Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy (Educational and Counselling Psychology) is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair known for her longitudinal research on youth suicide and for testing mental health promotion intervention. For Bell Let's Talk Day (January 25) we asked Dr. Georffroy to provide the McGill Education Community with key advice on improving mental health for those who are suffering and for people who want to be active in helping others:

Published on: 25 Jan 2023

McGill's Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is seeking an Academic Projects Officer. This administrator provides advising, planning, policy and project support on a range of dossiers and initiatives led by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. This includes providing support in the preparation of planning documents, project reports, briefing notes, data analysis and presentations. They play an essential role in the advancement of the priorities of the unit.
 

Primary Responsibilities:

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Published on: 24 Jan 2023

In an announcement made Wednesday, Canada’s leading research ranking organization, RE$EARCH Infosource, scored McGill second among an A-list of three in the Medical/Doctoral Research University of the Year (RUY) tier. McGill was ranked third on RE$EARCH Infosource’s list of Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities in 2022, a position the University has maintained for four years.

Published on: 24 Jan 2023

Participate in research for up to $100 in compensation!

Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy's lab is looking for participants for the Walking for Wellbeing Research Project.

Participation entails three 45-minute walks per week (in downtown Montreal) for a total of 4 weeks, with weekly online questionnaires. Participants must be: currently registered as McGill students; aged 18-25; fluent in English; and owning a working smartphone with a data usage plan.

Classified as: call for submissions
Published on: 18 Jan 2023

The DAIR Team at McGill University is looking for School/Applied Child Psychology students or McGill students who have had experience in providing adolescents with online mental health resources. They are looking for students who can assist in evaluating a tool created for school mental health professionals to use when evaluating online mental health resources for adolescents.

This Study Involves:

Classified as: call for submissions
Published on: 17 Jan 2023

Dr. Gigi Luk at the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at McGill University is looking for adults to participate in a new research study. This study involves:
- A survey on language background and learning habit – for a 1 in 10 chance to win a $20 Amazon gift card  

Optional for those self-identified as having a learning disabilities:
- a 1-1.5 hour online session
- Complete language tasks in English
- Answer questions about their language acquisition history and language background

Classified as: call for submissions
Published on: 16 Jan 2023

Congratulations to George Shi, on publishing in the Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.

George Shi, recently published a paper titled "Outcomes of spinal cord injury peer mentorship: A community-based Delphi consensus approach" in Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.

The publication can be accessed by clicking on the following link:

Classified as: KPE
Published on: 12 Jan 2023

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of former McGill Kinesiology and Physical Education Department Chair, Douglas Riley. Native from St. John, New Brunswick, he passed away on June 8, 2022 at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Halifax at 90 years old.
Douglas was a physical education teacher at Three Rivers High School in the 1950s and went on to serve for 25 years as a professor for the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education at McGill University and as Chair of the department.

Published on: 11 Jan 2023

Dr. Ian P. Levy, Dr. Michael Lipset and Mr. Timothy Jones invite you to participate in a research study that they are conducting. The purpose of this study is to assess the abilities of school counselors to identify ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors in the language of youth; i.e. Hip-Hop. Enclosed is a fun and interactive survey wherein you will be asked to listen to a student's song and assess the degree to which, if at all, a variety of educational mindsets and behaviors are present.

Instructions are as follows:

Classified as: call for submissions
Published on: 10 Jan 2023

If you could redesign high school, what might you change? How could the schedule be more flexible? What if teachers worked together as teams? What if groups of students were combined based on interest and given the opportunity to connect learning to their everyday lives?

The Department of Integrated Studies in Education's Aaron Rosenberg (PhD Candidate) and Dr. Lisa Starr (Associate Professor and Department Chair) discuss educational change and NEXTschool, an educational reform initiative in Québec, in an opinion piece published in:

Classified as: DISE
Published on: 4 Jan 2023

On CTV News Montreal, McGill Educational and Counselling Psychology Chair, Victoria Talwar, discusses family dynamics during the holidays. In this interview, she advises parents on talking to young children about gift etiquette and how to best address kids' questions about Santa. Watch the full interview here. 

Published on: 21 Dec 2022

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.

 

 

Published on: 19 Dec 2022
A Year In Review: Indigenous Successes at McGill

The 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:

Published on: 16 Dec 2022

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.  Check out these four key tips and additional resources to help protect your digital world: https://www.mcgill.ca/cybersafe/article/have-cybersafe-holiday.

 

Published on: 13 Dec 2022

Congratulations to Chrissy Colizza, 2nd year MA candidate (Supervisor: Dr. Gordon Bloom) for winning the Jean Beliveau Award, the Québec Foundation for Athlete Excellence Leadership Award, and the Dorothy Nichol Scholarship.

Published on: 9 Dec 2022

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