Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025
Time: 12:30 – 2:00PM (PST) via Zoom
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Presenters:
Dr. Eva Oberle, HELP Faculty | Associate Professor, UBC
Dr. Anne Gadermann, HELP Faculty | Associate Professor, UBC
Dr. Verena Rossa-Roccor, HELP Faculty | Postdoctoral Fellow, UBC
Dr. Tonje Molyneux, HELP Scholar | Postdoctoral Fellow, UBC

Special Guests:
Elder Duane Jackson, Aboriginal Steering Committee Member at HELP
Max Gomez-Bull, RISE-UP Youth Participant

Event Description
Thank you for joining us on National Child Day for this engaging webinar exploring Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI) data collected in the 2024-25 school year and over time for BC children in Grades 4 through 8 (ages 9-14). Dr. Eva Oberle discusses MDI trends in well-being, screens and sleep, as well as new questions on the student survey including mental health service use. Recent MDI research findings were also shared: Dr. Anne Gadermann and Dr. Verena Rossa-Roccor highlight early findings from MDI research exploring questions about perceptions of climate change and the impact on the daily lives of middle years children. Additionally, Dr. Tonje Molyneux reviews new MDI educator resources to support middle years students, empowering them to learn about and use MDI data towards action in their own school and community.

This session is part of the Health After 2020 program at UBC Health. Health After 2020 enables researchers to engage in interdisciplinary and cross-institutional projects that support, challenge, and improve health systems. These collaborations are intended to respond to the broad effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and further our understanding of the determinants and experience of health and wellbeing.

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