Reclaiming Student Voices on School-based, Mental Health Impacts: Youth Reflections, Lived Experiences and Recommendations for Transforming Ontario Secondary Schools

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dc.contributor.advisorBrushwood-Rose, Chloe
dc.contributor.authorGraham, Dustin Nathaniel
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-13T13:47:04Z
dc.date.available2020-11-13T13:47:04Z
dc.date.copyright2020-07
dc.date.issued2020-11-13
dc.date.updated2020-11-13T13:47:04Z
dc.degree.disciplineEducation
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, student mental health has gained considerable attention in Ontarios secondary schools. While the voices of students are central to the discussion about school-based mental health impacts, they are often undervalued or missing altogether in academic and policy literature on the topic. This phenomenological study reclaims and thematically analyzes the reflections of 11 youth participants on the cultural features of their Ontario public secondary school that impacted their mental health. The critical and conceptual theories of Michel Foucault (1988), Paulo Freire (2000), and Corey Keyes (2002) inform this dissertations theoretical framework. Three main findings were revealed in this study: (1) a gendered and stigma-laden culture of silence had a significant mental health impact on the youth in their secondary school; (2) the youth identified a number of supportive and unsupportive educational practices as impactful; and, (3) peer relationships were also shown to be supportive and unsupportive features with mental health impact for the youth, with an emphasis on bullying and peer-support groups. The youth recommendations presented in this study have profound implications for how to best support the mental health of secondary-school-aged youth in Ontario moving forward.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/37885
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectTeacher education
dc.subject.keywordsMental health education
dc.subject.keywordsYouth voice
dc.subject.keywordsStudent voice
dc.subject.keywordsYouth reflections
dc.subject.keywordsStudent reflections
dc.subject.keywordsInclusive education
dc.subject.keywordsLived mental health experience
dc.subject.keywordsSchool-based mental health impacts
dc.subject.keywordsSecondary school mental health
dc.subject.keywordsPeer support
dc.subject.keywordsPeer relationships
dc.subject.keywordsExperiential youth reflections
dc.subject.keywordsOntario public schools
dc.subject.keywordsBullying and mental health
dc.subject.keywordsSupportive educators
dc.subject.keywordsSupportive teachers
dc.subject.keywordsBest teaching practices
dc.subject.keywordsSupportive teaching practices
dc.subject.keywordsQualitative mental health research
dc.subject.keywordsPhenomenological mental health research
dc.subject.keywordsMental health discrimination
dc.subject.keywordsMental health stigma
dc.subject.keywordsStigma culture
dc.subject.keywordsCulture of mental health silence
dc.subject.keywordsSchool-based mental health interventions
dc.subject.keywordsYouth recommendations
dc.subject.keywordsYouth mental health recommendations
dc.subject.keywordsMental health culture
dc.subject.keywordsStudent belonging
dc.subject.keywordsYouth belonging
dc.subject.keywordsSafe schools
dc.subject.keywordsMental health prevention
dc.subject.keywordsMarginalized youth
dc.titleReclaiming Student Voices on School-based, Mental Health Impacts: Youth Reflections, Lived Experiences and Recommendations for Transforming Ontario Secondary Schools
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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