Fort McMurray wildfire affected students' mental health: Study

A study has found more than 1,000 Fort McMurray junior and high school students meet the criteria for a mental illness diagnoses as a result of the 2016 wildfires. As part of a study by a group including researchers from the University of Alberta, Fort McMurray Catholic and public Schools surveyed 70 per cent of its Grade 7-12 students to determine the psychological impacts the fires. Of the 3,070 students—both in the area or out of town at the time of the wildfire—surveyed, 46 per c