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SSHRC Grants 2013 - $1.2 Million Awarded

Earlier this week the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) announced the recipients of the most recent Insight (IG) and Insight Development (IDG) grants. The Faculty of Education celebrates that over $1.2 million was awarded to eight members of our Faculty.

Dr. Nathan Hall of ECP Awarded Two SSHRC Grants!

Dr. Nathan Hall, Assistant Professor, in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology was recently awarded two grants from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Sara Houshmand, Doctoral Student in ECP, receives McGill Univerity's inaugural Award for Equity & Community Building!

Sara Houshmand, doctoral student in Counselling Psychology, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, received McGill University’s inaugural Award for Equity and Community Building! This Award recognizes staff and students who demonstrate exceptional commitment to diversity and inclusivity at McGill and the community-at-large.

The School of Information Studies welcomes new faculty members Dr. Benjamin Fung, Dr. Ilja Frissen & Dr. M. Max Evans

Education Curriculum Resources Centre

Hours of Operation

Monday- Friday

9 a.m. – 1p.m. and 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

The Library is closed weekdays between 1 and 2pm and on weekends.

The Faculty is looking into offering extended hours of study.

Location:

Faculty of Education Building, 3700 McTavish (between Peel and Docteur Penfield), First Floor 

Contact:

Tel: (514) 398-5726

Faculty of Education Audiovisual Equipment Loan Service

The Faculty of Education will soon be re-establishing the audiovisual equipment loans service formerly managed by the Education Library & Curriculum Resources Centre. While we still have a lot to do in preparation we are optimistic that everything will be up and running by the beginning of the second week of classes. The new home for the Audiovisual Equipment Loan Service will be the Education Computer Lab in room 328 of the Education Building.

Drs. Breuleux and Hall Awarded SSHRC Partnership Development Grants

The Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology would like to congratulate Dr. Alain Breuleux, Associate Professor in the Learning Sciences Program, on being awarded the SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) Partnership Grant for the project titled, Professional learning network for digital literacy and disciplinary understanding in school.

ECP Welcomes New Chair, Dr. Robert J. Vallerand

The Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology welcomes Professor Robert J. Vallerand as Chair of the Department. Dr. Vallerand joined the Department as a Full Professor and Chair today, August 1, 2013.

Making an impression: Inuit artist and DISE student's art to be featured on five-dollar coin

McGill’s First Nations and Inuit Education (FNIE) celebrates Nunavik artist Ulaayu Pilurtuut, whose design “Mother and Baby Ice Fishing” has been selected by the Royal Canadian Mint to be featured on the new five-dollar silver coin. To find out more, visit http://ow.ly/n8GrU. Ulaayu is a graduate of the Certificate in Education for First Nations and Inuit program and is currently working towards her BEd for Certified Teachers.

How to change the world through sports? Lysanne Rivard, DISE Ph.D. candidate, explains in three minutes

Girls, Sport and Physical Education in the Global South, a presentation by Ph.D. candidate Lysanne Rivard

Faculty of Education Ph.D. candidate Lysanne Rivard, from the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), researches the quality of girls’ physical education programming in the global south. Using photovoice and the participatory process, she brings forward girls’ voices to key policy makers in Rwanda.

Dr. Aziz Choudry of DISE co-edits new book entitled "NGOization"

Edited by Dr. Aziz Choudry and Dr. Dip Kapoor, NGOization - Complicity, Contradictions and Prospects, examines the growth and spread of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) through a collection of richly detailed international and local case studies.

Dr. Talwar of ECP Interviewed in Parents Magazine

Dr. Victoria Talwar, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, weighs in for Parents Magazine's article about childrens lie-telling, "...the act of manipulating the truth for personal gain 'is a developmental milestone, much like learning to get dressed by yourself or to take turns.'"

Please visit Parents Magazine, to read to full online version of the article "The Truth About Lying".

Education PhD student Rick Blackburn nominated for film award

Congratulations to Rick Blackburn, PhD student in the Faculty of Education on his Gémeaux Award nomination for Best Screenplay for his film Le Legende du Cheval Canadien (The Legend of the Canadian Horse). Rick, who did his undergraduate degree in Education, too, is studying creativity and arts education. The film tells the story of a horse that started a colony, forged a continent, and is now fighting for its survival. This moving portrait of North American's first native horse breed, will air June 24 at 8:00 pm on RDI.

SIS MLIS Archival Studies student Allana Mayer wins ProQuest scholarship for electronic information services

Allana Mayer, School of Information Studies MLIS II student is the winner of the ProQuest Roger K. Summit Scholarship, open to LIS students worldwide! The Roger K. Summit Scholarship, awarded annually by ProQuest, recognizes LIS students who demonstrate outstanding interest or performance in electronic information services. The award is the equivalent of US $5,000 and will be presented at the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Annual Conference.

Stephanie Mitelman Earns 2013 First Tracks Award for Innovation in Sexology!

Stephanie Mitelman, course lecturer in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology was awarded the 2013 First Tracks Award for Innovation in Sexology! The honor was awarded by Honest Exchange, a New Jersey-based sexuality education consulting firm.  The award recognizes Stephanie's ground-breaking sexuality education resources that address the learning styles of youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs).

Congratulations!