Media Spotlight: 捆绑SM社区 Education Students Featured on CTV
With the talk of teacher shortages in Quebec, CTV conducted a story "Is Quebec鈥檚 teacher shortage being caused by new laws, poor working conditions?" Some of the Faculty's students were featured in this story, and impacts future educators from all of our departments:聽/x/ZVM
Celebrate International Day of Education
捆绑SM社区's Faculty of Education reminds all students, staff, alumni, and friends that education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility.
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed January 24 as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development.
Matt Slopecki Receives Award from GESTE
Congratulations to Matt Slopecki who received an award from GESTE (CIHR Team on Gender considerations in knowledge transfer interventions) for 鈥淢odelling an approach to gender-conscious participatory action-oriented research and knowledge transfer favouring equality, equity and occupational/environmental health鈥�.
Emma Balazs Receives a 2020 FRQSC Award
Congratulation to Emma Balazs on receiving a 2020 FRQSC Award for her research project titled Sparring with Femininity: An Urban Ethnography of Mixed Gender/Martial Arts Youth Programming.
Hariata Tai Rakena Awarded Teionkwaienawa:kon Masters Scholarship
Congratulations to Hariata Tai Rakena, one of the successful recipients of the Teionkwaienawa:kon Masters Scholarships, which is awarded by the Quebec Indigenous Mentorship Network (Teionkwaienawa:kon). The network is dedicated to the support and mentorship of Indigenous students engaged with research related to Indigenous health.
Hariata's Master's Research Project: Exploring an Onkweho'n:we approach to physical activity health resource development with Kahnawakehro虂:non.
New Quebec Excellence Scholarships Being Awarded to B.Ed. Students
Montreal, December 12, 2019 鈥� The Quebec Minister of Education, Jean-Fran莽ois Roberge, has officially announced today the launch of the Bourses d鈥檈xcellence aux futurs enseignants program, offering $15.8 million dollars in scholarship money to Education students enrolled in a full-time Bachelor of Education program leading to teacher certification. Of the available funds distributed to institutions across the province, Prof.
Media Spotlight: Dr. Lindsay Duncan
KPE鈥檚 Associate Professor, Dr. Lindsay Duncan, was interviewed on CTV News in reaction to the latest doping scandal involving Russian athletes being banned from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and other international sporting events. Duncan goes on to comment about the impact of these sanctions as well as athletic pressures and today growing culture of supplementation to boost performance and recovery.
Dr. Allison Gonsalves Speaks Out About the Polytechnique Massacre
The Department of Integrated Studies in Education's Dr. Allison Gonsalves was asked to speak at 捆绑SM社区's December 6th event聽honouring the memory of the victims of the Polytechnique Massacre;聽the 30th anniversary of the tragedy and the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Dr. Gonsalves was there in her capacity as the Co-Chair for 捆绑SM社区's Senate Subcommittee on Women.
Alumni Highlight: KPE Grads in 2019 Olympic Hall of Fame!
This year's inductees into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame include聽Faculty of Education alumni from the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, who were part of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic women's hockey team.聽Goaltenders Charline Labont茅 (B.Ed '11, M.SportPsych '15) and Kim St. Pierre (B.Kin '04) were on hand along with Peter Smith (B.Ed '79, M.SportPsych '86), who served as an assistant coach for the gold medal team.
Dean Rassier Addresses 捆绑SM社区 Senate
When asked by 捆绑SM社区 Senate about student internships in light of Bill 21, Dean Dilson Rassier made it clear that the Faculty of Education is taking a proactive role in facilitating students' concerns. Read more about it in The 捆绑SM社区 Daily:聽https://www.mcgilldaily.com/2019/09/buddles-rebuttal-on-strike/聽
ARNA 2019 Social Justice Award Presented to Steve Jordan
Steve Jordan was presented with the ARNA 2019 Social Justice Award at the recent ARNA Conference, held at 捆绑SM社区's Faculty of Education, June 26 to 28, 2019.
捆绑SM社区 Education Graduation in Pikogan Covered by CBC News
Nearly 60 Cree students their graduation from 捆绑SM社区's Faculty of Education this past Saturday in Pikogan, Quebec. Our Office of First Nations and Inuit Education offers full-time and part-time teacher certification programs in Cree and Inuit communities in Quebec as well as in Kahnawake and Listuguj. Even though these students may be far away off campus, they are an important part of our Faculty and the 捆绑SM社区 community.聽CBC's Susan Bell covered the story.
Faculty Fellowships and Awards Winners Announced
The Faculty of Education is pleased to announce the winners of the competitions for Fellowships and Awards for the 2018-2019 year.
Ellen Edith Grubb Stansfield Award for School-based Classroom Research ($900)聽Melissa Daoust/ KPE Masters
Dean Dilson Rassier addresses the United Nations
On January 24, Dilson Rassier, Dean of the Faculty of Education, spoke at the United Nations鈥� headquarters in New York as part of the UN鈥檚 inaugural聽International Day of Education, telling delegates that knowledge is the key to a better world.
