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Gorfinkel LR, Snell G, Long D, del Casal M, Wu J, Schonert-Reichl K, Guhn M, Samji H. Access to mental health support, unmet need and preferences among adolescents during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2023;43(4):182-90. https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.43.4.03
2023/01/26
Hutchison SM, González OD-J, Watts A, Oberle E, Gadermann A, Goldfarb DM, et al. Anxiety symptoms, psychological distress, and optimism in school staff: Testing associations with stressors and coping during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports. 2023;14:100662. Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915323002007.
2023/11/21
Spadafora, N., Wang, J., Reid-Westoby, C. and Janus, M. (2023) “Association between neighbourhood composition, kindergarten educator-reported distance learning barriers, and return to school concerns during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada ”, International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(4). doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v7i4.1761.
2022/05/26
2022/06/07
This study finds that integrating outdoor, nature-based learning into Canadian K-12 schools supports better health and academic outcomes for children, drawing on educator perspectives gathered after COVID-19 exposed gaps in the education system. Educators emphasized that seeing outdoor learning in action - not theoretical arguments - is what builds buy-in.
2026/05/27
Larouche R, Bélanger M, Brussoni M, Faulkner G, Gunnell K, Tremblay MS. Canadian children's independent mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national survey. Health Place. 2023 May;81:103019. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103019. Epub 2023 Mar 24. PMID: 36996593; PMCID: PMC10036309.
2023/05/26
2022/06/02
2023/02/07
McIsaac JD, Lamptey DL, Harley J, MacQuarrie M, Cummings R, Rossiter MD, Janus M, Turner J. Early pandemic impacts on family environments that shape childhood development and health: A Canadian study. Child Care Health Dev. 2022 Nov;48(6):1122-1133. doi: 10.1111/cch.13046. Epub 2022 Sep 1. PMID: 35997511; PMCID: PMC9539253.
2023/10/25
Richardson, C., Goodyear, T., Slemon, A. et al. Emotional response patterns, mental health, and structural vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: a latent class analysis. BMC Public Health 22, 2344 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14798-y
2023/10/26
Daly Z, Black J, McAuliffe C, Jenkins E. Food-related worry and food bank use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: results from a nationally representative multi-round study. BMC Public Health. 2023;23(1):1723. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16602-x.
2023/10/31
This report examines the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's early development and school readiness across Canada. It presents population-level data on developmental vulnerability and highlights equity gaps that widened during and after pandemic-related disruptions.
2026/05/27
2022/06/01
2022/06/01
Three years on – mental health, early adolescence and the pandemic: What we know from the student perspective
2023/05/05
Goodyear T, Richardson C, Aziz B, Slemon A, Gadermann A, Daly Z, et al. Mental distress and virtual mental health resource use amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a cross-sectional study in Canada. DIGITAL HEALTH. 2023;9:20552076231173528. Available from: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/20552076231173528.
2023/10/26
Thomson KC, Jenkins E, Gill R, Hastings KG, Richardson CG, Gagné Petteni M, et al. Parent psychological distress and parent-child relationships two years into the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from a Canadian crosssectional study. PLoS One. 2023;18(10):e0292670. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292670
2023/10/31
This study explored the relationship between food security status and parents’ perceptions of children’s emotions, parents’ experiences, and family relationships in Atlantic Canada during COVID-19. Parents (n = 676) of children aged 0–8 years living in the Atlantic provinces of Canada completed an online cross-sectional survey. Parents’ experiences and family relationships were negatively impacted by COVID-19 for families, with food insecure families affected more than food secure families. More
2025/04/20
This national survey examined why Canadian parents did or did not meet the 24-hour Movement Guidelines during the second wave of COVID-19, identifying individual, social, and environmental factors that shaped adherence to physical activity, sleep, and sedentary behaviour recommendations. Findings can inform public health interventions targeting movement health in parents of young children.
2026/05/27
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, it becomes important to comprehend service utilization patterns and evaluate disparities in mental health-related service access among children. This study uses administrative health records to investigate the association between early developmental vulnerability and healthcare utilization among children in Alberta, Canada from 2016 to 2022.
2024/12/20
Jones LB, Vereschagin M, Wang AY, et al. Suicidal Ideation Amongst University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Time Trends and Risk Factors. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2023;68(7):531-546. doi:10.1177/07067437221140375
2023/10/26
Gadermann AM, Gagné Petteni M, Molyneux TM, Warren MT, Thomson KC, Schonert-Reichl KA, et al. Teacher mental health and workplace well-being in a global crisis: Learning from the challenges and supports identified by teachers one year into the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia, Canada. PLoS One. 2023;18(8):e0290230. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290230.
2023/10/31