School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
The School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, within McGill’s renowned Faculty of Medicine, was the first university department in Canada to offer both professional and research training at the graduate level in Communication Sciences and Disorders. The School offers outstanding professional training in Speech-Language Pathology through its M.Sc.A Applied degree, as well as state-of-the-art research training via its M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees.
The mission of the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders is to advance our understanding of human communication and its disorders and to promote excellence in scholarship as well as in professional service. This is achieved by providing a challenging multidisciplinary learning environment and engaging in scholarly activities that not only advance basic and applied knowledge, but that will ensure our place among the international leaders of the field.
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Students
Ph.D. student, Ms. Françoise Brosseau-Lapré, has been awarded the ASHA Student Research Travel Award for best presentation at the annual convention with a student as first author.
Kayle Towsley, Speech-Language Pathology student, is the recipient of the Israel and Ettie Bennett Award, 3rd place the Top Summer 2012 Research Report.
Congratulations to Mary-Jane Blais, recent graduate of the M. Sc. combined program, for receiving the Bonnie Bryans award.
Clinical Educators
Suzanne Lalonde, Ste Anne de Bellevue Veteran's Hospital, received the 2013 Award of Excellence in Clinical Education
Lorna Dowson, St Mary's Hospital, received the 2013 Award of Excellence in Clinical Education
Myra Cox, MAB-Mackay, received the 2012 Award of Excellence in Clinical Education.
Caroline Erdos, MUHC - MCH, received the 2011 Award of Excellence in Clinical Education.
Colleen Timm, MUHC - MGH, received the 2010 Award of Excellence in Clinical Education.
Elaine Pelland-Blais, MUHC - MCH, received the 2009 Award of Excellence in Clinical Education.
Catherine Mhun, Speech-Language Pathologist, Summit School, received the CASLPA 2008 Mentorship Award.
Faculty
Dr. Marc Pell has been awarded a Chercheur-boursier 'Senior' award from the FRSQ (2010-14).
Professor Karsten Steinhauer's "Canada Research Chair in Neurocognition of Language" was renewed for a second 5-year term by the federal Canada Research Program (2008-2013) to support his electrophysiological investigations of the brain's temporal dynamics in language acquisition and processing.
Staff
SCSD Adminstrative Secretary Antoinette Sommer has been recognized by the MUHC Deparment of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology for all she does each fall to make teaching duties at the School run smoothly for our part time teaching staff. A celebration luncheon will be held at the MGH in May, 2005, as part of Speech and Hearing month celebrations.
