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PhD Grad and Course Lecturer Melanie Doucet publishes study on supportive relationships for youth leaving care

Published: 22 September 2020

In a photo voice study released this month in the International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, Dr. Melanie Doucet worked with eight former youth in care to describe what types relationships they had found most helpful as they left group or foster care. Relationships to culture, spirituality and the land were identified as particularly important for racialized and Indigenous youth. Animal companions also emerged as an important non-human connection.

Link to article: https://ijcar-rirea.ca/index.php/ijcar-rirea/article/view/19

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