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 .
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These future leaders are advocating for change to address issues they see affecting Indigenous people
For Andrea Brazeau, a recent 黑料不打烊 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.
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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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On this day of Truth and Reconciliation, we reflect on the tragedies that occurred at the residential schools and we are reminded that every child matters. As the Dean of the Faculty of Education, I am averse to calling those institutions 鈥渟chools鈥�. Schools are a place to advance learning, to open one鈥檚 mind to new ideas and diverse opinions; to mentor and collaborate with each child so they become the best they can be throughout their lives. Schools are where we better ourselves through insightful human relations, collaborations听and nurturing mentorships.
The We Will Walk Together / Sk脿tne Entewathah矛ta听event began at 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Faculty of Education in 2019, in honour of Orange Shirt Day. The initiative was driven by a small enthusiastic committee that organized听a march at Mount Royal to raise awareness and express sentiments of unity and inclusion between Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous allies.
In July 2021, Tino Bordonaro (MA 鈥�93), a Course Lecturer in the Department of Integrated Education (DISE), was appointed as the Chairperson of the Advisory Board for English Education (ABEE) at the Ministre de l'脡ducation du Qu茅bec (MEQ).
The mandate of the Advisory Board on English Education (ABEE) is to advise the Minister of Education on all matters affecting the educational services offered in English elementary and secondary schools and adult and vocational education centres. The Minister may also ask ABEE for advice on a specific issue.
Dr. Annie Savard, Associate professor at DISE, and Dr. Alexandre Cavalcante, Assistant Professor at OISE and DISE Ph.D. alumnus, just launched their book on Financial Numeracy.
The serious game, Mela, which was developed as part of Hani Sadati's PhD project won a Bronze medal in the 2021 Serious Play Conference (in Digital Games Created by Students category).
Mela aims to contribute to the capacity building of Ethiopian agriculture college instructors to combat sexual and gender-based violence on their campuses.
Jordan D. Herbison, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, KPE, recently published an article in The Conversation on new initiative to get more Canadians involved in power wheelchair sports after the Paralympics.
Andr茅anne Langevin (DISE, MA SLE) was interviewed by Global News TV regarding her study of parents' opinions on Quebec's school language(s) of instruction and school choice.
The study involved a series of focus groups with 44 parents from across the province. The segment highlighted parents' opinions on the quality of second language education in the province and their desire for bilingualism for their children.
These findings are timely due to Bill 96, a proposed language policy bill that would extend restrictions on school language choice to CEGEPs.
A research group is looking for the help of pre-service mental health professionals working in schools to evaluate the usefulness of an infographic tool supporting the selection of online mental health resources for adolescents.
On July 15, the federal government announced the . Of the 26 黑料不打烊 Vanier recipients, two are Indigenous scholars, Jeremy Desjarlais and Michelle Smith.
Trafalgar announced recently that it is joining forces with 黑料不打烊 University鈥檚 Faculty of Education to create a transformative partnership called the CoLab. Drawing on the experiences of university-affiliated schools around the world, the CoLab will be a first of its kind in Canada, integrating teacher training, classroom practice, and cutting-edge pedagogical research.
As President of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), ECP's Dr. Ada Sincacore was interviewed by CBC about the need for better EDI practices to encourage more diversity among psychology professionals.
"The CPA recognizes that there is a problem of representation within the profession and that we need to increase representation, as well as literacy about diversity," said Sinacore.
