Dr. Victoria Talwar, from the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was featured in a Globe and Mail article discussing how much entertainment screen time children should have to balance shared activity time with family members.
Published on: 29 Oct 2020
The Montreal Gazette shines a spotlight on Dr. Adam Dubé, Dr. Victoria Talwar, and Dr. Jeffrey Derevensky, from ECP, and their upcoming Effective Parenting event. Each will give a talk and Q&A session about the challenges of parenting in the digital age.
Dr. Dubé will discuss the impact of remote learning and will provide resources that can help children with learning difficulties.
Dr. Talwar will discuss the pros and cons of social media. She will also address cyberbullying and internet surfing.
Published on: 21 Oct 2020
For many parents, figuring out how to get children to disconnect from screens can be a frustrating, daily challenge. But is it all bad? How concerned should parents be about excessive screen time and kids? This fall, McGill’s Department of Educational Counselling Psychology will be hosting a virtual series of three weekly lectures that will address the best ways for parents to raise kids in the digital age — all for free.
Published on: 15 Oct 2020
World Mental Health Day
October 10, 2020
McGill’s Faculty of Education is committed to enhancing mental health resilience at McGill and beyond.
Learn more about what you can do for stress-management through our materials for students: www.McGill.ca/Education/MentalHealthResilience
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Published on: 9 Oct 2020
McGill Education's Associate Dean of Research and Innovation and ECP James McGill Professor, Nancy Heath, was in the news this week discussing how public gathering restrictions and increased isolation during COVID-19 is affecting the mental health of university students and CEGEP students.
Published on: 2 Oct 2020
Tina Montreuil, of the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, speaks about how teacher shortages are hurting vulnerable students in this Journal Métro article.
She talks about how the pandemic makes the environment for students even more stressful, but the support and support they had before is being deployed in a different way.
Published on: 25 Sep 2020
Le Grand Réveil : Les jeunes et l’anxiété
Dr. Tina Montreuil, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, has contributed to a documentary entitled "Le Grand Réveil" produced by Marie-Claude Julien from Radio-Canada on anxiety in youth. She along with other renowned experts on the subject matter comment on various issues surrounding the increasing prevalence of anxiety and other mental health issues in children and adolescents.
Published on: 24 Sep 2020
McGill University’s Faculty of Education and Trafalgar School for Girls are partnering to establish a transformative partnership - the CoLab. A first of its kind in Canada, the CoLab will integrate teacher training, classroom practice and cutting-edge pedagogical research under one roof.
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Published on: 23 Sep 2020
The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, has announced an investment of over $4 million in funding through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) Partnership Engage Grants to provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making in the public, private or not-for-profit sector.
Published on: 22 Sep 2020
Dr. Kristy Robinson, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, investigates the underlying emotional experiences that affect academic engagement and student motivation in this McGill Tribune article on facing the back-to-school blues.
Read the full article here: McGillTribune.com/sci-tech/facing-the-back-to-school-blues
Published on: 19 Sep 2020
Susanne P. Lajoie, Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, wrote an opinion piece in The Globe and Mail on Riding the Wave of Educational Change, where she looks at how now may be the ideal time to embrace technology as a component of everyday instruction. However, with so little preparation time, will instructors be pulled down by the steep learning curve, or will they find new innovative methods of teaching?
Published on: 15 Sep 2020
Access to the Faculty of Education Audiovisual Equipment Loan Service is currently by appointment only on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM in EDUC 328 (Education Building). The length of individual loans will be extended longer than usually within the limits of existing AV equipment inventories.
Please send all inquiries and reservation requests to audiovisual.education [at] mcgill.ca indicating:
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Published on: 10 Sep 2020
Announcing a new course open to Education students (DISE, ECP, KPE)! EDPE 595: Seminar in Special Topics-- Introduction to Professional Engagement with Indigenous Peoples in Canada is a graduate level course that is also open to to advanced undergraduate students, with permission of the instructor. Taught by Professor Dennis Wendt on Tuesdays at 11:35 AM to 2:35 PM (EST), this course provides an introduction to key considerations pertaining to professional engagement with Indigenous Peoples in Canada, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples.
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Published on: 18 Aug 2020
Child psychologist and parenting coach, Dr. Tamara Soles discusses strategies for parents on how to manage children's stress and anxiety about back-to-school during COVID-19 in her new Facebook video.
Published on: 12 Aug 2020
Feeling anxious, restless, or stressed? Have a look at "A University Student's Guide to Managing Stress During Difficult Times".
Dr. Nancy Heath’s Development and Intrapersonal Resilience (DAIR) Research Team gives you quick tips and helpful resources with this great interactive e-flyer!
View the full document here!
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Published on: 5 Aug 2020
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