How to Talk to Kids About “the Santa Questionâ€
McGill's Educational and Counselling Psychology Department Chair, Dr. Victoria Talwar, gives parents advice about navigating kids' questions about Santa Claus without spoiling the magic of Christmas. Read the article in Mental Floss magazine.
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OFNIE Featured in Indigenous Successes at McGill
A Year In Review: Indigenous Successes at McGillThe Office of Indigenous Initiatives is pleased to share its annual review of Indigenous successes and accomplishments across McGill in 2022. The Faculty of Education's Office of First Nations and Inuit Education (OFNIE) is prominently featured among these successes:
Have a Cybersafe Holiday!
McGill IT has put together a list of tips and tricks for the holiday season to help keep your devices on the nice list and ward off any naughty cyber attacks.Ìý Check out these four key tips and additional resources to help protect your digital world:Ìý/cybersafe/article/have-cybersafe-holiday.
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PhD Student Stephanie Leite, DISE, Awarded Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
Congratulations to Stephanie Leite, a second-year PhD student with DISE's Leadership and Learning for Sustainability lab, who has been named one of the 2022 recipients of the prestigious Vanier CGS award. Vanier awards are granted to highly qualified doctoral students who demonstrate academic excellence, research potential, and leadership.
Congratulations to Kelsey Huson, ECP, 2022 Vanier Scholar
2022 Vanier Scholar, Kelsey Huson, from the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was the recipient of Canada’s most prestigious graduate awards, for traditional healing and culture-related substance use disorder treatment transformations due to the COVID-19 pandemic: Impact on Indigenous patients and communities.
The Connections Lab Study Recruitment
The Connections lab at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ has developed a survey to gain the perspective of school teachers and educators on the barriers teachers face when implementing Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) in their classrooms, in addition to assessing their knowledge of and level of access to Evidence Based Practices (EBPs) and social justice practices in the classroom. ÌýWho can participate? Canadian elementary and high school teachers.
Participants Needed for Domestic Violence Research
This is an invitation to participate in Asra Milani’s doctoral research exploring the experiences of survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) also known as domestic violence about accessing and using psychological and social support services for IPV. This study is supervised by Dr. Ada Sinacore and explores both survivors and service providers’ views.Criteria to participate in the study include anyone who:
Congratulations KPE Ph.D. Candidate Erika Renda, for Publishing in the Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
Erika Renda, KPE Ph.D. Candidate, recently had her thesis research titled Sex-specific myoelectric manifestations of localized fatigue during a multi-joint repetitive task published in the Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. You can find the publication here.
Dr. Julie Côté, KPE, Presents Keynote Presentation at the 47e Congrès International de la Société de Biomécanique in Monastir, Tunisia
Dr. Julie Côté, KPE, is the PI of the Biomechanics of Occupations and Sports (BOS) Laboratory. She presented on les Mécanismes des Troubles Musculosquelettiques (TMS) chez les hommes et chez les femmes: similitudes, différences, impacts. The congress took place from October 26-28th.
McGill Education Grads Honoured at KEC Reception
A celebratory evening was held to celebrate the graduation of the 28 locals who completed their Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Bachelor’s of Education studies on October 22. The graduates were a part of a special program where they studied in the Kahnawake, with instructors from the community.
Read the full Kahnawake News article here.
Fall 2022 Convocation Livestream
Congratulations to the McGill Faculty of Education's Fall 2022 Graduates!Watch the livestream of the Fall 2022 Convocation Ceremony.
For more information on Convocation, visit McGill's Graduation and Convocation website.
Paid Study: Understanding Social Interactions
The McGill Mindfulness Research Lab is recruiting participants for a two-part paid study (compensation is $50) that will take place in-person at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. The first part of the study takes place online (maximum 1.5h time commitment), and the second at our lab in the Education Building (maximum 1.5h time commitment).Ìý
Dr. Victoria Talwar, ECP, on Three Steps to Teach Children About Honesty in Greater Good Magazine and Parenting Translator
Dr. Victoria Talwar, from the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, writes about the three steps to teach children about honesty and how to help kids get better at telling the truth, in this Greater Good Magazine article. She was also recently interviewed on Parenting Translator.
Promoting Social Inclusion Among University Students
The SED-RG is inviting students between the ages of 18 and 25 you are invited to participate in online study that evaluates the effectiveness of a program to promotes social inclusion among students. The program will begin in January 2023, but from now until December 2022 students can indicate their willingness to participate by completing the pre-test survey.What does participation entail?
Participate in a Research Study: Walking for Well-Being Project
PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH FOR UP TO $100 IN COMPENSATION Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy's research team is in search of participants for a walking for well-being research project in the vicinity of downtown Montreal! Interested in participating? Please email us at walkingintervention.mtl [at] gmail.com