Media Highlight: Marie-Claude Geoffroy Discusses Link Between Cybervictimization and Suicide

Congratulation to Faculty of Education (Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology) Assistant Professor Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy who has recently been featured in both French and English media, including La Presse, L'actualité,  Radio-Canada, as well as this week's edition of The Suburban.

Dr. Geoffroy’s Canada Research Chair in Youth Suicide Prevention studies the development of suicidal risk and identify modifiable protective factors that build resilience. Her research is motivated by the fact that 1 in 10 youth will have seriously thought about suicide before reaching adulthood.  Suicide is a leading cause of mortality across the lifespan, ranking 2nd in young people. For more information, click the media links above and visit Dr. Geoffroy's Youth Suicide Prevention Research website.

(Photo courtesy of The Douglas Research Centre - McGill University)