Are you planning a career supporting youth in care, treatment, or therapeutic settings? Looking to strengthen your professional toolkit before you graduate? 🎒🧰 Join us this Winter for: CHYS 4420 – Professional Knowledge and Skills…
Academics - Child and Youth
Help Document Nova Scotia’s Maritime Heritage There will be 12 categories for people to submit photos to. These will be: Vessels Technology and engineering Picturesque/landscape Wildlife Boat building Recreation Foraging Youth Women African Canadian Mi’kmaq…
Assistant Professor Research Interests My research focuses on children’s relationships with materials (e.g., emotional expression, social interactions) and the ways materials invite or constrain connectedness in playful experiences in early childhood education and care (ECEC)…
Lecturer I am a mother to two young children and an advocate for children’s rights. I am particularly interested in the dynamic ways diverse children advocate and make space for themselves in their daily lives,…
Education M.Ed (2010) Mount Saint Vincent University – Literacy Education Hons.Specialist (2005) University of Toronto – Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (Special Education) Additional Qualification (2001) University of Toronto – Ontario Institute for Studies…
Assistant Professor Dr. Catherine Baillie Abidi is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Child and Youth Study at Mount Saint Vincent University. She has over 25 years of humanitarian, violence prevention and peacebuilding experience.…
Catherine Baillie Abidi, PhD Children’s Rights. Children, Peace and Security. Violence Prevention and Transformation. Forced Migration. gender. Youth Engagement. Participatory Social Action. Carmel French, PhD – Professor Emeritus (Retired) Children with Challenging Needs and Their…

Program Requirements The program requires a minimum of 5.0 units, including a 1.0 unit thesis. Academic standing and grading criteria as outlined in sections 2.2.13 Graduate Level Grading Scheme and 2.2.12 Academic Standing will be…
Catherine Baillie Abidi, PhD Children’s Rights. Children, Peace and Security. Violence Prevention and Transformation. Forced Migration. gender. Youth Engagement. Participatory Social Action. Profile Carmel French, PhD – Professor Emeritus (Retired) Children with Challenging Needs and…