In June, our Lab team attended the International Academy of Law and Mental Health's XXXIXth Congress in Montréal, where we presented four topics exploring the intersections of law, policy, and mental health in a digital age.

Our team was back in Chicago to present again at this year's Chicago International Summit on Education! It was an incredible day of learning and community with researchers and educators from around the world joining in on powerful conversations about student success and transitions.

In May, our Lab team attended the EdMedia Conference by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education in Edinburgh, Scotland, where we presented our research in four areas. It was a wonderful opportunity to network with researchers from across the globe doing incredible work in education!

Celebrating Canada’s inaugural AI Literacy Day!

One of the biggest highlights of our Winter 2025 semester was an incredible international collaboration with education colleagues at Anglia Ruskin University in England, focused on teacher well-being!

Our newest publication takes a case study approach to examine how cognitive, industrial, and positive psychology principles can inform the design and delivery of mental health apps and programs for post-secondary students and the broader community.

Our new publication examines how digital wellness appears across school digital literacy and citizenship frameworks and calls for more intentional integration into curricula.

A new book chapter from the MHDA Lab explores how mentorship can support teacher candidates in developing trauma-informed knowledge, perspectives, practices, and self-care.

Join us for the 5th Annual Mental Health in the Digital Age conference! You can explore our official program guide and see the meaningful work our graduate students are doing!

In honour of World Mental Health Day, the MHDA Lab shared a series of resources and webinars focused on digital wellness, family well-being, mental health, and problematic technology use.

We are excited to share our new chapter publication, which explores how alignment between adolescents’ online and offline identities can influence well-being, identity development, and mental health in digital spaces.

Our new publication presents a conceptual framework to understand the relationships between digital wellness and artificial intelligence.

We are proud to share that our study, “Deepfakes and Harm to Women” by Dr. Jennifer Laffier and Aalyia Rehman (2023), has been officially cited in UK and Australian Parliamentary discussions and AI policy reports.

Join us for the 4th Annual Mental Health in the Digital Age conference! The free virtual event welcomes parents, educators and community members to explore technologies’ impacts on well-being across the lifespan, along with recommendations.

Recapping the valuable conversation from Snap Inc's "Parenting in a Digital World - Online Safety Discussions Shouldn't Be Scary" event in Toronto with Lab Director, Dr. Jennifer Laffier.

We are excited to share our new chapter publication, which explores how digital wellness can support youth well-being while also fostering healthy, safe online and offline youth communities.

Join us for the 3rd Annual Mental Health in the Digital Age conference! The free virtual event welcomes parents, educators and community members to explore technologies’ impacts on well-being across the lifespan, along with recommendations.