The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed January 24 as the International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. The theme of the 3rd听International Day of Education is 鈥楻ecover and Revitalize Education for the COVID-19 Generation鈥�. Now is the time to power education by stepping up collaboration and international solidarity to place education and lifelong learning at the center of the recovery. ()
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As we continue to navigate pandemic life, the question of "healthy screen time" continues to be debated, particularly concerning child users. Screen time has helped provide a useful social outlet when face-to-face interactions are so limited but do parents have a cause for concern?
Children鈥檚 screen time has long been a contentious issue for the modern parent. The situation has become more challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Grants available for faculty at Canadian postsecondary institutions
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The Green Labs Expansion is a $50,000 envelope of SPF funding to assist labs on 平特五不中 campuses to adopt sustainable best practices learned from previous Sustainability Projects Fund projects. Approved funding will be available to teams for one year to assist them in creating a proof of concept to secure long-term funding for these practices.
Congratulations to Dr. Jenna Gibbs, Assistant Professor in 平特五不中's Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE) Department, who was recently awarded a Drummond Foundation Research Grant supported by the Drummond Foundation and the John R. McConnell Foundation.
平特五不中 Education and the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology (ECP) are proud to announce that the board has elected ECP's听Professor Ada L. Sincore as President for 2021-2022. The CPA posted the following announcement, highlighting Professor Sinacore:
With Canadian universities beginning the Winter 2021 remote semester, Global News investigated further into the overall morale of post-secondary students with regard to COVID fatigue. 平特五不中 ECP's Dr. Nancy Heath and PhD candidate Stephanie Zito (平特五不中 M.Ed听'20) were both featured听as part of the news piece:
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Some Canadians are choosing to leave their Christmas lights on a little longer this year in a bid to keep the holiday cheer going during these dark times. Dr. Tina C. Montreuil, Assistant Professor for 平特五不中 Educational and Counselling Psychology, says the lights can really bring a boost to morale during trying times.听鈥淗ope is an essential ingredient of resilience,鈥� she said. 鈥淥ne of the only really true ways that we can sustain the ongoing restrictions is to holding onto some level of hope.鈥�
Quebec鈥檚 law on religious symbols appears to be emboldening racists to lash out against student teachers who are members of minority groups, anew survey听has found.
In December of 2007, Dr. Bronwen Low co-authored "" in reaction to the Sasha Baron Cohen film that took the world by surprise. With a new cringe-worthy Borat film having been released this fall, 平特五不中 DISE's Dr. Low was recently interviewed by the Huffington Post (UK edition) as a follow-up to her earlier written critique.
平特五不中鈥檚 Sports Science Institute (SSI) at the Faculty of Education awarded the Fall 2020 Sports Science Project Grants to Dr. Dilson Rassier for his project 鈥淔rom Gene to Sports Performance: The Genetic Basis of Muscle Mechanical Properties鈥� and to Dr. Tyler Churchward-Venne for his project 鈥淭he Three R's of Post-Exercise Recovery Nutrition: Do Exogenous Ketones REBUILD Muscle?鈥�.
Karissa Leduc, a doctoral candidate in the Human Development Program, was awarded the American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award. This award is given to doctoral students to support costs associated to research projects that reflect excellence in scientific psychology.
Karissa's dissertation research explores the impact of parent-child conversations about cyberbullying on children's and adolescents' behaviours and beliefs about responsible online social interactions.
Two donations, one from the estate of Mary Marsh and another from The Molson Foundation, will support students and spur innovations in pedagogy.
At a time when school teachers everywhere are being challenged by the second wave of the pandemic and by technological advances that are changing where, when and how students learn, 平特五不中鈥檚 Faculty of Education is pleased to announce over $7 million in new philanthropic support through a pair of generous gifts from longstanding donors.
They may not know it yet, but 平特五不中鈥檚 student teachers are getting a big boost from a kindred spirit.
The late Mary Marsh, DipEd鈥�42, a Grade 1听teacher at Rosedale School in Montreal for most of her career, has left more than $4.8 million in her will to support students in the Faculty of Education through a suite of听awards听鈥� an investment that couldn鈥檛 have come at a better time for a profession deeply marked by the pandemic.
