The HEALYAC is thrilled to announce that the member registrations for the year 2026-2027 are now open! The purpose of the HEALYAC is to integrate youth voices, perspectives, and expertise into research on young people’s health and wellbeing. The YAC is how we implement an overarching participatory approach that sees research as with and for […]
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We are excited to congratulate Dr Don Lafreniere, a Faculty Associate with the HEAL at Western University, on his Eddie Goldenberg Research Chair at Trent University. He is receiving $8 million in federal funding over eight years to build a national program training marginalized youth in geospatial technologies and research. Dr Lafreniere spent 15 years […]
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The HEAL is proud to share that Mackenzie Betteridge has completed her master’s thesis in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University. Her thesis, “Adolescent Cannabis Use in Canada: Patterns, Correlates, and Change Over Time During Early Cannabis Legalization and the COVID-19 Pandemic,” examined cannabis use among Canadian adolescents and explored how sociodemographic, psychological, lifestyle-behaviour and […]
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