Thursday, April 22nd marks 2021! Celebrated for the first time on April 22, 1970 - Today, more than a billion people in 193 countries now participate in Earth Day activities each year. Over the years, Earth Day has become the world鈥檚 largest environmental movement. Take a bit a time in April to celebrate Earth Day and find ways that you can further support Sustainability at 平特五不中 and in your daily life.
Dr. Tina Montreuil, of the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, was recently interviewed in the 平特五不中 Tribune on the symptoms of social anxiety in early adolescence.
Published on: 9 Apr 2021
Karissa Leduc, a PhD candidate in the Human Development Program supervised by Dr. Victoria Talwar, has won the competitive Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship from the American Psychological Foundation.
This prestigious fellowship is awarded to promising young scholars to pursue innovative research in the area of child psychology.
Published on: 31 Mar 2021
平特五不中 Education's Spring updates for alumni and friends of the Faculty helps to keep you informed of the great things we're doing, with news about the Faculty鈥檚 strategic initiatives and priorities, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 health crisis.
To subscribe to our e-newsletter contact Associate Director of Development, Rayna Goldman (rayna.goldman [at] mcgill.ca).
Published on: 29 Mar 2021
KPE's Dr. Gordon Bloom was featured on TSN's "Yes Guy" (Episode 18 that aired on March 27th, starting at 15:30 timestamp) talking about today's issues in sports psychology. Aside from navigating the challenges of "sports life", professional athletes have the same personal life issues that most of us do, plus the added vulnerabilities of their job performance being scrutinized by journalists and everyday critics online.
Published on: 29 Mar 2021
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Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff, We are writing to you to make you aware of the required cybersecurity measures 平特五不中 has been implementing during the past year鈥檚 remote work situation and the impending completion scheduled for our Faculty. 平特五不中 has been rolling out two-factor authentication (2FA) for all new accounts since January 2020. In April, IT Services will support the Faculty of Education in securing all remaining accounts for faculty, staff, and students. 听 |
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Published on: 29 Mar 2021
Two students from the Department of Integrated Studies in Education were selected for the which provides community-focused experiential learning opportunities for exceptional young leaders to become active and effective change-makers. Eleven 平特五不中 fellows will join peers from St. Francis Xavier University, Queen鈥檚 University, Bishop鈥檚 University, and University of Ottawa, undergoing comprehensive training at Coady International Institute, and will receive up to $40,000 in funding to implement a community project.
Published on: 19 Mar 2021
2021 3MT/MT180 Competition
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a global competition, founded by the University of Queensland in 2008, that cultivates graduate students' academic, presentation and research communication skills.
This year, more than 150 graduate students, including one of your own graduate students, Bradley Crocker, from the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, accepted 平特五不中's 10th edition of the Three Minute Thesis challenge, chasing glory and cash prizes.
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Published on: 12 Mar 2021
Dr. Shaheen Shariff, DISE, was recently interviewed on CTV News on the women who work in the front-line jobs in the fight against COVID-19 and how they have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
Published on: 12 Mar 2021
According to Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the world鈥檚 largest international higher education network, 平特五不中鈥檚 Faculty of Education has ranked 26th in the world for . Each of the subject rankings is compiled using four sources. The first two of these are QS鈥檚 global surveys of academics and employers, which are used to assess institutions鈥� international reputation in each subject.
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Published on: 8 Mar 2021
While kids may be resilient, the pandemic is testing the limits of that resilience.
Children and teens are dealing with a toxic cocktail of stressors and it's hurting them. According to a听听from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, 70 percent of children and youth surveyed experienced a deterioration of mental health in the first wave of the pandemic.
Published on: 26 Feb 2021
Dr. Angelica Galante, DISE, Assistant Professor in Second Language Education, Assistant Professor in Language Education, and Director of the Plurilingual Lab, wrote an Op-Ed in the EdCan Network: Much More Than a Bilingual Country: A call for plurilingual education in Canada.听 In it she speaks of the importance of a multilingual education in the classroom and her experiences with bilingualism.
Read the full EdCan Network Op-Ed .
Published on: 26 Feb 2021
Dr. Ross Andersen of 平特五不中 Education's Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education talks with CityLife host, Richard Dagenais, about the importance of fitness and health during COVID. Dr. Andersen discusses strategies for incorporating more movement into a sedentary lifestyle and how increased movement benefits both physical and mental health.
Watch the full CityLife interview .
Published on: 26 Feb 2021
Language is the building blocks of literacy. In this project, we aim to find out the relationship between ability to understand from spoken language and text in bilingual children, adolescents, and adults.
平特五不中 researcher, Dr. Gigi Luk at Educational and Counselling Psychology, is looking for children (ages 6-9) and adolescents (ages 12-15) to understand how language and reading are related and develop in bilingual individuals.
Published on: 25 Feb 2021
Participants needed for research in 鈥淔aculty instructors鈥� academic literacy support for international students鈥� 鈥�
平特五不中 researchers are looking for volunteers to take part in a study examining鈥疷niversity Course Instructors鈥� experience with and support for international students who are non-native English speakers.
Published on: 25 Feb 2021
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