Happy Spring! This month, we invite you to get to know one of our faculty members, and check out a special community profile on Revelstoke for the first part of our Data & Connection Series. Plus, new CHEQ & MDI reports!
How Revelstoke Used 20 Years of Data to Strengthen Connection
For the past 20 years, Revelstoke has used Monitoring System data to inform their community-based work of strengthening child development and well-being in the region. In response to trends in the data, Revelstoke has taken a whole-of-community approach, focused on connectedness and equity.
Reports for the Childhood Experiences Questionnaire (CHEQ) and the Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI) for the 2022-23 school year are now available to access! Thank you to all of the educators, school administrators, parents/caregivers, and students that make these surveys and important data collection possible.
Promoting Equitable Access Through Research-to-Practice
Read our new faculty profile on Brenda Poon, a long-time member of HELP. Her research lab, CoRE-LAB, fosters interdisciplinary research and knowledge exchange on systems that promote equitable access to children’s health and developmental services and supports.
PHABC's Best Brains Exchange took place last month and included presentations from HELP faculty and affliates Drs. Mariana Brussoni, Emily Jenkins, Hasina Samji. Visit below to access a number of recordings and resources focused on mental wellness of children and youth in BC.
A new report funded by BC Children’s Hospital Foundation and undertaken by Dr. Evelyn Stewart (BCCH) and Dr. Hasina Samji’s CHART Lab describes intersectoral work to support youth mental health and well-being during the pandemic recovery period.
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Matt Carwana has joined HELP as our latest faculty member. Learn More
⇒ IN THE NEWS
Dr. Hasina Samji stopped by CBC Radio One's On the Coast to speak about her latest study and youth mental health. Listen Now
⇒ CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
Early childhood educators and administrators are invited to share their perspectives on outdoor play in their child care centres in a survey for Measuring Early Childhood Outside (MECO). The first 1,000 respondents will receive a $25 gift card! Learn More
Funding News
⇒Dr. Eva Oberle and her team were awarded a 4-year SSHRC for her project, Trajectories of positive youth development in schools: understanding diversity and assets in population subgroups, which will use MDI data and conduct focus groups.
⇒PhD Student Salima Kerai was awarded the SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship for her project using MDI data, Positive Youth Development in a Global Context: A Community-Based Action to Research Project with Children in Pakistan.
⇒ Dr. Hasina Samji and her team were awarded a CIHR Healthy Youth Catalyst Grant of $100,000 to fund a Youth Participatory Action Research study for youth to use YDI data to answer their own research questions as YDI Youth Researchers.
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