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In June 2023, the brought together 35 young people from all across Canada to discuss how to improve online safety for themselves and future ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. This Youth Assembly on Digital Rights allowed them to connect with each other as well as academic experts and policymakers on how to promote the safety, well-being, and flourishing of Canadian youth online.

Classified as: Youth, General Assembly, Digital Governace, Digital Media, conference
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Published on: 14 Nov 2023

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ professors receive grant to explore the correlation between technology dependence, youth loneliness and the risk for exploitation.

Classified as: Computer, education, technology, Youth, dependency
Published on: 19 May 2022

Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ School of Population and Global Health (SPGH), co-wrote an open letter in Cult MTL.

"This week, school-aged children returned to their classrooms across Quebec. We want a safe return to school for these students and all school personnel. Our hope is that SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission will be limited until our medical system can provide dignified healthcare for the entire population."

Classified as: joanne liu, SPGH, Covid, Youth
Published on: 25 Jan 2022

Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ School of Population and Global Health (SPGH), co-wrote an open letter in La Presse.

"Cette semaine, les jeunes du milieu scolaire sont rentrés en classe partout au Québec. Nous souhaitons un retour sécuritaire à l’école pour ces élèves et le personnel scolaire. Nous espérons que la propagation du virus SARS-CoV-2 va être limitée, considérant que notre système de santé n’est pas en mesure de soigner dignement toute la population."

Classified as: SPGH, joanne liu, Covid, Youth
Published on: 24 Jan 2022

My colleagues at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University are working on a project called: Young People, Well-being, and Connectedness in the Time of Distancing (funded by Quebec’s Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux (MSSS). They are currently recruiting youth participants (16-24 years old) from diverse communities and looking for support to spread the word!

Classified as: Youth, Young, cellphilm, Participatory Visual Methodology, participatory cultures lab
Published on: 10 Nov 2021

Education that changes outcomes for whole communities—that’s the aim of the project, Engineering Engagement in School Curricula: Multi-year Design-thinking Projects for Indigenous and Marginalized Youth, led by Professor and Chair of the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, Richard Chromik, Faye Siluk, and Robert Pozeg of the Faculty of Engineering’s E-IDEA initiative (Engineering Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity Advancement), which today received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) PromoScience grants program.

Classified as: Youth, outreach, Indigenous, STEM, science, engineering, PromoScience grant, NSERC, Richard Chromik, Faye Siluk, Robert Pozeg
Published on: 9 Jun 2021

Quebec’s commission into youth rights and protection continues its public consultations across the province in an effort to identify challenges facing its youth protection services. Created in response to the death of a seven-year-old girl in Granby in April, the commission will hear from youth, families, experts and caseworkers. ()

Here is an expert from ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University that can provide comment on this issue:

Classified as: Youth, Child, protection services, Delphine Collin-Vézina
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Published on: 11 Nov 2019

A study published today in the BMJ Open shows that in countries where there is a complete ban on all corporal punishment of children there is less fighting among young people. There was 31% less physical fighting in young men and 42% less physical fighting in young women in countries where corporal punishment was banned in all settings, compared with those where corporal punishment was permitted both at school and at home.

Classified as: health, Research, psychology, corporal punishment, violence, Youth, Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canada Research Chairs Program.
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Published on: 16 Oct 2018
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