Faculty of Health: Recent submissions
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Are Queer Men Queering Consent? A Scoping Review of Sexual Consent Literature Among Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer Men (Postprint)
(Taylor & Francis, 2024-06-07)Objectives: To review the literature on Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer (GBTQ) men and sexual consent. Methods: Eight electronic databases were searched in June 2022, yielding 1924 articles; 30 were included for review ... -
Multi-Systems Adaptation for Child and Youth Mental health in a Climate Crisis: Rapid Scoping Review and Partner Engagement Session in Nova Scotia
(2024-08)Threats from climate change will continue to worsen with increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. Children are particularly vulnerable to climate change and are disproportionately impacted by adverse ... -
Promoting equitable access to disability inclusive early learning & childcare in Nova Scotia: The family experience (Summary Report)
(2024-06)Introduction: In this research, we asked: How do families in Nova Scotia navigate access to inclusive early learning and childcare programs for preschool-aged children experiencing disability? We wanted to know: 1) What ... -
Equitable access to inclusive early learning and childcare for children with disabilities: The family experience
(2022-10-31)Families of children with disabilities have endured a long history of inequitable access to inclusive early learning and childcare programs due to financial, institutional, sociocultural, and discriminatory barriers. When ... -
Introductory Medicinal Chemistry for Pharmacy Students: An Assignment-Based Online Assessment Strategy (Postprint)
(ACS Publications, 2024-06-22)New assessment approaches for medicinal chemistry in an introductory course within the pharmacy curriculum are presented. A required introductory pharmaceutical sciences course specific for first year entry-to-practice ... -
Permanent Jobs, Temporary People: Temporary Foreign Workers’ Struggle for Permanent Residency in Prince Edward Island
(TFW Maritimes, 2024-06-05)This report is the fourth in a series of community-based research projects undertaken by the Migrant Workers in the Canadian Maritimes partnership. It draws on desk research and qualitative interviews conducted with 29 ... -
The Refuge Episode 10: Nothing About Us Without Us: Meaningful Youth Engagement
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2023-12-13)Welcome to the tenth and final episode of The Refuge. In this episode, we discuss an issue that we’ve come to view as essential to the integration of children and youth with refugee experience in Canada – the meaningful ... -
The Refuge Episode 9: Starting Over: Refugee Youth and Interrupted Schooling
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2022-11-01)Welcome to the ninth episode of The Refuge in which we discuss experiences of youth who arrive in Canada with interrupted schooling. What are the challenges of re-entering the school system? What supports are needed for ... -
The Refuge Episode 8: Youth Involvement in Research & Community Programs
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2022-06-21)Welcome to the eighth episode of The Refuge in which we discuss the importance of involving youth in research and community programs. This episode speaks to researchers, community organizations, and service providers – ... -
The Refuge Episode 7: Supporting the Mental Health of Refugee Youth
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2022-05-05)For Mental Health Week, we’re bringing greater awareness to the mental health challenges often faced by refugee youth. Pre-migration experiences—including separation from or loss of family—often result in PTSD, depression ... -
The Refuge Episode 6: Five Years of Settlement: Syrians in Canada
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2022-01-25)The arrival of a large number of Syrian refugees between 2015-2017 was transformative for Canada. In this episode of the Refuge, we reflect on what we have collectively learned from the experience of Syrian refugees settling ... -
The Refuge Episode 5: COVID-19: Refugee Families' Challenges and Resilience
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2021-10-26)The COVID-19 pandemic challenged all of us; however, for many refugee families, social isolation, online learning, and stay-at-home orders compounded challenges they were already facing. At the same time, the resilience ... -
The Refuge Episode 4: Here and There: Language Learning and Wellbeing in Canada and Germany
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2021-09-23)Welcome to the fourth episode of The Refuge! Coinciding with the start of the new academic year, we continue our discussion of refugee children’s wellbeing and language learning; focusing on supports available in schools ... -
The Refuge Episode 3: Learning the Language: Supporting Refugee Youth Learning English
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2021-09-07)Welcome to the third episode of The Refuge in which we discuss learning English as a new refugee in Canada, and how language affects and is in turn affected by integration. Our guests are Fida Alfandi, a youth who ... -
The Refuge Episode 2: Transitions: Settlement, School, and Work
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2021-08-12)Welcome to the second episode of The Refuge in which we are joined by Praise Mugisho, a former refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo now living in Nova Scotia, Dr. Ifeyinwa Mbakogu, a social worker and Professor ... -
The Refuge Episode 1: Welcome To The Refuge
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2021-08-12)In this introductory episode, we are joined by Michael Ungar, CYRRC’s Scientific Director, Simone Chia-Kangata, CYRRC’s Project Manager, and Nabiha Atallah, Advisor of Strategic Initiatives at Immigrant Services Association ... -
Refugee Resettlement Policy Brief: The Question of Belonging
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2022-11-29)Belonging has to do with public attitudes as well as preparedness in terms of infrastructure, jobs, and programming for newcomers. ‘Who belongs to Canada’ is a policy question which should be addressed not to newcomers, ... -
Refugee Resettlement Policy Brief: School Supports for Youth
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2022-11-29)Interventions that build bridges between educators and other supports within a community are needed to help children and youth succeed at school. A whole-community approach includes leveraging community support to bridge ... -
Refugee Resettlement Policy Brief: Why Collaboration Matters
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2022-11-29)When it comes to refugee settlement and integration, collaboration between stakeholders – academics, community organizations, settlement provider organizations, and people with lived experience (PWLEs) – ensures that diverse ... -
2023 Summary Report: CYRRC Forum on Improving Collboration and Youth Engagement within the Settlement Sector
(Dalhousie University, 2023)On Marth 15th, 2023, the Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition (CYRRC) brought together youth with refugee experience, service providers, community partners, academics, and policy makers for a pre-conference forum at ...
