Scenes From Convocation 2026
Did you miss the June 1st Convocation? You can watch the whole ceremony on McGill's YouTube channel and also download the program booklet!
Watch Education's Spring 2026 Ceremony Read Education's Convocation Program
Announcing Education's 2026 Teaching Awards Recipients
The Faculty of Education is proud to announce the 2026 recipients of its annual Teaching Awards, to recognize excellence and commitment within Education’s academic staff:
The Award for Distinguished Teaching recipient is Dr. Emmanuel Tabi, who was presented a certificate at this morning’s Spring Convocation Ceremony. The Heather Reisman and Gerald Schwartz Award for Excellence in Teaching is being given to Dr. Emma Harden-Wolfson.
Claudio Bussandri will Inspire as Education's 2026 Honourary Doctorate
Claudio Bussandri will be conferred with a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.) at the Faculty of Education Convocation Ceremony on June 1st.
Valedictorian Ryan Dvorak Featured in McGill Reporter
Meet Ryan Dvorak, Faculty of Education's valedictorian for this year's convocation. The Faculty's second valedictorian from the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Ryan, who has earned his B.Sc. (Honours), will have a personal story to share with us and some words of wisdom the entire audience will be able to learn from. In an interview with the McGill Reporter, Ryan said support from family, professors and peers shaped both his academic and personal growth.
McGill Journal of Education Awarded SSHRC Funding
Teresa Strong-Wilson (Professor, Department of Integrated Studies in Education) has received $155,478 in funding through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for the McGill Journal of Education. The competition, which runs every three to four years, supports a
Seeking Candidates for Tenure-Track Appointment in Human Development
The Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology (ECP) invites applications for one tenure-track appointment in Human Development (HD) Program at the rank of Assistant Professor.
Eastern Door Features Second Kahnawà:ke B.Ed. Cohort through OFNIE
The following is an excerpt of an article by Olivier Cadotte of the Eastern Door publication.
Second cohort coming for McGill partnership
This fall will mark the return of the four-year, 120-credit bachelor of education program, with classes being given right here in Kahnawake.
Hiring: Tenure-Track Appointment in School/Applied Child Psychology (SACP)
The Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology (ECP) invites applications for one tenure-track appointment in School/Applied Child Psychology (SACP) at the rank of Assistant Professor.
Daniel and Monica Gold Centre for Early Childhood Development Award-Winners
The Daniel and Monica Gold Centre for Early Childhood Development provides funding for graduate students and researchers in the Faculty of Education to support their research in Early Childhood Development (e.g. social-emotional, cognitive or physical development, neurodiverse learning, clinical assessment, innovative educational approaches).
Joseph Levitan Receives SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants
The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) announced recipients of the latest Partnership Engage Grants competition, including a total of $73,782 awarded to three McGill researchers, one of whom is the Department of Integrated Studies in Education's Joseph Levitan. Partnership Engage Grants provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities between researchers and single partner organizations from the public, private or non-profit sector.
Program helps future teachers to manage their stress and their emotions
What is the best way to prepare future teachers for the emotional challenges they will face as they pursue their careers?
That’s the question that led McGill’s Faculty of Education to make well-being in education a strategic priority and create the Regulating Emotions and Stress for pre-Service Teachers Program (RESST), with the support of the Rossy Foundation.
Congratulations to Iona Amico, Recipient of the Jackie Robinson Undergraduate Award
Iona Amico, a 3rd-year B.Ed. K/Elementary Student, recently received the Jackie Robinson Undergraduate Award from the Black Academic Scholarships Fund.
DISE Student Andrea Brazeau Continues to Lobby for Internet Services for Inuit Communities
McGill Student Urges Legault to Follow Up On High-speed Internet Campaign PromiseInuit communities still lack access to high-speed internet
by Catey Fifield of The McGill Daily
Statement on Racial Injustice and Systemic Discrimination
Dear McGill DISE Community,
Video Première: Students on Ice 2019
OFNIE (Office of First Nations and Inuit Education) premièred a video emphasizing the revitalizing Inuit culture in the classroom and bringing teacher education outside! Watch this heartwarming video capturing the educational activities of the Students on Ice (SOI) Arctic Expedition 2019. Many thanks to OFNIE partner Kativik Ilisarniliriniq and to the Students on Ice Foundation for producing this important video.
