Media Highlight: Marie-Claude Geoffroy Discusses Link Between Cybervictimization and Suicide
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Congratulation to Faculty of Education (Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology) Assistant Professor Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy who has recently been featured in both French and English media, including , ,Ìý , as well as this week's edition ofÌý.
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Dr. Geoffroy’s Canada Research Chair in Youth Suicide Prevention studies the development of suicidal risk and identify modifiable protective factors that build resilience. Her research is motivated by the fact that 1 in 10 youth will have seriously thought about suicide before reaching adulthood.Ìý Suicide is a leading cause of mortality across the lifespan, ranking 2ndÌýin young people. For more information, click the media links above and visit Dr. Geoffroy's .
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(Photo courtesy ofÌýThe Douglas Research Centre - Æ»¹ûÒùÔº)