitators and Barriers to Mental Health Leaves and Return to Work Among Canadian Teachers. NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/10482911251362471

Ferguson, K., Tulk, C., Corrente, M., & Bourgeault, I. (2025). Examining the Frequency and Impact of Workplace Violence on Canadian Education Workers' Mental Health and Attrition. Journal of Education Human Resources.

Atanackovic, J., Akuamoah-Boateng, H., Park, J., Corrente, M., Bourgeault, I.L. (2025). Influence of the Pandemic on the Mental Health of Professional Workers. BMC Psychology 13, 245 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02536-z

Ferguson, K., Tulk, C., Corrente, M., Rodger, S., & Bourgeault, I. L. (2025). Canadian teachers with mental health issues and workplace accommodations. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 40(4), 457–467. https://doi.org/10.1080/15555240.2024.2446383

Brown, Natalya; Ferguson, Kristen; Corrente, Melissa (2025). It’s Never Too Early: A Pilot Study of Financial Literacy for Young Children and Professional Development for their Educators. Monash University. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.26180/30083866.v1

Atanackovic, J., Corrente, M., Myles, Set al. Cultivating a psychological health and safety culture for interprofessional primary care teams through a co-created evidence-informed toolkit. Healthcare Management Forum. 2024;0(0). doi:10.1177/08404704241263918

Corrente, M., Myles, S., Atanackovic, J. et al. Even if you build it, they may not come: challenges in the uptake of workplace mental health toolkits. BMC Public Health 24, 2770 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20039-1

Ferguson K, Corrente M, Bourgeault IL. Facilitators and Barriers to Mental Health Leaves and Return to Work Among Canadian Teachers. NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 2025;35(3):316-325. doi:10.1177/10482911251362471

Corrente, M., Park, J., Akuamoah-Boateng, H., Atanackovic, J. & Bourgeault, I. (2024). Work & life stress experienced by professional workers during the pandemic: a gender-based analysis. BMC Public Health 24, 1441. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18677-6

Corrente, M., Atanackovic, J., & Bourgeault, I., (2024). Understanding health worker burnout using a mixed-methods approach. In Sage Research Methods: Doing Research Online. SAGE Publications, Ltd., https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529684353

Corrente, M, Ferguson, K., & Bourgeault, I. (2022). Mental Health Experiences of Teachers: A Scoping Review.  Journal of Teaching and Learning, 16(1), 23-43.  

Corrente, M., Zychla, L., Given, M., & Mihailescu, M. (2022). Supporting MRT Mental Health: Through COVID-19 and Beyond. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 54(2), 85-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2022.11.008

Corrente, M., Zychla, L., Given, M., & Mihailescu, M. (2022). MRTs Speak Up: The Professional Identity Crisis brought on by COVID-19. Journal of Allied Health51(4), 95-103.  

Corrente, M. (2022). Exploring the Personal and Professional Realities of Parenthood and Graduate Studies. Alberta Journal of Educational Research68(3), 340–356. https://doi.org/10.11575/ajer.v68i3.72163

Corrente, M (2022). Innovation in Transcribing Data: Meet Otter.ai. Sage Research Methods: Doing Research Onlinehttps://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529799033