Dr. Mindy R. Carter, DISE, has received both the Johnny Saldaña Outstanding Professor of Theatre Education Award from the American Association of Theatre Education, and the American Association of Theatre Education Distinguished Book Honorable Mention Award for her University of Toronto Press book “Smallest Circles First”.

Published on: 14 Jun 2023

Claudia Mitchell, Distinguished James McGill Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, was recently honoured by the ARTS Researchers and Teachers Society (ARTS SIG) as part of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education with the inaugural 2023 ARTS Life-time Achievement Award.

Published on: 9 Jun 2023

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Dear members of the McGill community,

It is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Professor Victoria Talwar as Interim Dean of the Faculty of Education. Professor Talwar's term of office will begin on August 12, 2023 and will continue until the appointment of a new Dean of the Faculty of Education.

Published on: 6 Jun 2023

Mohit is a Bachelor of Arts graduate (Class of 2023) from Ashoka University, having studied history, international relations, and Persian. Since 2019, he has been working to improve literacy in his community through Sarathi: The Guide. His project has expanded to mobilize 45 volunteers to support 850 students in ten villages. Mohit also works as a residence assistant mentor and volunteers as a peer tutor. He has held several jobs, including one as an office counsellor for the Young Scholars Program.

Published on: 2 Jun 2023

"One of the biggest things that I have learned through my time at McGill is to always carry hope and kindness with me. I genuinely believe that by being hopeful about positive change and bringing kindness into whatever we choose to do, we will be able to make a positive change in the world. We will be able to find solutions for some of these challenges as long as we all work together and strive to make a difference."

- Zainab Khan, Faculty of Education Valedictorian

Classified as: Convocation
Published on: 19 May 2023

For a qualitative research project investigating students' experience with supplementary schooling, a joint effort project by McGill University and the University of Antwerp in Belgium are looking for participants.

The goal is to investigate the educational pathways of students who attended supplementary schooling in the past.  Students who attended a form of supplementary schooling (Chinese school, Greek school, other heritage language schools, Mosque school, Black weekendschool, etc… ) in the past are cordially invited to participate.

Classified as: call for submissions
Published on: 17 May 2023

Assistant Professor of Indigenous Education in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education's Janine Metallic was featured in the Montreal Gazette article: First Nations leaders want Quebec to drop plans for Indigenous language law.

"By virtue of their inherent right to self-government, First Nations elect their own government and have the legitimacy to adopt their own laws."

Published on: 17 Apr 2023

The Department of Integrated Studies in Education had two runners-up for the Principal’s Prize for Media Engagement. The jury chose Wahéhshon Whitebean, PhD candidate in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education whose research is on Indian Day Schools and oral tradition/history.

Published on: 5 Apr 2023

The Cardiovascular Health and Autonomic Regulation Laboratory in the department of Kinesiology and Physical Education is looking to recruit participants for an exciting study!

DOES FOLIC ACID IMPROVE ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN?

WHAT: To investigate the efficacy of using folic acid supplementation to restore the vascular benefits of physical activity in postmenopausal women and age-matched men.

Classified as: call for submissions
Published on: 3 Apr 2023

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.

walkingintervention.mtl [at] gmail.com (Send Email to Participate)
Classified as: call for submissions
Published on: 28 Mar 2023

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.

Published on: 24 Mar 2023

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!”

Phillips’s zero-gravity flight was the culmination of her participation in the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s 10-day Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama, where she lived and trained like an astronaut alongside participants from around the world.

Classified as: Education Alumni
Published on: 1 Mar 2023

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.

Published on: 13 Feb 2023

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