Karen A. Patte

(she/her/hers)
  • Canada Research Chair in Child Health Equity and Inclusion and Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Brock University
One student in a study said they would have loved to receive emails about school closures: ‘I always had to ask my parents. Sometimes they don’t read the emails.’ (Shutterstock)

Listening to youth voices was missing in the COVID‑19 pandemic response

Insights from youth about COVID-19 school closures and youth exclusion from pandemic-related decisions suggest we have an opportunity to improve how we support youths’ rights.

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  • Research supervision