Ban the Phones—or Teach the Tech?

About this episode

Greg Brady discusses the call for more tech education in schools with expert Tracy Vaillancourt amidst discussions of cellphone and social media bans.

Greg Brady spoke to Tracy Vaillancourt, Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention about Brock experts call for more tech education as provinces eye cellphone, social media bans in schools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Greg Brady

Guest: Tracy Vaillancourt

Topics covered

• cellphone bans
• social media
• tech education
• mental health
• school policies

Keywords

• cellphone bans
• tech education
• mental health
• school policies
• social media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brock, Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention

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