Handbooks

Stirling, A., Kerr, G., *Banwell, J., *MacPherson, E., & *Heron, A. (2024). A practical guide for work-integrated learning: Effective practices to enhance the educational quality of the structured work experience offered through Colleges and Universities (2nd Ed.). Toronto, ON: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario/Education @ Work Ontario.

Stirling, A., Kerr, G., Banwell, J., MacPherson, E., & Jewett, R. (2017). A mentorship guide for advancing women in coaching: Effective mentoring practices for the sport administrator. Toronto, ON: Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity/Coaching Association of Canada.

Stirling, A., Kerr, G., Banwell, J., MacPherson, E., & Jewett, R. (2017). A mentorship guide for advancing women in coaching: Effective mentoring practices for the mentor. Toronto, ON: Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity/Coaching Association of Canada.

Stirling, A., Kerr, G., Banwell, J., MacPherson, E., & Jewett, R. (2017). A mentorship guide for advancing women in coaching: Effective mentoring practices for the mentee. Toronto, ON: Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity/Coaching Association of Canada.

Stirling, A., Kerr, G., Banwell, J., MacPherson, E., & Heron, A. (2016). A practical guide for work-integrated learning: Effective practices to enhance the educational quality of the structured work experience offered through Colleges and Universities. Toronto, ON: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario/Education @ Work Ontario.

Stirling, A., & Kerr, G. (2016). Advancing women in coaching. Mentee and mentor workbooks. Ottawa, ON: Coaching Association of Canada/Status of Women Canada/Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity.

Book Chapters

Gurgis, J., Kerr, G., & Stirling, A. (2025). Coaches’ roles and needs around safeguarding sport. In, B. Callary, G. A. Bloom, S. B. Rynne, & B. T. Gearity (Eds.). Handbook on Sport Coaching Research.

Stirling, A. & Pretti, J. (2021). Advancing WIL research in Canada. In A. Stirling & J. Pretti (Eds.), The practice of co-op and work-integrated learning in the Canadian context. CEWIL/WACE

Nery, M., Ventura, C., & Stirling, A. (2021). Bullying in sport. In P. K Smith & J. O’Higgins Norman (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Bullying: A comprehensive and international review of research and intervention. Volume 2. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Gurgis, J., Kerr, G., & Stirling, A. (2021). Advancing autonomy-supportive coaching through the application of the transtheoretical model. In M. Lang (Ed.), International Handbook of Athlete Welfare. London: Routledge.

Stirling, A. (2020). Experiential learning. In M. E. David & M. J. Amey (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Higher Education. Sage.

Stirling, A., *Tam, A., *Milne, A., & Kerr, G. (2020). Keep smiling and point your toes: Media narratives of gymnasts’ abusive experiences. In R. Kerr, N. Barker-

Ruchti, C. Stewart & G. Kerr (Eds.), Women’s Artistic Gymnastics: Socio-cultural Perspectives. pp. 143-157. London: Routledge.

Kerr, G., Stirling, A., & *Willson, E. (2020). When the coach-athlete relationship influences vulnerability to athlete maltreatment. In R. Kerr, N. Barker-Ruchti, C. 

Stewart & G. Kerr (Eds.), Women’s Artistic Gymnastics: Socio-cultural Perspectives. pp. 237-243. London: Routledge

Stirling, A., & Kerr, G.(2019).Athlete maltreatment. In D. Hackfort, R. Shinke, & B. Strauss (Eds.), Dictionary of Sport Psychology. Elsevier.

Kerr, G., & Stirling, A.(2019).Neglect athlete maltreatment. In D. Hackfort, R. Shinke, & B. Strauss (Eds.), Dictionary of Sport Psychology. Elsevier.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Brown, D., Gollish, S., Stirling, A., Pila, E., & Sabiston, C. (2026). Evidence-based recommendations for coach development programs: A body image case study. International Journal of Sport Coaching

Muhonen, J., Stirling, Ashley, & Kokkonen, M. (2024). Athletic identity affects prevalence and disclosure of emotional abuse in Finnish athletes. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (Special Issue: Protecting the Welfare of Individuals Operating in Organized Sport). doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2024.1406949 

Milne, A., Atkinson, M., Kerr, G., Stirling, Ashley. (2024) Instructional practices and interpretations of harm: A qualitative inquiry with 24 competitive dancers. Journal of Dance Education. doi.org/10.1080/15290824.2023.2224799

Milne, A., Atkinson, M., Kerr, G., & Stirling, Ashley. (2023). Competitive dancers’ social identities and experiences of harm. Research in Dance Education, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/14647893.2023.2276963

Willson, E., Buono, S., Kerr, G., Stirling, Ashley. (2023). Maltreatment experiences and mental health indicators among Canadian National team athletes. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 69. doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102493

Willson, E., Taylor, A., Kerr, G., & Stirling, Ashley. (2023). Discussing safe sport in the digital space: The #GymnastAlliance movement. International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2023.2231949.

Taylor, A., Milne, A., *Tam, A., McGee, S., & Stirling, Ashley. (2023). Program coordinators’ support for student well-being in online work-integrated learning (eWIL). International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 24(2), 261-275.

Stirling, Ashley, *Taylor, A., Mountjoy, M., Cruz, E. L., & Bridges, E. (2023). The clinician’s role in addressing and preventing maltreatment in sport. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 23(2), 103-109. doi:10.1097/JSM.0000000000001129.

Banwell, Jenessa & Kerr, Gretchen & Stirling, Ashley. (2020). Benefits of a female coach mentorship programme on women coaches’ development: an ecological perspective. Sports Coaching Review. 1-23.

Brabazon, Honor & Esmail, Jennifer & Locklin, Reid & Stirling, Ashley. (2020). Beyond Employability: Defamiliarizing Work-Integrated Learning with Community-Engaged Learning. Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning. 5. 21-41.

Gurgis, Joseph & Kerr, Gretchen & Stirling, Ashley. (2020). Investigating the Barriers and Facilitators to Achieving Coaching Certification. International Sport Coaching Journal. 7. 1-11.

Kerr, Gretchen & Willson, Erin & Stirling, Ashley. (2020). “It Was the Worst Time in My Life”: The Effects of Emotionally Abusive Coaching on Female Canadian National Team Athletes. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal. 28. 81-89.

Kerr, Gretchen & Battaglia, Anthony & Stirling, Ashley & Bandealy, Ahad. (2020). Examining Coaches’ Perspectives on the Use of Exercise as Punishment. International Sport Coaching Journal. 7. 1-11.

Banwell, Jenessa & Kerr, Gretchen & Stirling, Ashley. (2019). Key Considerations for Advancing Women in Coaching. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal. 27. 128-135.

Kerr, Gretchen & Battaglia, Anthony & Stirling, Ashley. (2019). Maltreatment in Youth Sport: A Systemic Issue. Kinesiology Review. 8. 237-243.

Chow, Clement & Stirling, Ashley. (2019). Exploring the Utility of the Strengths-Based Approach in Health Care: Perceptions of Health Sciences Students.