News and Updates
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August 1, 2024
The importance of understanding the unique challenges of youth from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is explored in this research spotlight. The YSMENA Study highlights the needs of MENA youth as they navigate HIV and sexual health access when they settle in Canada​​​
June 6, 2024
YSMENA and Dr. Roula Hawa are launching a new mindfulness study as a tool to create connection, heighten resiliency and lower high-risk activity within a population facing many new cases of HIV.
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April, 2024
Dr. Roula Hawa and YSMENA were proud to attend the CAHR 2024 conference, hosted in April, 2024 in London, Ontario where she presented her work on Centering Diaspora Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Youth in Ontario and British Columbia: Findings from The YSMENA Canadian HIV Survey
April, 2024
YSMENA launches a new study that focuses on culturally Responsive Sexual Health and Wellbeing Programming for Transgender Middle Eastern and North African Newcomer Young Adults in Ontario: Community-Based Participatory Research through Arts-Based Approaches.
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December, 2021
YSMENA Project is excited to announced that Dr. Roula Hawa and her team recieved the prestigious CANFAR Innovative Research Grant. This grant is an important milestone for YSMENA and the study. To learn more, click on the button below.
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December, 2020
CANFAR announcing the launch of #CANFAR2025 and all Innovation Research Grant Recipients including the YSMENA Study.
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