Keeping sexual and gender minority youth above ground: Need for LGBTQ centres on campuses

Dan Cantiller
Nov 4 · 11 min read
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October 30, 2019

Suicide is the second most common cause of death for Canadian youth, ages 15–24 (Statistics Canada, 2011; as cited in Peter & Taylor, 2014), and has been the most common cause of death among queer youth in North America (Campos, 2005; as cited in Wells, 2009). Though they may share some common…

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Dan Cantiller

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Academic advisor & Student Affairs pro working in Canadian Higher Education. Current Master of Education student. Queer. Baritone. Toronto is home. (he/him)

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