Today We Honour Orange Shirt Day
Today is Orange Shirt Day, a day to “honour the children who survived the Indian residential schools and remember those who didn’t.” It’s important that we bring awareness to Orange Shirt Day today and that we work every day to acknowledge and learn about health equity for Indigenous and Two-Spirit youth.
Paid Research Participant Opportunity – South Asian Youth
Are you asexual minority youth (i.e. non-heterosexual), 15 – 20 years old, and interested in sharing your experiences in an anonymous online focus group? Then we want to hear from you!
Paid Research Participant Opportunity – East Asian Youth
Are you asexual minority youth (i.e. non-heterosexual), 15 – 20 years old, and interested in sharing your experiences in an anonymous online focus group? Then we want to hear from you!
Paid Research Participant Opportunity – Youth
Are you asexual minority youth (i.e. non-heterosexual), 15 – 20 years old, and interested in sharing your experiences in an anonymous online focus group? Then we want to hear from you!
The link between LGBTQ-supportive communities, progressive political climate, and suicidality among sexual minority adolescents in Canada
Despite supportive structural changes to reduce stigma towards lesbian, gay, and bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) Canadian residents, sexual minority youth still face disparities compared to heterosexual peers. We aimed to characterize LGBTQ-supportive environments and political climates, and examine their links to suicidal behavior among sexual minority adolescents in western Canada.
Statement on Shut Down Academia
The Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre (SARAVYC) at UBC stands in solidarity with the Black community and supports the efforts of our colleagues in participating in #ShutDownSTEM on June 10, 2020.
World Health Organization Global Guidelines on School Health Services
In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) tapped SARAVYC for urgent support. Background WHO’s Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health is currently developing a global guideline on school health services, and the Guidelines Development Group (GDG) is chaired by Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc. As one step in guideline development, WHO wanted to consult school health experts around the […]
Reasons Lesbian and Bisexual Adolescent Girls Have or Might Have Sex with Females or Males: Implications for Discordance between Sexual Identity and Behaviors and for Prevention of Pregnancy and STIs
We examined reasons lesbian and bisexual adolescent girls have sex or, if sexually inexperienced, might have sex with girls or boys, and the role of internalized homonegativity in these relations and among lesbians.
Paid Research Participant Opportunity – South Asian Young Men
Are you male, South Asian, gay or bisexual, and 19 to 25 years old? We would like to interview you and learn about your experience as a South Asian gay or bisexual man and what your community is like for you and other youth.
