Call for Research Participants: Self-Injury Study
The DAIR Research Team within McGill's Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology is conducting a McGill-wide study on self-regulation strategies for mental health resilience among students with lived experience of self-harm.
The study is completely online, takes 20 minutes to complete, and can be completed independently at your convenience.
Compensation is $20 paid via e-transfer. For more information, please see the attached flyer!
Participate in the "Walking for Wellbeing" - Research Project for up to $100 in Compensation!
Participate in research for up to $100 in compensation!
Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy's research team is searching for participants for the Walking for Wellbeing research project!
Looking for English-speaking McGill students aged 18-25, with a working smartphone & data usage plan.
Participants will be asked to walk 3x per week for a total of 4 weeks.
DISE Professor, Joe Levitan, Recognized with Honorary Doctorate in Peru
Joe Levitan, PhD. Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director in DISE, was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from the Association of Postgraduate Researchers of Peru (AMADO Pero), a Unesco recognized research organization, for his community-based participatory action research work to improve the quality of education in Peru.
Alumni Highlight: Dianea Phillips Certified Aerospace Educator
Dianea Phillips, BEd’85, was 40 years old when she experienced her first zero-gravity flight.
“I fell in love with aerospace,” recalls Phillips, a Certified Aerospace Educator. “If it spins or flies, I love it. If it changes matter, even better!”
Associate Professor Philip S. S. Howard (DISE) Publishes New Monograph with the University of Toronto Press Reporting on his Research into Contemporary Blackface in Canada
Associate Professor Philip S. S. Howard (DISE) publishes new monograph with the University of Toronto Press, entitled: Performing Postracialism: Reflections on Antiblackness, Nation, and Education through Contemporary Blackface in Canada. This book is one of the outputs from his SSHRC funded research into contemporary blackface in Canada.
Education Alumna Part of Indigenous Teacher Education Initiative
The Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF) is at the beginning stages of work to support dramatically increasing the numbers of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis teachers by 10,000 and to promote the systemic changes necessary in leading to more sustainable Indigenous teacher employment opportunities in all areas of the country.
Alumni Lerona Lewis and Sabi Hickson Comment on Systemic Racism in Quebec Schools
Department of Integrated Studies in Education alumni Dr. Lerona Lewis (Ph.D. Educational Studies) and Sabi Hinkson (MATL Science/Tech '22) were featured on Global News discussing systemic racism in Quebec schools and what is needed to better support Black students.
Education Alumni Philip Cutler in the Media
Teacher turned mission-driven entrepreneur, Philip Cutler (B.Ed.'13), was featured in interview with two media outlets this past week. As CEO of Paper, Philip used his transferable skills as a classroom teacher to establish an on-demand online tutoring service. Paper has supported 3,000,000 students throughout the United States and will be collaborating with McGill Education on research in the EdTech field.
Education Alumni Philip Cutler in the Media
Teacher turned mission-driven entrepreneur, Philip Cutler (B.Ed.'13), was featured in interview with two media outlets this past week. As CEO of Paper, Philip used his transferable skills as a classroom teacher to establish an on-demand online tutoring service. Paper has supported 3,000,000 students throughout the United States and will be collaborating with McGill Education on research in the EdTech field.
Two Human Resources positions available within McGill Education!
McGill Faculty of Education is expanding its Human Resources team and is looking to fill the positions of Staffing Advisor and Human Resources Administrator, working directly under the Human Resources Advisor and as part of the Dean’s Office unit.
Media Spotlight: Lisa Starr (DISE) on Fast-Tracking Teachers
Quebec's Education Minister, Bernard Drainville, has been in the media lately, discussing plans to address the province's teacher shortage. Global News approached McGill's Faculty of Education for comment on Minister Drainville's ideas, including fast-tracking teachers:
(Excerpt from Global News)
Dr. Lisa Starr, chair of the department of integrated studies in education at McGill University agreed that the teacher shortage needs to be fixed but not at any cost.
Education Alum Gerard Lewis Receives Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence
Gerard Lewis, a graduate of McGill's Concurrent B.Ed. and B.Sc. Mathematics (Class of 2004) was recently awarded Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence for igniting the love of learning. The award recognizes Gerard's exemplary teaching practices and his dedication to supporting teachers. Part of the Toronto Catholica District School Board, Gerard is the Mathematics Facilitator, Kindergarten to Grade eight.
Bell Let's Talk Day: Mental Health Advice from Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy
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.
Walking for Wellbeing Project - Participants Needed. Up to $100 in Compensation
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.
