A third of Ontario schools still have dangerous levels of lead in drinking water – two years after the province pledged to fix it. Search our database to see the results
The most recent data shows one in 10 water quality tests from Ontario schools and daycares found lead levels above Health Canada’s maximum accepted concentrat... Read more.
How some Canadian communities are taking their own steps to address the risks of radon gas
While radon risks remain rarely discussed in most of Canada, some communities and public officials are taking unique steps to generate greater awareness and act... Read more.
The invisible threat inside your home: Dangerous levels of radon gas are being found in more houses across Canada than ever before
The scale of the problem has been captured in six years of test results from 30,000 homes across Canada. Lax building codes are allowing the problem to get wors... Read more.
Antidepressant use among youth is skyrocketing across Canada. Prescribing doctors say they have little choice as teens ‘can’t wait nine months’ for therapy
While experts debate the reasons behind growing antidepressant use, there is shared concern over medication alone being the response to young people’s calls f... Read more.
They had to write an obituary for their 16-year-old son. This is what Saul’s parents want you to know about the pandemic’s effect on youth mental health
Three of Ontario’s largest children’s hospitals have seen spikes in youth self-harm and suicide attempts during COVID-19’s second wave.... Read more.
High school reporters contribute to continental investigation into youth mental health crisis
North America’s youth are facing an unprecedented crisis in mental health and COVID-19 has only made it worse. Over the past year, more than two dozen young j... Read more.
Abi was outgoing and gifted. He never made it to graduation. The 17-year-old’s death — and what followed at his Brampton high school — is part of a concerning problem
Researchers, parents and educators say Canada’s model for youth mental health care is failing to diagnose and treat young people at a crucial moment in their ... Read more.
More post-secondary schools are turning to online counselling services to help meet student mental health needs. But exactly who’s listening on the other side?
As dozens of Canadian post-secondary schools supplement their on-campus counselling with online service from private firms, questions are mounting about quality... Read more.
Across North America, climate change is disrupting a generation’s mental health
Climate change-induced angst is helping fuel growing youth mental health instability across North America, according to a cross-border... Read more.
Universities with policies to force out students in crisis say it’s a safety measure. Students say threat of removal fills them with dread
Involuntary removals may force already vulnerable young people to deal with the added stresses of losing their studies, student housing and funding. One univers... Read more.
What’s fuelling the mental health crisis in young people? Here are four key stressors
While today’s young people are the most willing in history to broadcast their struggles with mental health, they also face new and unique stressors.... Read more.
Her university expelled her after she attempted suicide, saying she had an ‘inability to self-regulate.’ Now she is fighting back
The university denies the student’s allegations that it failed to provide mental health accommodations. A national review of post-secondary student mental hea... Read more.