Our Mission

The Centre is committed to the advancement of knowledge in the area of youth gambling and risk-taking behaviours, through the development of both basic and applied research. Members of the Centre and our International Advisory Board are engaged in a multitude of research projects directly addressing youth gambling problems and that of co-occurring disorders. As part of our broader mandate to understand youth gambling, the Center is also engaged in training, treatment, prevention, information dissemination, and policy development.

• Educational and training workshops are offered within McGill University, the wider Montreal community (teachers, clinicians, treatment providers, community agencies, and parents), nationally and internationally.
  

• Consultations to the media and to government legislators.

• Committed to the continued evaluation of effective treatment paradigms.

• Prevention work includes the development of prevention programs, a public health framework and social policy guidelines including the development of responsible social policy recommendations at a research and policy level.

• Dissemination of research and treatment information on youth gambling, risk-taking behaviours, and co-occurring addictive disorders through an online database and central clearinghouse.

• Quarterly online newsletter, Youth Gambling International (YGI), and online monthly news update, YGI Flash, currently distributed to over 1000 individuals and organizations.