Media Spotlight: Education Student Sihem Youbi
Overcoming Prejudice and Preconceptions:听McGill Education student, Sihem Youbi, spoke to the McGill Reporter听about the challenges faced by students coming from disadvantaged situations.
Media Spotlight: McGill Education Students Featured on CTV
With the talk of teacher shortages in Quebec, CTV conducted a story "Is Quebec鈥檚 teacher shortage being caused by new laws, poor working conditions?" Some of the Faculty's students were featured in this story, and impacts future educators from all of our departments:听/x/ZVM
Aziz Choudry: GDSE 2020 Keynote Speaker
GSDE Symposium 2020 "Education in an Age of Resistance" will feature McGill Education's Dr. Aziz Choudry as one of its keynote speakers.听听Dr. Choudry will be opening the听conference听by talking about the struggles across the world in fighting for accessible public higher education, going beyond serving听the interests of elites. His talk is entitled "Lessons in Resistance;听Studies in Struggle".
Media Spotlight: McGill Reporter Features DISE's certificat d鈥櫭﹖udes sup茅rieures en p茅dagogie de l鈥檌mmersion fran莽aise
In the face of听shortages of specialized French immersion teachers, McGill Education's Department of Integrated Studies in Education offers a graduate certificate in French Immersion pedagogy.听Anne-Marie Tremblay of the McGill Reporter investigated further about the benefits of this program and the opportunities it presents to its students. Read more here.
ECS 2020 Features Two McGill Education Speakers
Early Childhood Symposium 2020 (February 11 & 12, 2020) will feature two McGill Education speakers:听Dr. Sheryl Smith-Gilman will give the Opening Plenary as Keynote Speaker and Dr. Tina Montreuil will lead the workshop "Healthy Minds, Healthy Schools & Resilience Building in Children: Preliminary Outcomes". The symposium will be held at Palace Centre de Congr猫s (1717 Boul le Corbusier,听Laval, Qu茅bec, H7S 2K7).
Alumni Highlight: Emmanuella Lambropoulos, Federal MP for Saint Laurent
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),听Lambropoulos is complementing her political career by completing her Master's in Educational Leadership within the Faculty's Department of Integrated Studies in Education.
Celebrate International Day of Education
McGill's Faculty of Education reminds all students, staff, alumni, and friends that education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility.
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed January 24 as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development.
Matt Slopecki Receives Award from GESTE
Congratulations to Matt Slopecki who received an award from GESTE (CIHR Team on Gender considerations in knowledge transfer interventions) for 鈥淢odelling an approach to gender-conscious participatory action-oriented research and knowledge transfer favouring equality, equity and occupational/environmental health鈥�.
Emma Balazs Receives a 2020 FRQSC Award
Congratulation to Emma Balazs on receiving a 2020 FRQSC Award for her research project titled Sparring with Femininity: An Urban Ethnography of Mixed Gender/Martial Arts Youth Programming.
Hariata Tai Rakena Awarded Teionkwaienawa:kon Masters Scholarship
Congratulations to Hariata Tai Rakena, one of the successful recipients of the Teionkwaienawa:kon Masters Scholarships, which is awarded by the Quebec Indigenous Mentorship Network (Teionkwaienawa:kon). The network is dedicated to the support and mentorship of Indigenous students engaged with research related to Indigenous health.
Hariata's Master's Research Project: Exploring an Onkweho'n:we approach to physical activity health resource development with Kahnawakehro虂:non.
Editorial Spotlight: Blane Harvey, Lisa Starr, and Joseph Levitan
Featured in the Montreal Gazette is an op ed piece written by Drs. Blane Harvey, Lisa Starr, and Joseph Levitan about the disconnect between society's concern about environmental issues and what's actually taught in Quebec schools:
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Media Spotlight: Dr. Steven Shaw Gets Students Back to their Routine
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. Listen now.
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Media Spotlight: Dr. Sabrina Jafralie Comments of Proposed ERC Reform
Course Lecturer for McGill's Department of Integrated Studies,听Dr. Sabrina Jafralie, gave her take on the proposed educational reform that would remove the religious culture component from the provincial听school curriculum, in favour of other ethics course content exploring 21st Century themes.听Dr.
Awards Highlight: Dr. Angelica Galante Wins Pat Clifford Award
McGill听Department of Integrated Studies in Education's听Dr. Angelica Galante听is a co-winner of the听Pat Clifford Award, recognizing Canada's emerging education researchers.
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