Technology is ubiquitous in the day to day lives of young people in Canada but little is known about the ways in which digital media affects their mental health, especially for Indigenous youth.

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• How Do Urban Environments Affect Young People’s Mental Health? A Novel Conceptual Framework to Bridge Public Health, Planning, and Neurourbanism (2021) · doi

  However, no conceptual frameworks to date have detailed the effect of urban environments on young people's mental health, and few studies have considered the growing role of digital and social media in this relationship, leading to calls for the development of holistic approaches to describe this relationship.

  Keywords: relationship conceptual frameworks date detailed effect urban environments young people mental health considered growing role
• Association Between Social Media Usage Patterns and Social Anxiety Among Adolescents in Peshawar: A Cross-Sectional Study (2026) · doi

  The rapid expansion of social media usage among young populations has raised concerns regarding its potential psychological impact, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where context-specific data remain limited.

  Keywords: rapid expansion social media usage among young populations raised concerns regarding potential psychological impact particularly
• <i>Keyboard warriors</i>? Visualising technology and well-being<i>with, for</i>and<i>by</i>indigenous youth through digital stories (2019) · doi

  Technology is ubiquitous in the day to day lives of young people in Canada but little is known about the ways in which digital media affects their mental health, especially for Indigenous youth.

  Keywords: technology ubiquitous lives young people canada little known ways digital media affects mental health especially