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Alexandra Matte-Landry, Professeure adjointe en criminologie, travaillant sur l'adversité et la résilience chez les enfants et les adolescents, Université Laval

5 years after the Quebec City mosque shooting: How do children and teens cope with the trauma?

A family lights candles at a vigil held in Moncton, N.B., on January 30, 2017, for the victims of the Quebec City mosque shooting. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Five years ago, on Jan. 29, 2017, six men were killed by a gunman at the Grand Mosque of Québec City. The attack also injured eight people and left 17 children orphaned. There were also children on the second floor of the mosque during the shooting.

How do young victims like these persevere in the wake such an act? How do they adapt to shock and trauma?

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