A Bold New Partnership with Renowned Montreal High School
A new partnership between McGill’s Faculty of Education and Trafalgar School for Girls – known as the CoLab – aims to advance collaborative research that will address the evolving needs of both educators and students. Unlike traditional laboratory schools at Oxford, Columbia, UCLA and the University of Chicago, which operate as an adjunct to a university, this new venture will be a true partnership, the first of its kind in Canada.
Media Spotlight – Bronwen Low, DISE, in the Montreal Gazette
Quebec’s law on religious symbols appears to be emboldening racists to lash out against student teachers who are members of minority groups, a new survey has found.
Media Spotlight: Bronwen Low Discusses the Problem with Borat
In December of 2007, Dr. Bronwen Low co-authored "Borat and the Problem of Parody" in reaction to the Sasha Baron Cohen film that took the world by surprise. With a new cringe-worthy Borat film having been released this fall, McGill DISE's Dr. Low was recently interviewed by the Huffington Post (UK edition) as a follow-up to her earlier written critique.
Fall 2020 Sports Science Project Grants Awarded to Dr. Dilson Rassier and Dr. Tyler Churchward-Venne
McGill’s Sports Science Institute (SSI) at the Faculty of Education awarded the Fall 2020 Sports Science Project Grants to Dr. Dilson Rassier for his project “From Gene to Sports Performance: The Genetic Basis of Muscle Mechanical Properties” and to Dr.
Karissa Leduc, ECP, Receives American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Karissa Leduc, a doctoral candidate in the Human Development Program, was awarded the American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award. This award is given to doctoral students to support costs associated to research projects that reflect excellence in scientific psychology.
McGill’s Faculty of Education receives $7.3 million in philanthropic support to aid student teachers and launch Canada’s first teaching and learning lab
Two donations, one from the estate of Mary Marsh and another from The Molson Foundation, will support students and spur innovations in pedagogy.
At a time when school teachers everywhere are being challenged by the second wave of the pandemic and by technological advances that are changing where, when and how students learn, McGill’s Faculty of Education is pleased to announce over $7 million in new philanthropic support through a pair of generous gifts from longstanding donors.
To teachers, with love: Elementary school teacher Mary Marsh leaves a historic bequest for Education students after a lifetime of giving
They may not know it yet, but McGill’s student teachers are getting a big boost from a kindred spirit.
The late Mary Marsh, DipEd’42, a Grade 1 teacher at Rosedale School in Montreal for most of her career, has left more than $4.8 million in her will to support students in the Faculty of Education through a suite of awards – an investment that couldn’t have come at a better time for a profession deeply marked by the pandemic.
New CoLab spurs innovations in pedagogy: Valuable support from The Molson Foundation will bolster a novel approach to education
A new partnership between McGill’s Faculty of Education and Trafalgar School for Girls – known as the CoLab – aims to advance collaborative research that will address the evolving needs of both educators and students. Unlike traditional laboratory schools at Oxford, Columbia, UCLA and the University of Chicago, which operate as an adjunct to a university, this new venture will be a true partnership, the first of its kind in Canada.
Honouring the Women of École Polytechnique
DISE's Allison Gonsalves, Co-Chair of McGill’s Senate Subcommittee on Women, gave the following statement at the vigil:
"As part of the virtual vigil for the women who were murdered at École Polytechnique on December 6, 1989, a new scholarship was announced to support female engineering students.
McGill Alumni’s Webcast Features Faculty of Education Alumna Tami Zuckerman
Faculty of Education alumna, Tami Zuckerman (B.Ed’02), was recently featured in McGill Alumni’s “Come & Be Inspired” webcast, sharing thoughts on “Showing Up for Yourself”.
Tami prides herself on being one of the Founders of VarageSale as well as being a busy mom, and many of the skills she learned as a B.Ed are transferable to both business and parenting.
Watch the full webcast here: https://mcgill.ca/x/oJa
Marie-Hélène Pennestri Reassures Parents about Baby Sleep Patterns
Parents shouldn’t worry about their baby’s inconsistent sleep patterns
Study of 44 infants finds that half never slept 8 hours consecutively
Media Spotlight – Claudia Mitchell, DISE, in IDRC for Networks for Change
Claudia Mitchell, the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, and Relebohile Moletsane, UKZN in Durban, co-led the project known as Networks for Change. This initiative is a partnership of International Partnerships for Sustainable Societies and is supported by IDRC and Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Media Spotlight – Dr. Tina Montreuil, ECP, Interviewed on Global News
Dr. Tina Montreuil, of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was interviewed by Global News on how Quebec families are reporting increases in stress as the second wave of the pandemic continues, and how a focus on self-care is one of the effective ways to deal with the issue.
Celena Scheede-Bergdahl, KPE, and Gabrielle Belloir, U2 Kinesiology, at MEDtalks 2020: Aging in Today’s World
Over 20 people tuned in on November 12 for MEDtalks 2020: Aging in Today’s World, a lecture series featuring Dr. Celena Scheede-Bergdahl, KPE, and Gabrielle Belloir, U2 Kinesiology and co-vice president Informational Outreach at MEDLIFE McGill.
The event was hosted by MEDLIFE McGill, an annual event intended to provide the McGill community with an opportunity to learn about current medical issues on both a local and global scale.
Media Spotlight – Bassam Khoury Interviewed in the Observer
Bassam Khoury, Assistant Professor of the Department of Education and Counseling Psychology, was interviewed in the Association of Psychological Science (APS) Observer journal in "Careers Up Close: Bassam Khoury on How Mindfulness Breeds Compassion".
