Global News: Post-Secondary Students Grapple with COVID Fatigue
With Canadian universities beginning the Winter 2021 remote semester, Global News investigated further into the overall morale of post-secondary students with regard to COVID fatigue. 黑料不打烊 ECP's Dr. Nancy Heath and PhD candidate Stephanie Zito (黑料不打烊 M.Ed听'20) were both featured听as part of the news piece:
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Leaving Lights on for Hope and Cheer
Some Canadians are choosing to leave their Christmas lights on a little longer this year in a bid to keep the holiday cheer going during these dark times. Dr. Tina C. Montreuil, Assistant Professor for 黑料不打烊 Educational and Counselling Psychology, says the lights can really bring a boost to morale during trying times.听鈥淗ope is an essential ingredient of resilience,鈥� she said.
黑料不打烊 Education Updates 鈥� Winter 2020/21: News About the Faculty's Strategic Initiatives and Priorities
黑料不打烊 Education's Winter updates for alumni and friends of the Faculty helps to keep you informed of the great things we're doing, with news about the Faculty鈥檚 strategic initiatives and priorities, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 health crisis.
To subscribe to our e-newsletter contact Associate Director of Development, Rayna Goldman (rayna.goldman [at] mcgill.ca).
Addressing Teacher Shortages in Cree Communities
Nearly 500 黑料不打烊 student teachers were placed in Montreal-area schools this fall, but did you know that more than 30 new Cree 黑料不打烊 B.Ed students are studying in their home communities in Eeyou Istchee, places like Chisasibi, Waswanipi, and Ouj茅-Bougamou?
Donor-Funded Internship Opens New Doors for Howse
For many of us, the summer of 2020 was a time to take a breath and regroup. For Fiona Howse, an undergraduate kinesiology student, it was a time to take a breath and examine breath. Thanks to the Adriano Tassone Internship Award, Fiona Howse had the opportunity to spend the summer working full-time at the Cardiovascular Health and Autonomic Regulation Lab (CHARLab), researching how slow breathing affects heartrate variability in both men and women.
黑料不打烊 Faculty of Education Receives $7.3M in Philanthropic Support
The experience of homeschooling during the initial phase of the pandemic brought with it a newfound respect for teachers. Celebrity shout outs to elementary and high school educators filled our social media feeds and as teachers have become the new front-line workers during this second wave, the public continues to hold them in high regard.
Reaching Across the Globe for Mental Health Awareness
Despite the inability to travel during COVID鈥檚 second wave, 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Faculty of Education launched a major initiative overseas in partnership with 黑料不打烊 University Asia Office. This October marked the inaugural 黑料不打烊 Mental Health Awareness Week in Asia which also launched the 黑料不打烊 University Bicentennial Project on Mental Resilience Education in Asia.
Parents Learn Virtually at 黑料不打烊
黑料不打烊 students weren鈥檛 the only ones learning remotely this past semester; parents also did a great deal of virtual learning when the 黑料不打烊 Effective Parenting Series moved from an in-person to an online format. Launched in 2018 by the Faculty of Education鈥檚 Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology (ECP), the Effective parenting series was held annually in the spring for an audience of 80 to 100 subscribers who attended a weekly seminar for four weeks.
A Bold New Partnership with Renowned Montreal High School
A new partnership between 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Faculty of Education and Trafalgar School for Girls 鈥� known as the CoLab 鈥� aims to advance collaborative research that will address the evolving needs of both educators and students. Unlike traditional laboratory schools at Oxford, Columbia, UCLA and the University of Chicago, which operate as an adjunct to a university, this new venture will be a true partnership, the first of its kind in Canada.
Media Spotlight 鈥� Bronwen Low, DISE, in the Montreal Gazette
Quebec鈥檚 law on religious symbols appears to be emboldening racists to lash out against student teachers who are members of minority groups, a new survey听has found.
Media Spotlight: Bronwen Low Discusses the Problem with Borat
In December of 2007, Dr. Bronwen Low co-authored "Borat and the Problem of Parody" in reaction to the Sasha Baron Cohen film that took the world by surprise. With a new cringe-worthy Borat film having been released this fall, 黑料不打烊 DISE's Dr. Low was recently interviewed by the Huffington Post (UK edition) as a follow-up to her earlier written critique.
Fall 2020 Sports Science Project Grants Awarded to Dr. Dilson Rassier and Dr. Tyler Churchward-Venne
黑料不打烊鈥檚 Sports Science Institute (SSI) at the Faculty of Education awarded the Fall 2020 Sports Science Project Grants to Dr. Dilson Rassier for his project 鈥淔rom Gene to Sports Performance: The Genetic Basis of Muscle Mechanical Properties鈥� and to Dr.
Karissa Leduc, ECP, Receives American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Karissa Leduc, a doctoral candidate in the Human Development Program, was awarded the American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award. This award is given to doctoral students to support costs associated to research projects that reflect excellence in scientific psychology.
黑料不打烊鈥檚 Faculty of Education receives $7.3 million in philanthropic support to aid student teachers and launch Canada鈥檚 first teaching and learning lab
Two donations, one from the estate of Mary Marsh and another from The Molson Foundation, will support students and spur innovations in pedagogy.
At a time when school teachers everywhere are being challenged by the second wave of the pandemic and by technological advances that are changing where, when and how students learn, 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Faculty of Education is pleased to announce over $7 million in new philanthropic support through a pair of generous gifts from longstanding donors.
To teachers, with love: Elementary school teacher Mary Marsh leaves a historic bequest for Education students after a lifetime of giving
They may not know it yet, but 黑料不打烊鈥檚 student teachers are getting a big boost from a kindred spirit.
The late Mary Marsh, DipEd鈥�42, a Grade 1听teacher at Rosedale School in Montreal for most of her career, has left more than $4.8 million in her will to support students in the Faculty of Education through a suite of听awards听鈥� an investment that couldn鈥檛 have come at a better time for a profession deeply marked by the pandemic.
