It's January! Are you having trouble getting back to your regular routine after the holidays? Are you trudging to class or happy to be back?听Dr. Steven Shaw of McGill's Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology shares his outlook and expertise about settling back into the school routine with CJAD 800 Morning Host, Andrew Carter.
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In the spirit of the holidays听Global TV interviewed Dr. Jeffrey Derevensky, the Faculty's Educational and Counselling Psychology Chair, about the dangers of giving kids and teens gifts and stocking stuffers gifts that promote gambling. Can lottery tickets and scratch tickets lead to youth gambling addiction? See the full interview here:听/x/ZET听
The Department of Integrated Studies in Education's Dr. Allison Gonsalves was asked to speak at McGill's December 6th event听honouring the memory of the victims of the Polytechnique Massacre;听the 30th anniversary of the tragedy and the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Dr. Gonsalves was there in her capacity as the Co-Chair for McGill's Senate Subcommittee on Women. The event was covered by the .
CBC Radio's Cross Country Checkup explored gaming addiction in an interview with Dr.听Jeffrey Derevensky, Chair of McGill's Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology (ECP) with the Faculty of Education. Also featured, , upcoming guest听speaker scheduled to be brought in by ECP and partnering organizations for an event in Spring 2020. Note that Dr.
Jeffrey Derevensky, Chair of McGill's Faculty of Education: Department听of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Head of 香蕉视频鈥檚 International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviours, has been featured in the media over the last several days due to his expertise in gaming addiction. Learn more:
When asked by McGill Senate about student internships in light of Bill 21, Dean Dilson Rassier made it clear that the Faculty of Education is taking a proactive role in facilitating students' concerns. Read more about it in The McGill Daily:听
Steve Jordan was presented with the A香蕉视频 2019 Social Justice Award at the recent A香蕉视频 Conference, held at McGill's Faculty of Education, June 26 to 28, 2019.
Nearly 60 Cree students their graduation from 香蕉视频's Faculty of Education this past Saturday in Pikogan, Quebec. Our Office of First Nations and Inuit Education offers full-time and part-time teacher certification programs in Cree and Inuit communities in Quebec as well as in Kahnawake and Listuguj. Even though these students may be far away off campus, they are an important part of our Faculty and the McGill community.听CBC's Susan Bell covered the story.
Dr. Tina Montreuil, of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was interviewed on Radio-Canada's听Bon pied, bonne heure!听about her May 8th lecture听on preventing anxiety in children at the "3rd Annual Public Health Day" organized by听La Direction de sant茅 publique de la Gasp茅sie-脦les-de-la-Madeleine.听
The Faculty of Education is pleased to announce the winners of the competitions for Fellowships and Awards for the 2018-2019 year.
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Dr. Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Chair of Educational and Counselling Psychology at 香蕉视频, speaks with Global's Andrea Howick about the Effective Parenting Series, a public lecture series that helps parents improve their parenting skills.听
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Dr. Gigi Luk, of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was interviewed on CBC Radio's All in a Weekend about the third lecture in the "Effective Parenting" series. In her lecture, The Science of Bilingualism, Dr. Luk discusses听how language learning affects children's development and education.
Dr. Tina Montreuil, of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was interviewed on CBC Radio's All in a Weekend about the second lecture in the "Effective Parenting" series. In her lecture, Moving from Worry to Mastery: Identifying听parenting behaviours that are associated with childhood anxiety, Dr. Montreuil discusses tools for parents to deal with anxiety and worry in children.听
Dr. Marie-H茅l猫ne Pennestri, of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was interviewed on CBC Radio's All in a Weekend Montreal听about听Sleeping Through the Night, the first lecture in McGill's 2019 Effective Parenting series.听
The Effective Parenting Series is back with four public lectures focusing on topics of concern for parents/guardians/grandparents!
The 2019 Series takes place on Tuesday evenings from 6:30-8:30pm from April 9-30, 2019 (April 9, 16, 23, 30).
Lectures will be presented in English.
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The McGill Reporter covers the Series .
