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Article describing Katie Aubrecht's appointment to review the Accessibility Act

Province of Nova Scotia appoints Spatializing Care Lab Director Dr. Katie Aubrecht to conduct an independent review of the Nova Scotia Accessibility Act (photo of Dr. Aubrecht included above, a white mid-aged woman with dark brown hair, brown eyes, glasses and an orange jacket).

Link to Media Story

Link to Government Press Release

Review website: https://nsaccessreview.ca/

Op-Eds:

Seniors-Adding Life to Years (SALTY) Project

Daly, T., Bourgeault, I., & Aubrecht, K. (2021). Policy Options. Moving long-term care from a vicious to a virtuous cycle.
Daly, T., Bourgeault, I., & Aubrecht, K. (2020). Policy Options. Long-term residential care work: recognized as essential but still essentially under-recognized.

StFX News:

Girvan, P. (2020). AUT Profile. https://www.stfxaut.ca/profile-on-katie-aubrecht/

Media Interviews:

Sutherland, S. (2020, October). Nova Scotians report the highest level of COVID-19 related anxiety in the country. CBC Cape Breton Information Morning.
Hande, A. (2020, October). The echo pandemic of mental health. Global News Morning Halifax. https://globalnews.ca/video/7382978/the-echo-pandemic-of-mental-health
McPhee, J. (2020, October). Poll: Nova Scotians most anxious in country during pandemic. The Chronicle Herald. https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/local/poll-nova-scotians-most-anxious-in-country-during-pandemic-504581/
Kingston, K. (2020, October). New polls show Nova Scotians are reporting the highest levels of anxiety and depression in Canada due to COVID-19. 989XFM. https://www.989xfm.ca/new-poll-shows-nova-scotians-are-reporting-the-highest-levels-of-anxiety-and-depression-in-canada/
Gorman, M. (2020, June). Nova Scotia researchers eye improvements to health-care system post COVID-19. CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/covid-19-health-care-dementia-long-term-care-medicine-1.5602168
Kingston, K. (2020, May). St.FX Sociology professor Katie Aubrecht studies program and supports for older adults living with dementia and how it has changed with COVID-19. 989XFM. https://www.989xfm.ca/st-fx-sociology-professor-katie-aubrecht-studies-program-and-supports-for-older-adults-living-with-dementia-and-how-it-has-changed-with-covid-19/

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The L'nu symbol. L’nu is a word the Mi’kmaq use to describe themselves, meaning “human being” or “the people.”

StFX espi-kina’matno’kuom etek Mi’kma’ki, wejkwa’taqanik Mi’kmaq maqamikewmuew mna’q iknmuetu’tik. Nalikitquniejk na Mi’kmawey wisun wjit Antigonish teluek Aklasie’w-iktuk, ‘place where branches are torn off.’

StFX is located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaw people. The Mi'kmaw name for Antigonish is Nalikitquniejk, meaning ‘place where branches are torn off.’

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