Congratulations go out to Faculty of Education B.Ed Graduate and MA in Educational Leadership Student, Marilyn Ramlakhan, who became the first ever English Sector Principal at FACE high-school.
Marilyn Ramlakhan was previously the vice-principal at James Lyng High School.
Have you wondered听what small actions you can听take to听enhance student wellness听in your听remote听courses?听Professor Nancy Heath听and her team听recently听created the resource听Enhancing Student Wellness: Simple Tips for Instructors, in collaboration with听Teaching and Learning Services听and the听Wellness Hub.听The resource describes simple, easy to implement activities that can make a big difference to students in your course.听听
Dr. Blane Harvey, DISE Assistant Professor and William Dawson Scholar, is the focus of the inaugural video in 黑料不打烊 Education's听new series entitled "Faculty Features". Targeted at prospective graduate students, Faculty Features provides insight into the work and mentorship philosophies of select Faculty of Education's academics. discusses how education ties into climate change as a way to initiate global systems and societal mindset changes.听听
Andrea Brazeau, a fourth year student in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, tested the听internet speed at her apartment in Montreal听and found it to be more than 2,000 times faster than her father's connection in Kangiqsualujjuaq,听in Nunavik.
CBC News covers how she's听urging Quebec's premier to follow up on a 2018 election promise to do something about it.
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黑料不打烊鈥檚 Equity Team has launched a Facebook page! Follow them to learn about the equity-related work at 黑料不打烊, opportunities to take part in equity initiatives and events, best practices for ensuring that our campus is respectful and inclusive, and information about preventing and responding to harassment, discrimination, and sexual violence.
A lot of parents are expressing concern with the amount of time their kids are spending on screens, especially during the pandemic since some kids are having to attend school from home. Is all screen time bad for children and teens?
Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology Chair, Dr. Victoria Talwar, was interviewed by CTV News Montreal to give her expert advice.
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DISE graduate student, , (M.A. Educational Leadership) is partnering with Associate Professor Dr. Karl Moore (Desautels Faculty of Management) to write an insightful new column for The Globe and Mail: .
PhD student in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, Monica Paraghamian, (supervisor Dr. Bronwen Low) was featured in The Montreal Gazette with her Op-Ed piece, A Safe Environment for Learning Involves More Than Cleaning.
Monica gives us the inside view of the daily stresses being faced by Quebec elementary and high school teachers and provides suggestions for the provincial government.
Introducing our new sponsor: , for our Youth Gaming: How much is too much?听 Hosted by Dr. Jeffrey Derevensky.
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Sabrina Jafralie, a Course Lecturer from the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, along with teachers and community leaders, interviewed on CBC News.
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Dr. Victoria Talwar, from the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was featured in a Globe and Mail article discussing how much entertainment screen time children should have to balance shared activity time with family members.
Dr. Gordon Bloom, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, talks team-building, team cohesion, and sports psychology on The Coach's Road, a podcast out of Finland.
Listen to the podcast here:
The Montreal Gazette shines a spotlight on Dr. Adam Dub茅, Dr. Victoria Talwar, and Dr. Jeffrey Derevensky, from ECP, and their upcoming Effective Parenting event.听 Each will give a talk and Q&A session about the challenges of parenting in the digital age.
Dr. Dub茅 will discuss the impact of remote learning and will provide resources that can help children with learning difficulties.
Dr. Talwar will discuss the pros and cons of social media. She will also address cyberbullying and internet surfing.
Dr. Angelica Galante, from the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, along with other Canadian scholars have been interviewed by the British Columbia-based newspaper The Source about the need for inclusive language education in Canada.
With over 200 languages in the country, classrooms that are not yet valuing the linguistic and cultural diversity of the students in their pedagogy are doing a disservice to education.
