Carleton Expert Available: Canada’s New Digital Safety Bill
The Canadian government has introduced a new digital safety bill that would ban social media for children under 16, with exemptions for platforms that meet certain safety standards. A Carleton expert is available to discuss related topics.
If you are interested in speaking with the expert below, please feel free to reach out to her directly. If you require other assistance, please email Steven Reid, Media Relations Officer, at steven.reid3@carleton.ca.
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Andrea Howard
Professor, Department of Psychology at Carleton University
Email: Andrea.Howard@carleton.ca
Howard studies well-being and health-related behaviours in adolescence and the transition to adulthood, with an emphasis on special challenges facing university students and young people with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. A fundamental assumption behind her work is that all young people have the capacity to thrive.
This has led her to question the validity of popular but negative stories about youth that appear in the media and are embraced by the public but aren’t clearly supported by empirical research (the “kids these days” fallacy). This includes myths about the pervasiveness of helicopter parenting, rampant mental illness, and harmful impacts of smartphones and social media.
For more on Howard, please visit: https://experts.carleton.ca/andrea-howard
Media Contact
Steven Reid (he/him)
Media Relations Officer
Carleton University
613-265-6613
Steven.Reid3@carleton.ca
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