Such an honor to spend the day with the amazing people The Offord Centre for Child Studies. I enjoyed every second and look forward to ongoing collaborations.

New special issue in Child Abuse & Neglect on global threats of conflict, displacement, and climate change. sciencedirect.com/journal/child-… Elsevier Psychology Elsevier

Infant Prenatal Substance Exposure and Later Child Maltreatment in the US Read the Child Protection and Practice study > spkl.io/6010fU7in ISPCAN Dr.Christine Wekerle

New publication! 👀 "Sexual identity, child maltreatment, mental health, and substance use among emerging adults aged 18 to 23 years." Can J Public Health (2025) Full study 👇 rdcu.be/edT4C

Fantastic speech by Jess Asato MP in UK Parliament debate on Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill in support of amendment to repeal the defence of 'reasonable chastisement', thereby prohibiting physical punishment. 'There is a global recognition that children deserve better'

New publication from Childhood Adversity and Resilience (CARe) Research in The Lancet Reg Health-Americas An update on the prevalence of child abuse in Canada. In 2022, 34.4% of adults in Canada reported experiencing physical abuse, sexual abuse, and/or EIPV in childhood. Link to full article sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New publication from Childhood Adversity and Resilience (CARe) Research in The Lancet Reg Health-Americas An update on the prevalence of child abuse in Canada. In 2022, 34.4% of adults in Canada reported experiencing physical abuse, sexual abuse, and/or EIPV in childhood. Link to full article sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New Childhood Adversity and Resilience (CARe) Research published in The Lancet Reg Health-Americas . Don’t miss the full study👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 👀 In 2022, 34.4% of the adult population in Canada reported experiencing physical abuse, sexual abuse, and/or EIPV before age 16 years (2.3 pp higher compared to 2012).

Save the date! May 8th. Join us for our next CARe RTP carertp.ca webinar. For Zoom link, please 📧 : [email protected]

“We call for a full repeal section 280 of the criminal code [in QLD Australia] to abolish legally sanctioned violence towards children in the form of corporal punishment.” Read the submission here 👇 lnkd.in/gTEGdsyS

👏 Congratulations to Cohort-1 CARe Research Training Platform(RTP) students on their hard work. Here is a snapshot of one of the projects. Thank you to the Manitoba Child Protection Centre-HSC for the amazing collaboration‼️ Read the full article 👇sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

👏 Congratulations to Cohort-1 CARe Research Training Platform(RTP) students on their hard work. Here is a snapshot of one of the projects. Thank you to the Protect Children Canadian Centre for Child Protection for this amazing collaboration‼️

Just published online first Canadian Journal of Public Health Disorder-specific risk factors of suicidal behaviour among serving and veteran Canadian Armed Forces Members with baseline mental health diagnoses (Dr. Tracie O. Afifi, JItender Sareen et al.) link.springer.com/article/10.172…

👏 Congratulations to Cohort-1 CARe Research Training Platform(RTP) students on their hard work. Here is a snapshot of the @manitobaadvocate project. Read the full report here 👇manitobaadvocate.ca/reports-public… Thank you to the @manitobaadvocate for this amazing collaboration‼️

Happy World Day for Child Protection Professionals 2025! 🎉Today we celebrate you! You are the Heroes! 🦸‍♂️ How can you celebrate and recognize child protection professionals around the world 🌎 today? 🔗 mailchi.mp/ispcan.org/cel… #WorldDayforChildProtectionProfessionals

Forty-seven new Fellows elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. View the full list of 2025 new Fellows here: cahs-acss.ca/2025-elected-f…

Thank you to CAHS/ACSS for being selected as a 2025 Fellow.

New World Health Organization (WHO) report demonstrates that corporal punishment harms children’s health and offers no benefits to their behaviour, development or well-being: tinyurl.com/3vxh9ccp#EndVi…

17% of the 1.2 billion children who experience corporal punishment suffer from its most severe forms – including being hit hard and repeatedly. We need to #EndViolence and help children thrive. tinyurl.com/3vxh9ccp

We’re proud to share that Dr. Tracie Afifi has been elected as a 2025 Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) CAHS/ACSS. 🎉