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Project Leads

Elizabeth Saewyc

Team Members
Mauricio Coronel Villalobos; Shams MF Al-Anzi

Cluster: Immigrant Adolescent and Youth Health

Digital technology can support migrant youth through education, transnational connection, information seeking, and community belonging, while also introducing risks such as sleep disruption, online surveillance, gambling exposure, and pressure to perform. This project examines digital device use and its links to mental health among migrant youth in British Columbia.

The objective of this project is to examine how migrant and Canadian-born youth use digital devices during school and after bedtime, how patterns changed from 2013 to 2023, and how these patterns relate to mental health, belonging, risk, and support. The project aims to interpret findings with migrant youth and inform culturally responsive digital literacy and mental health interventions.

1. How do migrant and Canadian-born youth differ in school-time and after-bedtime digital device use?
2. How have digital engagement patterns changed across survey years?
3. What protective and risk dimensions of technology use are visible foe migrant youth?
4. How do youth advisors interpret links between technology, connection, pressure, and mental health?

This project analyzes data from the British Columbia Adolescent Health Survey (BCAHS). The analysis examines digital device use during school and after bedtime among migrant and Canadian-born youth, including academic use, information seeking, transnational communication, entertainment, social networking, sexting, gambling exposure, and related mental health patterns. Results will be discussed with migrant youth advisors to deepen interpretation and KT planning.

• Migrant Youth Advisory Group

Ongoing. Analysis has been completed and is ready for review by all authors.

Digital technology; Migrant youth; Mental health; Digital literacy