DrTracyVaillancourt
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Professor & Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, School-Based Mental Health & Violence Prevention, uOttawa | Fellow, RSC | President, ISRA | Head Coach, Team Ontario
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Dear America,
I study violence and I study mental health. The problem is access to guns.
I’m also the elected president of the International Society for Research on Aggression. International experts agree— it’s the guns.
Regards,
Tracy
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@BBCWorld
Except for women. Terrible headline. The meta-analysis showed deterioration for women.
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I study bullying. The poor behaviour of academics and MDs on Twitter is gross. It illustrates the link between bullying and narcissism and debunks the stereotype of bullies being low achieving goons.
Public trust is eroded when we act like this. So frustrating to see.
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School closures in Ontario had minimal impact on curbing COVID cases, study says
So frustrating! 😡
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Dear
@fordnation
@Sflecce
@celliottability
& Dr. Williams,
We call on the Ontario Government to re-open all schools safely, and without delay, and work toward ensuring schools stay open for the foreseeable future.
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@WalshFreedom
It’s pretty simple. Change your gun laws to reduce access and you won’t have this big of an issue.
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Hard to forget people defending him even when told by countless women of his on-line cruelty.
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Maya Angelou
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In addition to prioritizing in-person learning for children, we need to get university and college students back in the classroom.
Let’s not forget their mental health and need to belong.
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Heart breaking how many girls leave soccer early and frustrating that we can prevent this by meeting their needs.
And coaches who only invest in a few players are part of the problem. Sports teach girls about leadership, cooperation, self-regulation etc. Invest in all players.
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My new op-ed: Youth need to play and participate in sports during the pandemic.
Physical activity— the forgotten core area of child development during the pandemic /via
@globeandmail
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@EM_RESUS
The other thing that has a high PPV is women, with legitimate concerns, being screened for anxiety.
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“Self-described as an "emotionally intelligent coach," she prides herself on being able to connect with those around her.”
@cmoscato4
really does connect with people. You always feel like you matter in her presence. Top coach, top person!
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Sometimes supervising PhD students requires taking a cute baby for a very long walk so her mom can attend class.
Best part of my job!
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Just finished this book. It’s worth reading. I would love to see a Canadian version of it. What happened in Canada and why, and who was involved in the decisions made about the pandemic?
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Children and youth have been ignored during the pandemic at great expense to their mental health. It’s time we start attending to their needs.
#codePINK
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This is misleading because the advocacy was for schools to be open because social isolation is bad for mental health. And for the record, there are thousands of studies showing that social isolation (and loneliness) is bad for mental health.
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@lisa_iannattone
How would this be safe? Patients need to understand to provide informed consent, to make informed decisions about their care, etc.
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Honest question, do we even care about teenage girls?
In Sept 2020, 14.9% of Canadian girls said their mental health was worse or much worse than before the pandemic, and by March-April 2021, this rose to 38.3%.
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“Tens of thousands of young children with developmental delays went without critical services early in the pandemic, a new report finds, suggesting many preschools and elementary schools are now serving students with greater needs.”
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@Plfdblue
@Rodney1904
No...I'm an expert in child development and a coach of high performance athletes and know that deselection doesn't work. Send me your email and I'll send you all the studies that demonstrate this.
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Kids were harmed academically, socially, and emotionally during the pandemic. We need to stop denying it happened just because we don’t like who is saying it. We need to stop politicizing the plight of youth.
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Most kids don’t tell their parents, teachers, or coaches that they are being bullied. In our large longitudinal study, up to 86% of teens suffer in silence. That said, if they do tell you it’s because they trust you. So be sure to listen and advocate for them.
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@NVRayT
And yet we also have these things in Canada, as do other countries, and we don’t have mass shootings every other day. What’s the difference Ray? Honest question. 🤷🏻♀️
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More evidence of significant learning loss.
This study of 55 countries compared 2021 Grade 4 data from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study with 2001, 2006, 2011, and 2016 data.
Longer school closures = greater learning loss.
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This is disturbing. Many of us complained of Ryan Imgrund’s abuse. It pales in comparison to this egregious abuse of power.
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Children and Schools During COVID-19 and Beyond: Engagement and Connection Through Opportunity
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Scientific debate is important. But, we don’t do ourselves any favours by ridiculing, stonewalling, or bullying our colleagues. This vitriol makes it difficult for people to evaluate the nuances; it skews the debate toward autocratic scholars who aren’t held to the same standard.
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@mehdirhasan
And there is this new study from the World Bank showing that school closures did negatively impact learning.
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But essentially no outdoor soccer for kids. This is ridiculous
@fordnation
.
Live TODAY from Yorkdale Mall on the first day of our “Shutdown”, while all small business remains closed. Once again
@fordnationdougford
has failed the people of Ontario.
#FireFordOpenOntario
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The Vicious Ways Women Compete - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt
Thanks
@ChrisWillx
. Great chatting with you about this important topic!
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I love 🇨🇦
We prioritize the health of our citizens. I will have another surgery today to deal with neuroendocrine cancer of the appendix.
I’ve had 3 CT scans, a PET scan, a bone scan, countless blood tests and appointments with specialists.
I have only paid for parking.
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Group assignments should NOT exist at the univeristy level, especially if the grade is shared. They are so unfair.
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I’ve been sitting on this idea for a long time.
❗️Competitive sports are not good for the mental health of a lot youth and young adults.
Something needs to change.
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I still cannot believe we were told that the MH of youth did not deteriorate during the pandemic. Here is more evidence that it did.
Pediatric Mental Health Emergencies During 5 COVID-19 Waves in New York City
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@anthonyfurey
They are not needed in Ontario. Our public education system is excellent which is why we don’t see the huge differences between public and private schools that are found in the US.
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@DrNadiaChaudhri
This was hard to read. My sister passed away from ovarian cancer in 2017. Like you she was a mother, funny, smart, loved by so many, and far too young. Your plight and the awareness it has raised will save lives. Thank you! ♥️
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Completed the Media and Medicine program, and in doing so, learned a lot and met a lot of talent people.
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Stop assuming most kids will be resilient in the face of COVID-19: When we believe this, we fail to protect them as we must /via
@globeandmail
@suniya_luthar
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We need to address implicit gender biases in soccer. Here are 2 common examples:
1. Parents calling for a yellow card on a fair but hard tackle for girls but not boys.
2. Refs admonishing female coaches for dissent that pales in comparison to that of male coaches.
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Hard to reconcile how poorly girls did during the pandemic. Also hard to reconcile how some argued that kids did just fine.
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Mental disorders begin in childhood & adolescence. We need to intervene before they become entrenched & ideally prevent them before they occur.
This is why so many of us are frustrated by
@fordnation
&
@Sflecce
decisions during the pandemic.
#CodePink
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First year university students are so brave. They often move to a new city, live with strangers in old dorms, manage a budget for the 1st time, take classes with too many students, etc.
It’s a hard transition. But it gets better. Hang in there and reach out if you need help. 🤗
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Opinion: Our children are in crisis. School closures will make things worse
We said
@LiaDePauw
!
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School closures impact on youth mental health.
In this large study, MH ED visit rates were highest during the first school closure of the pandemic and the "risk of a visit during this closure period was twice compared with when schools first reopened".
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@MoriartyLab
@PremierScottMoe
@thinktankSK
@awong37
@DennisKendel
@KatharineSmart
@SMA_docs
@picardonhealth
@TemanSasha
@AlexanderQuon
@carolynstrom
@angie_rasmussen
The egregious misinformation is, in fact, Mr. Moe’s characterization of the report.
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I’m going to keep posting studies showing that youth in Canada and around the world are not doing well during the pandemic. Here is another one.
@DrsKaylaGreen
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Coaches really need to be mindful of the power they have. The mental health of your players matters.
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I have been sitting on this exciting news for a few days.
What an honour to be elected the next president of the International Society for Research on Aggression. Wow!
Congratulations to ISRA’s newly elected Officers, including President-Elect
@tvaillancourt13
, Treasurer
@OstrovJamie
, and Archivist Tom Denson, and Council Members Katja Bertsch, Ken Dodge, Rebecca Bondü,
@CaraSwit
, and Paul Boxer.
@WileyPsychology
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@DocDominik
We have documented the harm of closing schools here:
I'm currently updating the literature from Aug 2021 until now. It's still not good.
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I really wish some of my colleagues weren’t so mean on social media. It has a negative impact on how their students and patients see them. It also erodes trust.
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Our new op-ed (with
@profwendycraig
)
Like it or not, masks are coming off — it’s time to have the conversation with children /via
@globeandmail
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My high school physics teacher heard me on radio today and emailed me to say I did a great job.
Mr. Robinson from Revelstoke Secondary School was the best teacher. He always made us feel like we mattered ♥️
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Dear Colleagues,
If your student is off by .1 to .5 for the next letter grade, round-up. Don’t be that professor.
Regards,
Prof. Tracy
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@jehrenreich
@Slate
I’m a liberal Canadian professor of education and psychology. The American right got this one correct; you did not.
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I’ve been thinking about this for some time. Here are some issues with youth competitive soccer.
1. Abusive coaches.
2. Winning over development.
3. Poor communication—it’s okay to reply to text/emails, it’s okay to explain your decisions, etc.
4. Focusing on the top 1%.
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I ♥️ that
@CanadaSoccerEN
is led by a woman. We need to see this more often at all levels of the game.
#OlympicS
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Tomorrow at 10am, surrounded by his adoring family, my kind, handsome, intelligent father will die with the help of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD).
His legacy is notable. He taught us to be compassionate, forgiving, and to advocate for those without a voice.
#endALS
💔
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Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US
“…growth in chronic absenteeism did not correlate strongly with state COVID rates”.
This is so problematic because poor attendance ➡️ poor academic performance ➡️ poverty.
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1 in 5 🇨🇦 children have mental health problems. Here is what we need to do:
1. Increase services for mental health
2. Reduce stigma
3. Reduce bullying
4. Prioritize children’s mental health
5. Treat everyday like it’s a
#BellLetsTalk
day
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I’m happy suicides in teens did not go up during the pandemic. But this isn’t the only metric for youth mental health.
• suicide attempts increased
• depression symptoms increased
• anxiety symptoms increased
• eating disorders increased
Let’s be clear about the facts.
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@chanelkmeyers
Here is a way to “manipulate” them. Tell your students that narcissists are more likely to give poor evaluations (Vaillancourt, 2013). That should fix it ☺️
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How can the world allow this to happen?
66 seconds that shutter my heart in billion pieces.
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My account has been verified 🎉This is what Twitter had to say & I could not agree more.
“Again, congrats on your account’s verification, and we’ll leave you with a few helpful tips:
•Be kind
•Lead by example
•Tweet others how you want to be Tweeted”
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It is so disturbing to hear a young man hold such a negative viewpoint about women’s sexual behaviour. We have a lot of work to do to combat misogyny.
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Today my 20 year-old daughter is getting vaccinated (lives in 🇺🇸) and last week my 70 year-old mother was vaccinated (lives in 🇨🇦).
This discrepancy highlights the incompetence of
@JustinTrudeau
and
@fordnation
vaccination strategy.
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Study shows more pediatric ER visits for suicidal behaviour during COVID-19 pandemic via
@torontostar
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School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic are having a detrimental effect on students, families, research shows
@ErinAnderssen
Featuring
@EducatorJess
@RSCTheAcademies
and me.
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My advice to the U17G players trying out for Team Ontario:
1. Avoid "all-or-nothing" thinking. Everyone makes mistakes. Re-set your thinking and move on.
2. Manage your social comparisons. Focus on yourself.
3. Be kind to yourself *and* your teammates.
4. Success is messy.
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I want to tell you about my mom— the most resilient woman I know. In the span of 2 years she lost her daughter and her husband. Yet she persists, with kindness and dignity.
I’m strong and so are my daughters and my niece because of
@ddvaillancourt1
.
#InternationalWomensDay
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With the help of a lot of great friends and mentors—Bryan, Brandon, Dave, Billy, Peyvand, Boris, and Kristina.
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Looking forward to presenting to the candidates on the A Licence this weekend. Key take away— relationships matter for performance.
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As a soccer coach, I would be remised to not also advocate for the prompt safe return to sports. We cannot, in good conscious, continue to ignore the evidence of who has been harmed--children and youth.
My new op-ed: Youth need to play and participate in sports during the pandemic.
Physical activity— the forgotten core area of child development during the pandemic /via
@globeandmail
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We can no longer stand by and watch the threat to healthy development unfold. It is no longer tenable or ethical to keep children and youth separated from the relationships, supports, and learning opportunities of schools.
@fordnation
@Sflecce
@celliottability
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We need more women leading women’s university soccer teams in Canada.
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The effects of stress on performance are very well documented, yet I see coaches yelling at players or shunning them for making a mistake.
If you want your athletes to perform at their best, create an environment in which they feel supported.
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If you are interested in women’s soccer check this out ⬇️
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Every major news outlet ran a story about the new CDC study showing that American youth’s mental health deteriorated during the pandemic.
And yet we hear 🦗 from those who have admonished many of us for saying that mental health was a problem before the pandemic and now. 🤷🏻♀️
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It’s bullying prevention week in Ontario.
On Wednesday, I’m giving a keynote for the Ontario Psychological Association.
Bottom line— bullying causes mental health problems in the immediate and in the long-term and it negatively impacts educational attainment.
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Read this and tell me how school closures around the world are “no big deal”for child outcomes.
We are losing a generation via
@BrookingsInst
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I work in two fields— science and soccer.
We’ve made great strides in science to combat sexism. There is a lot of work to do in soccer.
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@sdbaral
@krushowy
@TorontoStar
@donovanvincent
He was cruel, vindictive, and smug. A classic bully. It was obvious to so many of us very early in the pandemic.
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@nilikm
I hate the term “Karen”. It is so sexist. It is now use against any woman who advocates.
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Looking forward to giving the
@CanPaedSociety
President's Lecture in Halifax on Friday, May 26.
#CPS100
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Proud to be associated with this powerful documentary on abuse in sports.
TSN's first feature-length documentary, "Broken: Inside the Toxic Culture of Canadian Gymnastics," has been nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary Program.
Grateful to everyone who spoke with us about their experiences and also thankful for
@TSNMattCade
and…
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“Children bore the weight of the pandemic in ways they should never have been asked to do. We owe them more than we could ever repay.”
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So proud of our group! The
@uOttawaBMRI
and
@HeartInstitute
have received a Canada First Research Excellence Fund of $109 million.
We even have a prevention stream with partners in education and child health.
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It bothers me to see showcase pictures for women’s university soccer and it’s 90% men scouting.
I’m not saying men should not coach women. I am saying that we need more women coaching women.
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I just saw a tweet about how school closures were good for youth with social anxiety and this needs to be acknowledged.
True, but what also needs to be considered is how avoidance actually increases anxiety in the future.
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