Lifespan team earns contract from Ministry of Children and Youth Services

Sid Segalowitz, professor in the Psychology Department and director of the Centre for Lifespan Development Research, and Michelle Jetha, a part-time faculty member working with him, has received a contract for $71,160 with the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services for the project "Research Synthesis on Adolescent Brain Development and Implications for Behaviour" as part of the Ministry's development of a Youth Policy Framework. The research results will be used to inform the creation of the framework as an evidence-based guide for governments, communities, and other service providers.