A sports psychology intervention aimed at improving the culture of the McGill Redbirds football team provides valuable insights that can be applied in many organizational settings, researchers say.
During the 13-week intervention, athletes were invited to work together to define the team’s values and recommend how to cultivate and reinforce them.
Please be advised that several road closures are scheduled during September and October, potentially affecting the McGill Faculty of Education Community to our upper campus buildings on Peel and McTavish and Pine:
Caring for others without caring for oneself is associated with lower levels of well-being and may not be sustainable, a new study found.
Canadian hockey masculinity is being examined by Prof. Gordon Bloom, Director of the McGill Sport Psychology Laboratory and Chair of the Department of Kinesiology & Physical Education. Research. With a "win at all costs" attitude prevailing not only in professional sports, but from parents involved in youth leagues, are players attitudes being skewed by social pressures to perform?
McGill Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology researcher Michelle Smith has been helping to advance the development of what stands to be the first Inuit-led CEGEP diploma program delivered in Nunavik: the Arts, Literature and Communications (ALC) North Diploma of College Studies (DCS).
The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has awarded $14 million to 62 McGill-led projects, including one Partnership Grant, four Partnership Development Grants, and 57 Insight Grants. Among the recipients of new Partnership Development grants is the Faculty of Education's Associate Dean, Strategy and Transformation and Associate Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies, Prof. Joseph Levitan.
Topics include youth agency through video games and entrepreneurship education in India.
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 122 McGill research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $30 million. The Discovery Grants program is NSERC's largest and longest-standing program. Discovery Grants support ongoing projects with long-term goals, providing researchers with the flexibility to explore the most promising avenues of research as they emerge.
Two McGill Faculty of Education researchers were among the Discovery Grant recipients:
Funding supports bold ideas across natural sciences and engineering disciplines at McGill, in fields ranging from ophthalmology and physics to music research and electrical engineering.
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 122 McGill research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $30 million.
McGill University is once again Canada’s top university, according to the 2027 QS World University Rankings released June 17. Rated 30th in the world among more than 1,500 institutions, McGill remains the highest-ranked university in Canada and the only Canadian institution to hold a place in the QS’ global top 30 for four consecutive years.
Silar Gardy successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie Room 304 on June 15th, 2026.
The title of her thesis:
"The influence of dietary protein on bone health in endurance runners"
Oral Defence Comittee:
Dr. Jenna Gibbs (Supervisor), Dr. Dennis Jensen, Dr. Anne-Sophie Brazeau, Dr. Andrea Josse, Dr. Rowan Barrett, Dr. Panagiota Klentrou
Silar Gardy is with Dr. Jenna Gibbs's Gibbs lab.
McGill Faculty of Education’s B.A. (Education); Major in Education in Global Contexts has been selected as a “stand out program” in Maclean’s 2026 Ultimate Guide to Canadian Universities.
Designed for students interested in the intersections of education, leadership, policy, and social change, the program combines interdisciplinary study with practical experience through a semester-long internship.
Kerrigan Sunday successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie Room 304 on June 8th, 2026.
The title of her thesis:
"Sex-specific biomechanics of fatigue and foot numbness in cycling"
Oral Defence Comittee:
Dr. Jenna Gibbs, Prof. Julie Côté, Dr. Tyler Churchward-Venne, Prof. Rosaire Mongrain, Dr. Guillaume Durandau, Dr. Katherine Boyer
Kerrigan Sunday was with Dr. Julie Côté's Biomechanics of Occupation and Sport (BOS) lab.
The Minister of Education has reappointed Tino Bordonaro, a Course Lecturer in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), as Chairperson of the Advisory Board on English Education (ABEE) at the Ministère de l’Éducation (MEQ). The Board’s mandate is to advise the Minister on matters related to English education. Tino Bordonaro is grateful for the Minister’s continued confidence and looks forward to continuing the Board’s important work.
The following is an excerpt of an Op-Ed piece by Prof. Sheryl Smith-Gilman, Faculty Lecturer (Dept. Integrated Studies in Education) and Associate Director of the Daniel and Monica Gold Centre for Early Childhood Development. The piece was published in The Conversation Canada.
