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For university students, COVID-19 stress creates perfect conditions for mental health crises

With the winter months looming ahead, and no real end in sight for a return to campus, it’s important to consider how the stressors associated with COVID-19 and social isolation will impact this vulnerable population.

Health LGBTQ

The way we approach transgender and non-binary healthcare needs to change

Medical education needs to change urgently to prepare doctors to adequately care for their transgender and non-binary patients.

LGBTQ

Supporting trans people: 3 simple things teachers and researchers can do

How can university teachers support trans students? And what can researchers do to respect trans colleagues? We can start with three simple steps.

Health

Discrimination, gender-based bullying makes being a paramedic one of Australia’s most dangerous jobs

One study of 400 Australian health-care workers in 2003 found paramedics were at the highest risk of experiencing workplace violence.

Education News

University admissions tests are under scrutiny, especially during COVID-19

This article was written for theconversation.com by Louis Volante, Brock University; Christopher DeLuca, Queen’s University, Ontario, and Don A. Klinger, University of Waikato Many...