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Teacher-Level Risk and Protective Factors Associated with LGBTQIA2S+ Youth Mental Health and Well-Being
Meta-Analysis

This project will review all existing literature on teacher-level risk and protective factors influencing mental health and wellbeing outcomes for LGBTQIA2S+ youth. 



To better understand the impact of educator behaviours and characteristics on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and Two-Spirit (LGBTQIA2S+) youth, a meta-analysis is being conducted to review all existing literature on the teacher-level risk and protective factors associated with LGBTQIA2S+ youth mental health and wellbeing. By identifying modifiable educator factors, this project hopes to provide evidence-based guidance for inclusive educator training, professional development, and school policies that best support 2SLGBTQIA+ students.


This work is timely given the ongoing risks and increasing anti-2SLGBTQIA+ legislation that impact these students in schools, offering actionable guidance to promote equity, resilience, and wellbeing for these students.

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The Trailblazing Research for Equitable Care (TREC) Lab

University of Calgary


062 Education Classroom Block


2500 University Drive NW

Calgary, Alberta

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We are thankful for the ability to live, work, and gather on this Land.

The TREC Lab recognizes we are gathered in an institution with a colonial history, and colonial present, and we aim to continually lessen ongoing colonial harms. We make this statement as an affirmation we are committed to improving our profession’s practices.

The members of the TREC Lab both acknowledge and pay tribute to the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7, which include the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprised of the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations). The City of Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta (Districts 5 and 6). The city of Calgary is situated on land Northwest of where the Bow River meets the Elbow River, a site traditionally known as Moh’kins’tsis to the Blackfoot, Wîchîspa to the Stoney Nakoda, and Guts’ists’i to the Tsuut’ina.

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