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Hyperactivity. Impulsivity. Inattention. Those are the three telltale symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, better known as ADHD. Today in The Conversation Canada, Meadow Schroeder of the University of Calgary delves into how ADHD is often overlooked in young girls. “Undiagnosed ADHD has long-term consequences including an increased likelihood of engaging in risky behaviours — such as unprotected sex and substance use — as well as academic underachievement and low self-esteem,” writes Prof. Schroeder. And she also offers a list of 14 signs that might indicate a young girl may have ADHD.
Three professors from York University – Dawn R Bazely, Idil Boran and Sapna Sharma – are attending the United Nations climate conference in Bonn, Germany. They’ve taken the time to write an article for us from Bonn about the latest from the conference known as COP23. Their report gives some unique insight into how smaller players – NGOs, cities, regional governments and businesses – are working together toward climate goals.
And finally, can I ask you a personal question: Are you spiritual? It’s a word many people are using to describe themselves, while emphasizing they do not consider themselves religious. Galen Watts of Queen’s University has written a wonderful piece that explains the reasons why millennials are responsible for “the rising popularity of spirituality without religion.”
Regards,
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Does your daughter forget or misplace things all the time? Is she the classroom helper? Assessment scales for ADHD have tended to use data from boys so the signs of ADHD in girls may not be what you expect.
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Meadow Schroeder, University of Calgary
Assessment scales for ADHD have been developed using mostly male research samples. As a result, the behaviours indicating ADHD in girls may not be what you expect.
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Children march at the welcoming ceremony of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) in Bonn, Germany.
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Dawn R Bazely, York University, Canada; Idil Boran, York University, Canada; Sapna Sharma, York University, Canada
As delegates meet in Bonn for the latest rounds of climate talks, civil society, NGOs, cities, regional governments and businesses, are stepping up to work together toward climate goals.
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Increasingly, North American millennials identify as spiritual as opposed to religious. To them, part of this spirituality means being compassionate, empathetic and open-hearted.
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Galen Watts, Queen's University, Ontario
Millennial Canadians are identifying themselves as spiritual, but not religious. This entails the desire to develop inner knowledge and to embody the virtues of compassion, empathy and open-heartedness.
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Culture + Society
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M J C Warren, University of Sheffield
A sausage roll standing in for the Christ Child? It's not as weird as you might think.
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Arts
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Karen Morash, Goldsmiths, University of London
Is there something in the way theatre is organised that makes abuse of power so depressingly commonplace?
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Politics
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Steven Feldstein, Boise State University
Mugabe and his powerful wife have been overthrown in an apparent coup orchestrated by Zimbabwe's vice president. Will the country transition into democracy or get strapped with yet another dictator?
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