Drag Queen Story Time events have faced backlash and protests recently. But contrary to misconceptions, these events can support child development and promote acceptance.
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Located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq People, Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) is strongly committed to fostering equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility across all facets of the university, within its local community, and in society at large. Founded in 1873, MSVU has been nationally recognized for its legacy in the advancement of women, its leadership in online and experiential learning, and its personalized approach to education focused on nurturing socially responsible global citizens.
MSVU is made up of more than 4,000 students (representing close to 70 countries), 600 faculty and staff, and more than 36,000 alumni. Its research centres provide unique learning opportunities for students while facilitating critical advancements in food security, healthy aging, Alzheimer’s disease, literacy, early childhood development, women in STEM, community engagement in military affairs, and more. Faculty members and departments across Arts, Science, Education and Professional Studies offer early access to hands-on research opportunities enabling graduate and undergraduate students to enhance their education by working alongside forward-thinking researchers.
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A growing body of evidence shows that the emotional health and well-being of the workforce is of equal or greater importance than physical safety.
Rural Canadians face challenges accessing mental health services, and an exodus of psychologists from the public system may make matters worse.
The mass casualty commission report into the Nova Scotia mass murders outlines the perpetrator’s history of sexual abuse toward sex workers and what should be done to prevent it from happening again.
Research shows the key to changing your diet is focusing on changing eating habits and food behaviours, one at a time.
Being pregnant and giving birth during the pandemic meant disruptions in pregnancy care and birth experiences, as well as detrimental effects on mental health and birth outcomes.
Women are often under-diagnosed and under-treated for heart disease and may be unaware of their specific risk factors. Clinical and research practices need to reflect the diversity of women in Canada.
Halfway through its 10-year mandate to address issues like affordability and homelessness, the National Housing Strategy is providing little benefit for the vast majority of vulnerable households.
Children and youth in care are more likely to have experienced trauma that can affect future health. A comprehensive, trauma-informed health strategy for these children and youth is long overdue.
People, policies, practice and place all matter in publicly funded, school-based children’s early learning programs.
A better understanding of Tolkien’s works and the nature of adaptations will combat some online disinformation and harassment that has surrounded ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.’
Children deserve agency in decisions that affect them, but adults are ultimately responsible for making decisions in children’s best interests.
Women’s studies programs should continue to be supported to ensure the fight for women’s rights are not reversed or forgotten.
Food insecurity is a social justice issue tied to social determinants of health. Historically marginalized people like 2SLGBTQ+ youth are at risk, and more likely to be food insecure during COVID-19.
To understand how tuition waivers and associated supports can help former youth in care complete post-secondary education and positively affect their health, evidence-based practices are needed.
The struggles of monarch butterflies reflect a shared North American ecological and social problem.
Accessing compassionate health care is often difficult for Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other sexual identities, such as pansexual or asexual individuals (2SLGBTQ+).
The Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors Archive and Lesbian Oral History Project focus on gathering stories from the generation that began using the term lesbian, and those who still can’t.
The new learning and child care agreement requires a paradigm shift as we begin to consider early learning and child care as a public service.
The main sign of the illness is disfiguring swelling followed by peeling of the affected area. In women this swelling mainly affects arms and legs. In men it can cause enlargement of the scrotum.
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Associate Professor & Nancy’s Chair in Women’s Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Professor of English Literature, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Assistant Professor, Child and Youth Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology & Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Professor, Women's Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Full Professor and Associate Vice-President, Research, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Assistant Professor, Tier II Canada Research Chair in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair in Early Childhood: Diversity and Transitions, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Manager, Developmental Psychobiology Research Centre, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Professor of Women's Studies and Political Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Associate Professor, Registered Dietitian, Department of Applied Human Nutrition, Faculty of Professional Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Chair, Alexa McDonough Institute, Mount Saint Vincent University
