Jim Howden, OFNIE Assistant Director, was featured recently in the McGill Tribune article, covering the office's current priorities, what their partnerships bring to Indigenous communities, and what role Indigenous leaders take in these partnerships.

Read the full McGill Tribune article here.

Published on: 7 Apr 2022

The Education Curriculum Resources Centre (ECRC) has new operating hours for April.

The Curriculum Resources Centre contains:

• Reserve Collection – material for your courses on short-term loan

• Curriculum teaching materials

• Children’s and Young Adult Literature Collection

• A/V collection

• Self service check out

Published on: 1 Apr 2022

Philip S. S. Howard, McGill's Department of Integrated Studies in Education, Kevin Ah-Sen, McGill PhD Student in Education, and Bryan Chan Yen Johnson, McGill's School of Continuing Studies, have published an article about how the Ukraine refugee crisis has exposed racism and contradictions in the definition of human in The Conversation.

"The Russian invasion of Ukraine brought to light the awful tragedies that accompany armed conflict, but the subsequent refugee crisis has also uncovered deeply seated racism in the country."

Published on: 25 Mar 2022

Dear Members of the McGill community,

McGill is home to a vibrant international community, and many of us have roots in countries around the world. Global crises can affect us all.

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has been a source of deep preoccupation to many of us. As Principal of our university, I am reminded of the need for – and the potential fragility of – stability and peace in order to pursue higher learning and the advancement of knowledge.

Published on: 2 Mar 2022

Jackie Stendel, DISE, has been selected as Pathy Fellow for the year 2022-23

Published on: 1 Mar 2022

"Being challenged is important, but being challenged in a kind, caring and also courageous way. Nelson Mandela tells us that courage is not the absence of fear, it's triumph over fear."

Emmanuel Tabi started at McGill last fall as an assistant professor in Black/African Studies in Education in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE).

He is part of McGill’s recent cluster hire of Black tenure-track professors – one of the Action Items in the University’s Action Plan to Address Anti-Black Racism.

Published on: 28 Feb 2022

In a new McGill-produced video, Dr. Tina Montreuil, Associate Professor, Educational and Behavioural Psychology, discusses with Associate Provost, Chris Buddle, how you might approach someone in a kind and non-confrontational manner, who is not following safety protocols. We hope that this video will give you some helpful tips to help keep us all safe.

Classified as: covid-19
Published on: 18 Feb 2022

“You shouldn’t even have the right to education...you’re black” were the hateful words said to Iona Amico by a fellow grade one student many years ago. Born in France and raised in Quebec, Iona Amico is the daughter of a Cameroonian mom and an Italian dad who grew up biracial in a predominantly Caucasian neighbourhood. Despite having faced incidents of bigotry and feeling like she was between two worlds, she did not let these experiences jade her.

Published on: 7 Feb 2022
The following message was sent to the McGill Community via email on Wednesday January 19th, and contains a useful set of guidelines for the January 24th Return-to-Campus:

 

Dear Members of the McGill community, 

As we transition to more in-person learning activities, some members of our community remain concerned about safety at McGill. The Omicron variant has made us all more cautious, and the situation in Quebec is changing how we track the presence of the virus on campus. We will continue to adapt as the pandemic evolves, as we have in the past.  

Published on: 19 Jan 2022

The Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy and Planning (LPP) conference brings scholars from different disciplines (language education, anthropology, political studies, social sciences, economics, linguistics, and more) whose work centers on language policy and planning at different levels: local, national and/or international.

​Theme for 2022: Language Policy, Linguistic Human Rights, and Cultural Genocide

Published on: 10 Jan 2022

Concerned about kids and screen time? McGill Faculty of Education experts weigh in, providing advice for families in these pre-recorded seminars.

Part of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology’s annual Effective Parenting Series, Dr. Adam Dubé, Dr. Victoria Talwar, and Dr. Jeffrey Derevensky discuss the benefits and pitfalls of parenting in the digital world, including such topics as how to select good learning apps, addressing cyberbullying, and identifying warning signs of gaming addiction.

Published on: 10 Jan 2022

Professor Bronwen Low, DISE, gave an interview aired Sunday, December 12 on CFRA Ottawa Radio about Law 21, in response to the grade 3 teacher in Chelsea, QC asked to leave the classroom.

Listen to the full radio interview here.

Published on: 14 Dec 2021

Dr. Joe Levitan was awarded the 2021 A. Noam Chomsky Global Connections Award as an Emerging Scholar, which is presented by the Society of Transnational Academic Researchers. This award recognizes emerging scholars who have shown significant promise and commitment to transnational research.

The Society of Transnational Academic Researchers is a network of scholars working across borders with representation from over 15,000 members in 2,353 universities spanning 115 countries.

Published on: 13 Dec 2021

Shaheen Shariff from the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, and Farah Stonebanks, a graduate student researcher, have written an opinion article in the National Post on the social media bullying crisis children face.

Published on: 6 Dec 2021

John R. Sylliboy is the recipient of the Kausattumi Grants Program Graduate Scholarship Award of 15,000 with the Atlantic Indigenous Mentorship Network for the second year. The award supports John in conducting his research with the L'nu'k (Mi'kmaw people) of Eskasoni First Nation.

Published on: 6 Dec 2021

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