Krystal Kavita Jagoo

Accessibility Advisor, University of Toronto

Mental Health, Accessibility in Education, Anti-Oppressive Practice, Health Inequity

Media

What I’ve Learned About Academic Ableism As A University Employee With Chronic Pain

Huffington PostOnline

URL: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-ive-learned-academic-ableism_n_5f05f3a8c5b67a80bc01b533

5 Top Podcast Recommendations for Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

medtruthOnline

URL: https://medtruth.com/articles/health-features/minority-mental-health-month-podcasts/

How to Recognize and Cope with Racial Trauma

healthlineOnline

URL: https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/racial-trauma

Mental Health Effects on Separated Families

verywellmindOnline

URL: https://www.verywellfamily.com/mental-health-effects-on-separated-families-5093742

The Importance of Representation in Books

verywellmindOnline

URL: https://www.verywellmind.com/the-importance-of-representation-5076060

Mental Health and the Media

CanadalandOnline

URL: https://www.canadaland.com/mental-health-and-the-media/

Cisnormativity in health care has a negative impact on gender-diverse people

PrismOnline

URL: https://prismreports.org/2021/03/08/cisnormativity-in-health-care-has-a-negative-impact-on-genderdiverse-people/

LGBTQ Individuals Are Twice as Likely to Develop a Mental Health Disorder. Here’s How to Be an Ally

She KnowsOnline

URL: https://www.sheknows.com/health-and-wellness/articles/2047398/lgtbq-individuals-are-twice-as-likely-to-develop-a-mental-health-disorder-heres-how-to-help/

It's OK If You Don't Want To Get Married: Here's What To Say To The Haters

Mind Body GreenOnline

URL: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/valid-reasons-to-not-want-to-want-to-get-married

4 Things We All Need to Learn About Mental Health

ForgeOnline

URL: https://forge.medium.com/4-things-we-all-need-to-learn-about-mental-health-96382eba5d09

Biography

Krystal Kavita Jagoo has been a registered Social Worker since 2010, in such roles as Child Development Counsellor with the Near North District School Board; Sessional Instructor in Social Welfare and Social Development at Nipissing University; and Wellness Counsellor and Coordinator with the University of Toronto, before her current position in an equity office as an Accessibility Advisor. She has been published in Social Justice Solutions, on such topics as inadequate support for Canadian veterans, Canada's first responders' suicide crisis, and solitary confinement in Canada's prisons. Jagoo has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from York University and a Master of Social Work from the University of Windsor.

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