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Faculty of Science Excellence Award winners announced

webfull — Mon, 30 May 2022 17:31:19 +0000

2022 award winners

The Faculty of Science Excellence Awards recognize outstanding performance and contributions made by members of the Faculty’s administrative and support staff classified in four categories: Academic Associate, Clerical, Management, and Technical. The committee, comprised of staff members from each department, received nominations for three of these categories.

Published: 30 May 2022

Rose Naggar-Tremblay and Simone McIntosh Win First and Second Place in 2021 OSM Vocal Competition

webfull — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 18:42:10 +0000

Congratulations to mezzo-sopranos Rose Naggar-Tremblay (BMus’17) and Simone McIntosh (MMus'17, Wirth Vocal Prize Winner 2016-2017), who received first and second place respectively at the 82^nd OSM Competition! The 2021 edition, held between September 13 and November 27, took place online enabling the public from coast to coast to access contestants’ performances.

Published: 7 December 2021

In Case You Missed It: At-Home Homecoming Masterclass on Leveraging Technology to Advance Teaching and Learning

webfull — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 20:48:18 +0000

On September 23, McGill Education, in conjunction with �㽶��Ƶ's At-Home Homecoming, presented the Virtual Masterclass: Leveraging Technology to Advance Teaching and Learning.

A conversation with McGill Education Dean, Dilson Rassier, Associate Dean of Academic Programs, Alain Breuleux, and notable alum and President, Texas Instruments - Education Technology, Peter Balyta (BEd'94, Phd'07) spoke about how technology plays a vital role in advancing education.

Published: 24 September 2020

McGill and Trafalgar School forge new partnership to transform education

webfull — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:51:38 +0000

�㽶��Ƶ’s Faculty of Education and Trafalgar School for Girls are partnering to establish a transformative partnership - the CoLab. A first of its kind in Canada, the CoLab will integrate teacher training, classroom practice and cutting-edge pedagogical research under one roof.

Published: 23 September 2020

Alumni Spotlight: Child Psychologist Dr. Tamara Soles Offers Parents Advice about Back to School

webfull — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:28:47 +0000

Child psychologist and parenting coach, Dr. Tamara Soles discusses strategies for parents on how to manage children's stress and anxiety about back-to-school during COVID-19 in her new Facebook video.

Published: 12 August 2020

Alumni Highlight: Emmanuella Lambropoulos, Federal MP for Saint Laurent

webfull — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 21:35:39 +0000

Emmanuella Lambropoulos, newly re-elected Federal MP for the Saint-Laurent riding is one of 98 women elected to the House of Commons this past fall and one of the youngest of these female Members of Parliament. A McGill Education alumna (B.Ed. '13), Lambropoulos is complementing her political career by completing her Master's in Educational Leadership within the Faculty's Department of Integrated Studies in Education. Read more about Emmanuella's story here: /x/Zzy

Published: 29 January 2020

McGill School of Information Studies alum Marc-André Bernier, MLIS'11, Quebec's first deaf librarian, in service to his community

webfull — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:41:31 +0000

Since 2013, McGill School of Information Studies graduate Marc-André Bernier (MLIS'11) has been providing services to deaf clients at the Montreal public library Bibliothèque Le Prévost.

Published: 25 January 2016

SIS alumna & McGill Librarian Maya Kucij awarded Librarian Excellence Award

webfull — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:49:01 +0000

School of Information Studies alumna and Education Liaison Librarian Maya Kucij (MLIS '08) has been awarded the McGill Library's 2013 Librarian Excellence Award. The award recognizes a McGill librarian who has demonstrated excellence in academic librarianship and has shown efforts to improve library services through innovative practice, initiative and resourcefulness.

Congratulations Maya!

Published: 3 June 2013

SIS PhD graduates Guillaume Boutard & Amandine Pras awarded FQRSC post-doctoral fellowships

webfull — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:15:18 +0000

Recent School of Information Studies PhD graduates Guillaume Boutard and Amandine Pras have been awarded two-year FQRSC post-doctoral fellowships.

Guillaume will be continuing his research at Université de Montréal and Amandine at Columbia University. Congratulations Guillaume & Amandine!

For more information on a range of funding opportunities available through the FQRSC (Le Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture), visit the FQRSC website.

Published: 13 May 2013

SIS graduating PhD student Kaushilya Weerapura's thesis published as book

webfull — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:11:52 +0000

A warm congratulations to graduating PhD student Kaushilya Weerapura and supervisor Dr. Kimiz Dalkir on the publication of Kaushilya's thesis as a book:

Self-Regulated Learning: An Information Science Perspective

From publisher:

Published: 4 April 2013