Daily Media Digest September 3, 2019

CBC.ca
“In Alberta, kids are increasingly ending up in emergency rooms after self-harming, said Barry Andres, executive director of addiction and mental health …”
TAGS: mental health, children, University of Calgary

 

HuffPost Canada
“The study’s research team surveyed 10,000 B.C. students in Grade 4, and then revisited them in Grade 7, and questioned them about their mental …”
TAGS: mental health, children, sports

 

Gananoque Reporter
“Later that year, he had a stem-cell transplant. “That kicks the crap out of you. I was in the hospital for six weeks and had numerous complications.”
TAGS: cancer, personalized medicine, treatment

 

Ottawa Sun
“More than 100 Toronto emergency room professionals have signed a letter to the Doug Ford government, calling for the province to back away from planned funding cuts to public health.”
TAGS: public health spending, health care, Ontario

 

UM Today (press release)
“Our team of researchers from the faculties of education and social work at the University of Manitoba are learning about how educators in one school …”
TAGS: trauma-informed support, children, school, University of Manitoba