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Frank Elgar

Academic title(s): 

Associate member, Department of Psychology

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Frank Elgar
Contact Information
Email address: 
frank.elgar [at] mcgill.ca
Address: 

2001 McGill College Avenue
11th floor, Room #1160

Phone: 
514-398-1739
Degree(s): 

BA, MSc (Developmental Psychology), Memorial University of Newfoundland

PhD (Developmental Psychology), Dalhousie University

Department: 
Equity, Ethics and Policy
Position: 
Professor
Biography: 

Frank ElgarÌýis a Professor in the Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy, an associate member of Department of Psychology and Margaret A. Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security, and a visiting professor at the Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, University of Padova (Italy).

He previously worked at the Cardiff Institute for Society, Health and Ethics (UK), University of Manitoba's Department of Family Social Sciences, and CarletonÌýUniversity's Department of Psychology before joining McGill in 2011.Ìý

Research areas: 
Health Inequalities
Mental Health
Social Determinants of Health
Areas of interest: 

His research examines social patterns in child and adolescent health, in Canada and globally. Current projects explore ways to improve children’s chances to be healthy amid the social forces of poverty, food insecurity, violence, and economic inequality. Frank is also a co-investigator of the World Health Organization's Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study where he leads international collaborations on the impacts of school violence, social media use, and corporal punishment legislation on adolescent mental health and well-being. His research is supported by SSHRC, CIHR, Canada Research Chairs, and Fulbright-Canada.

Selected publications: 

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