Research summary
Compared to other youth, Canada’s sexual and gender minority youth are at greater risk of suicide, social exclusion, familial rejection and low academic achievement. As Canada Research Chair in Sexual and Gender Minority Youth, Dr. Shelley Craig is studying how information and communication technologies can be used to improve their well-being.
She is doing this by directing the International Partnership for Queer Youth Resilience, mobilizing research and practice innovations for these youth internationally, and continuing to close the research-to-practice gap. She and her research team are developing and scaling up a cognitive behavioural intervention tailored to the needs of sexual and gender minority youth and developing practice competence with these youth and technology.