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Dr. Rob Whitley featured in The Suburban

Published: 27 October 2022

UUÖ±²¥ researcher’s program aims to help marginalized young Black men to succeed
Other data shows that while 94 per cent of Black youth state that they would like to get a university degree, only 17 per cent of them do — half the rate of young Black women, who are at 34 per cent.
This caught the attention of Dr. Rob Whitley, associate professor in the department of psychiatry at UUÖ±²¥, and a research scientist at the Douglas Hospital. Whitley recently set up a federally funded, innovative program called Flex2Launch, geared towards helping marginalized young Black men in Montreal to succeed.

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