/education/taxonomy/term/8/all en /education/channels/news/375-million-gift-daniel-and-monica-gold-establish-centre-early-childhool-development-360513 <div> <h5>Helping Children get the Best Start in Life</h5> <div> <p><strong>A gift to establish a centre for early childhood development at ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù aims to reach more children with learning difficulties.</strong><br />  </p></div></div> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:19:14 +0000 marc.wrobel@mcgill.ca 4665 at /education /education/channels/news/17-mcgill-researchers-honoured-prestigious-canada-research-chairs-357763 <p style="text-align:center"><em>²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù awarded $10.9 million in federal funding through Canada Research Chairs Program</em></p> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:48:28 +0000 admin 4702 at /education /education/channels/news/provost-awards-28-mcgill-professors-distinguished-awards-357871 <p><em>²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù honours its accomplished researchers with Distinguished James ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù Professor, James ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù Professor, and William Dawson Scholars awards.</em></p> Wed, 03 Jul 2024 19:27:04 +0000 admin 4701 at /education /education/channels/event/community-speaker-series-nov-2024-360761 <h3>Community partners, alumni, scholars and practitioners visit campus for conversations on diverse ideas and professional journeys in Education.</h3> Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:05:37 +0000 admin 4687 at /education /education/channels/news/sshrc-partnership-grant-funds-research-project-empower-youth-worldwide-transforming-gender-norms-357558 <p><em>Education Professor Claudia Mitchell receives $2.5 million in funding for ambitious visual arts-based initiative</em><br /> <br /> Gender disparities persist glaringly around the globe with gender-based violence standing out as one of the most widespread human rights violations. Alarmingly, only 52 per cent of women who are married or in a union freely make their own decisions about sexual relations, contraceptive use, and health care. The United Nations has identified transforming harmful gender norms as a critical goal among its 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.</p> Mon, 03 Jun 2024 19:59:16 +0000 admin 4703 at /education /education/channels/event/10th-annual-celebration-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-360615 <p>Over the past eleven years, the ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù Engine Centre has been supporting entrepreneurially-minded ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù technological innovators. Our annual <a href="/engine/channels/event/10th-annual-celebration-innovation-and-entrepreneurs</body></html>"></a></p> Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:50:04 +0000 admin 4696 at /education /education/channels/event/beyond-classroom-career-journeys-education-360865 <p>The professional journeys of B.Ed. graduates who leveraged their transferable skills in Education to fascinating and impactful careers, inside and outside of scholastic environments.</p> Fri, 01 Nov 2024 17:13:28 +0000 marc.wrobel@mcgill.ca 4684 at /education /education/channels/news/congratulations-yiyang-chen-successfully-defending-her-dissertation-360193 <p>Congratulations to <strong>Dr. Yiyang Chen</strong> on the successful defence of her dissertation on 02 October, 2024!</p> <p><em><strong>Topic of her dissertation:</strong></em><br /> "Modern analytical approaches to understand the sex-specific effects of fatigue on multi-dimensional synergies during repetitive whole-limb tasks"</p> Fri, 04 Oct 2024 13:14:40 +0000 admin 4686 at /education /education/channels/event/book-launch-reading-insanity-lies-goodbye-sixties-scoop-360866 <p>Two-Spirit Cree author Robbie Madsen premieres his new book, starting the narrative at an age when he left home and walked away from his Sixties Scoop influence and colonization to return to his First Nations community.</p> Fri, 01 Nov 2024 17:19:31 +0000 marc.wrobel@mcgill.ca 4685 at /education /education/channels/news/marie-helene-pennestri-named-prix-du-quebec-finalist-360472 <p>The provincial government announced the winners of the Prix du Quebec today. Among them was ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù Education's Marie-Hélène Pennestri, a finalist for the Prix Hubert-Reeves - Relève scientifique, typically awarded to up-and-coming researchers who have distinguished themselves by the excellence of their work and have demonstrated the ability to establish and maintain constructive and lasting links with the research community.</p> <p> </p> Wed, 16 Oct 2024 18:32:26 +0000 andrea.shuster@mcgill.ca 4654 at /education /education/channels/news/congratulations-olivia-pastore-successfully-defending-her-dissertation-360664 <p>Congratulations to <strong>Dr. Olivia Pastore</strong> on the successful defence of her dissertation on 23 October, 2024!</p> <p>Topic of her dissertation: "<em>Understanding and reducing compassion fatigue using the compassion fatigue resilience model and self-compassion in peer mentors of Canadian spinal cord injury community service organizations"</em></p> <p>Olivia Pastore is with <a href="/education/shane-sweet">Dr. Shane Sweet</a>'s <a href="/tielab/">TIE Lab</a>.</p> Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:54:56 +0000 marc.wrobel@mcgill.ca 4674 at /education /education/channels/event/gender-transformation-webinar-politics-and-practices-disrupting-gender-norms-360662 <p>Catherine Vanner, from the University of Windsor, brings together an international panel of strategic actors working with gender transformation as a radical framework for addressing gender equality.</p> Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:30:12 +0000 marc.wrobel@mcgill.ca 4673 at /education /education/channels/news/court-classroom-interview-alumna-helene-bibeau-360517 <p>From the Court to the Classroom: An interview with alumna Hélène Bibeau (B.Ed Kindergarten and Elementary Ed ‘13, M.Ed Educational Psychology ‘15). Originally from Saint-Bruno,  Hélène's journey has taken her from dominating the basketball courts in Montreal to inspiring young minds in classrooms at Stamford American School in Hong Kong and across the world. From her early beginnings in basketball to representing Hong Kong in netball, Hélène’s story is one of resilience, adaptability, and the pursuit of dreams.</p> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 20:00:11 +0000 marc.wrobel@mcgill.ca 4666 at /education /education/channels/news/call-research-participants-exciting-opportunity-lululemon-360645 <p><a href="/cerpl/members">Dr. Camilla Illidi</a> from the <a href="/cerpl">Clinical Exercise and Respiratory Physiology Laboratory (CERPL)</a>, in collaboration with <a href="https://shop.lululemon.com">Lululemon</a>, is seeking healthy female volunteers for a research study investigating the effects of sports bras on exercise experiences, including motivation, adherence, feelings, anticipation, and enjoyment.</p> Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:07:35 +0000 marc.wrobel@mcgill.ca 4671 at /education /education/channels/news/dise-phd-students-lana-f-zeaiter-and-john-wayne-n-dela-cruz-win-prestigious-international-doctoral-360520 <p>Lana F. Zeaiter and John Wayne N. dela Cruz, DISE PhD Candidates in Educational Studies at ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù, are winners of the prestigious 2024 Doctoral Dissertation Grant (DDG) awarded by The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF).</p> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 21:10:38 +0000 marc.wrobel@mcgill.ca 4667 at /education