Gira Bhatt, an instructor of psychology at KPU specializing in youth behaviour, prejudice, and gang violence (submitted). Listen to Post
Dr. Gira Bhatt is an instructor in Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s department of psychology who specializes in studying youth behaviour, prejudice, and gang violence. Her interest in this subset of human behaviour spans many years, and focuses on the factors that can help prevent vulnerable youth from falling into a life of crime.
She received the Distinguished Contributions to Public or Community Service award from the Canadian Psychological Association for her work in quelling gang violence in Metro Vancouver, and she recently received a grant to help fund a community project that steers youth away from joining gangs.
Posted: Apr 14, 2021 5:24 PM CT | Last Updated: April 14
The recommendation on the table is that Mayor Sandra Masters write a letter in support of Bill C-6, the federal bill in the works that will ban conversion therapy. (Eduardo Lima/The Canadian Press)
Conversion therapy was the subject of hours of discussion Wednesday at the community wellness committee in Regina.
The recommendation on the table is that Mayor Sandra Masters write a letter in support of Bill C-6, the federal bill in the works that will ban conversion therapy. Conversion Therapy can be described as a practice that seeks to change a person s sexual orientation to heterosexual, to repress non-heterosexual attraction or behaviours, or to change an individual s gender identity to match the sex they were assigned at birth, a report from the city reads, in part.
TORONTO The latest round of pandemic closures and restrictions in provinces across Canada is continuing to put childrenâs mental health at risk, experts say, with many students attending school virtually and having limited access to extracurricular activities. Since the start of the pandemic, children have seen a variety of schooling models: in-person, an in-person and remote learning hybrid, and learning that is completely done online. Sports and recreational activities for children outside of school have had to take similar approaches, with some organizations having to permanently close down. With many provinces entering lockdowns and changing restrictions constantly, Alexandra DeLory, co-director and instructor at Sandra Amodeo Dance Studio in Markham, Ont., said that the âflip-flopping between open and closedâ and the overall impact that the pandemic has had has made some of her students âunrecognizable from a year ago.â
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