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My colleagues at 香蕉视频 are working on a project called:听Young People, Well-being, and Connectedness in the Time of Distancing听(funded by Quebec鈥檚 Minist猫re de la Sant茅 et des Services Sociaux (MSSS). They are currently recruiting youth participants (16-24 years old) from diverse communities and looking for support to spread the word!
iMPACTS director and James McGill Professor听Dr. Shaheen Shariff听has published her commissioned paper on Children and Technologies for McGill鈥檚 Max Bell School of Policy听and the .
In the aftermath of the tragic death of 16-year-old Jannai Dopwell-Bailey, who was stabbed outside of his school, McGill Education's Dr.听Bronwen Low (DISE) and Dr. Jessica Ruglis (ECP)听 have collabourated with community-based colleagues in writing an opinion piece for CTV News about how sensational journalism seems to validate racism and prejudice instead of working to educate the public.
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According to an , 40% of aspiring teachers drop out or change career paths. The article only sites the impact in Quebec's French universities (i.e. Universit茅 Laval,听Universit茅 de Sherbrooke, Universit茅 de Montr茅al, and UQAM), but CJAD 800 Radio reached out to find out how McGill Education students are faring, given the situation in the French sector.听
Iona Amico, a 3rd-year B.Ed. K/Elementary Student, recently received the Jackie Robinson Undergraduate Award from the Black Academic Scholarships Fund.
DISE Course Lecturer, Sabrina Jafralie, weighs in on Quebec鈥檚 new Culture and Quebec Citizenship course that will replace Ethics and Religious Culture in interviews with the CBC and in The Suburban.
Jafralie says she's worried voices from different communities that make up Quebec society will be muted in the new curriculum.
"When this new program was being developed, whose voices are part of this development? Is there an Indigenous voice developed? Is there an Anglo voice developed? Are there racialized communities? Are there people from the LGBTQIA+?'' Jafralie asked.
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Edward J. Aronhie:nens Cross, an educational leader and pivotal member of the Office of First Nations and Inuit Education (OFNIE).
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Eddie Aronhi:nens Cross鈥檚 tremendous contributions to 香蕉视频 and to Indigenous education span decades. Eddie Cross鈥檚 career in education began in 1966 and has since changed the educational landscape for Indigenous learners locally and across Canada.
iMPACTS has partnered with social science researchers at in Vancouver, BC to fund research on how听COVID-19 affects听students' social and psychological well-being.听
The project, 鈥淟earning in Novel Times,鈥澨齟xplores the social impacts of COVID-19 on students and how the pandemic has affected their emotional, social and psychological health.
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the untimely passing of Mr. Joseph A. Hackett. Joe had a long career as a school teacher and, since retirement, had been working as a student teaching Field Supervisor for our Faculty for more than 15 years. He was also previously a Course Lecturer with the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE). Joe leaves behind a significant and impressive legacy of mentorship, having supported hundreds of students and future teachers.
iMPACTS director and James McGill Professor Shaheen Shariff will be sharing her thoughts on informed dialogues in academia as part of a presentation series by the McGill Association of University Teachers.
Paul J. Meighan-Chiblow, PhD Candidate in the Department of Integrated Studies, is the winner of the prestigious Doctoral Dissertation Grant awarded by the International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF).
Paul is also the co-winner of the Russell N. Campbell Award for the highest-rated application.
Joseph Levitan, DISE Assistant Professor, was featured on WhyKnowledgeMatters, where he talks about his research on culturally grounded curriculum from Peru via Zoom.
Prof. Levitan discusses his paper Salir adelante: Collaboratively developing culturally grounded curriculum with marginalized communities that he has written with Prof. Dr. Kayla M. Johnson from the University of Kentucky.
Watch the full video .
There's an administrative support staff position available within McGill鈥檚 Faculty of Education (Downtown Campus).
We鈥檙e looking for a frontline staff member who is听professional, personable and organized to join our dynamic team! One of Canada鈥檚 and Montreal鈥檚 top employers for several years running, 香蕉视频 offers its team members work-life balance opportunities, great benefits and vacation, professional training, fitness programs, and more!
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These future leaders are advocating for change to address issues they see affecting Indigenous people
For Andrea Brazeau, a recent McGill Faculty of Education graduate who is now teaching elementary school in her home community of Kangiqsualujjuaq in Nunavik, Quebec's failure to recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as a statutory holiday is disappointing.
by Selena Ross CTVNewsMontreal.ca Digital Reporter
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MONTREAL -- A very specific milestone passed recently, unnoticed except by those who happened to read a tweet by John Robert Sylliboy on Tuesday.
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