Research with purpose: DeGroote-led team helps overhaul Yukon’s child and youth mental health services – Dailynews.mcmaster.ca

April 12, 2017

If she closes her eyes, Gillian Mulvale can still see the rugged beauty of one of Canada’s most pristine natural landscapes. During her first trip to Yukon in May 2013, the DeGroote Assistant Professor basked in the brightness of the sun during long days, and was surprised by warmer weather than what she had left behind in Ontario. She also recognized how easy it could be to feel isolated.

Mulvale was visiting Whitehorse, the capital, more than 5,000 kilometres from her office at Burlington’s Ron Joyce Centre. An expert in health policy and management, she was on hand to co-lead an unprecedented study into child and youth mental health with Dr. Stan Kutcher of Dalhousie University. Their work was being conducted in a territory roughly the size of Spain, but with a total population of less than 38,000 people.

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