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Team Highlight: Congratulations to Our Lab Researchers!

May 12
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This has been a busy year for the Mental Health in the Digital Age Lab. Six members of our research team have completed graduate studies or reached major doctoral milestones, with projects contributing to education, mental health, and digital wellness.


Congratulations to:

  • Aleena Khan: Completion of Master of Education🎓🧡

    • Project: Social Media Benefits and Risks for Immigrant Youth: A Scoping Review on Strategies for Supporting Digital Wellness

  • Victoria Matheou: Completion of Master of Education 🎓🧡

    • ​Project: Reaping Benefits While Avoiding Risks: A Scoping Review of Neurodiverse Youth and Digital Wellness

  • Samantha Pereira da Silva: Completion of Master of Education 🎓🧡

    • Project: Exploring the Double-Edged Nature of Social Media during Student-Athlete Injury Recovery and the Need for Digital Wellness: A Community-Based Project

  • Shannon Shackles: Completion of Master of Arts (Education) 🎓🧡

    • ​Thesis: An Exploration of Virtual Reality as an Intervention for Public Speaking Anxiety in High School Students

 

Two of our doctoral students passed their candidacy exams - an exciting milestone in the doctoral research journey!

  • Madison Westley: Completion of Ed.D Candidacy Exam 🎉 💙

    • Doctoral research: It Takes a Digital Village: A Community-Based Inquiry into Kidfluencer Culture, Youth Well-Being and Preventative Trauma-Informed Approaches

  • Mark Sayers: Completion of Ed.D Candidacy Exam 🎉 💙

    • Doctoral research: Creating an Online Design Blueprint to Guide the Construction of an Ojibway-Based Online Learning Environment 


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The Mental Health in the Digital Age Lab team is based across Turtle Island, the traditional lands of many diverse Indigenous Nations and Peoples. We acknowledge and express deep gratitude to the Indigenous Peoples who have cared for and continue to protect the lands, waters and resources on which we live, work, and learn. As a team committed to well-being, equity, and community flourishing, we are dedicated to ongoing learning, unlearning, respect, and action in support of truth and reconciliation. We encourage everyone engaging with our work to learn about the Indigenous territories they are on and consider how they can support Indigenous communities. Click here to learn more.

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