{"id":873,"date":"2020-04-17T17:21:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T21:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lgbtq2sthrivingoncampus.ca\/?page_id=873"},"modified":"2025-03-02T16:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T21:45:15","slug":"querying-higher-education-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lgbtq2sthrivingoncampus.ca\/fr\/querying-higher-education-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Exp\u00e9riences des \u00e9tudiant.e.s LGBTQ+ post-secondaires au Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In partnership with the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD), the academic team for Thriving on Campus conducted a national study to understand the experiences, perceptions, wellbeing, and academic engagement of LGBTQ+\u2021<\/sup> \u00e0 travers le pays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ce que nous faisons<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For this study, we analyzed Canadian data from the 2016 National College Health Assessment (NCHA), a robust survey conducted with postsecondary students in the United States and Canada. Over 40,000 postsecondary students from 41 Canadian universities and colleges participated in the survey in 2016, which was the first year the NCHA survey was administered on Canadian campuses. Approximately 15% of the students who participated in the survey identified as LGBTQ+, with 2.5% identifying as belonging to the broad trans community (e.g., transgender, non-binary, genderqueer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nos questions de recherche<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Because of the number of students who completed the survey and the inclusion of both LGBTQ+ and cisgender heterosexual (i.e., non-LGBTQ+) students, the survey data provided us with the opportunity to explore several critical research questions, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n