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 university... 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 health... Read more.
Kyle was a young, aspiring lawyer with loving parents, but ‘inside he was crumbling.’ Now his family sees the warning signs they missed
When young people seeking mental health help turn to the public health-care system, they frequently face wait times that reach into months — or longer. The burden... Read more.
The kids are in crisis — and COVID-19 is making it worse. In Canada, deteriorating youth mental health is leaving a generation in distress
Children and young people are making unprecedented calls for help amid rising anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation and self-harm that is undermining their academics,... Read more.
Oneida residents say the tap water is making them sick. But across the road, their neighbours have safe, clean water
ONEIDA NATION OF THE THAMES—Jennifer George’s home sits on a gravel road that separates this Indigenous community near London, Ont., from the neighbouring Township... Read more.