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Dr. Marie-Hélène Pennestri's Words of Wisdom for the Class of 2021
Winners for the Faculty of Education Distinguished Teaching Award usually accept their award onstage as part of the º«¹úÂãÎè convocation ceremonies. As the June 2021 ceremonies were done by video, this year's award recipient, Dr. Marie-Hélène Pennestri, was asked to submit a short acceptance speech addressing the Class of 2021.
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Call for Survey Participants: Impact de la COVID-19 sur le bien-être des enseignants et climat scolaire (REB #27-0616)
Call for Survey Participants: Impact de la COVID-19 sur le bien-être des enseignants et climat scolaire (Impact of COVID-19 on Teacher Well-Being and School Climate)Teacher well-being and school climate are essential predictors of child emotional health and regulation. The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic on these variables, remains largely under investigated.
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Dennis Wendt Awarded CIHR Knowledge Synthesis Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Dennis Wendt, Assistant Professor with the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology (ECP) who was recently awarded a $100,000 Knowledge Synthesis Grant by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)! One of 13 successful grants, and one of five Knowledge Synthesis Grants, Dr.
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Faculty of Education Statement: Victims of the Kamloops Residential School
On behalf of the members of º«¹úÂãÎè Faculty of Education, we mourn the tragic loss of 215 Indigenous children who were found in a mass grave at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia. Today, º«¹úÂãÎè lowers its flags in recognition of this tragedy, and we at the Faculty echo the sentiments of the º«¹úÂãÎè Provost. As our academics, staff, students, and alumni grieve together, we also stand together in support of our Indigenous community members.
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Susanne Lajoie Featured as Part of º«¹úÂãÎè's Bicentennial Digital Time Capsule
The Future, Imagined by º«¹úÂãÎè’s Top ResearchersTwo-hundred years of trailblazing research has taken place on our campuses. In a time of rapid and far-reaching transformation, the future of research presents opportunities for important change.
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Celebrating International Day of Families
May 15 is International Day of Families.ÂFamilies and New Technologies is the theme chosen by the United Nations for this year’s International Day of Families.
Prof. Adam Dubé, Director of the Technology, Learning & Cognition Lab at º«¹úÂãÎè's Faculty of Education, kindly shared three recordings from ECP's Effective Parenting Lecture Series that took place last fall.
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Philip Howard Delivers Keynote for Perspectives on Teaching Conference
Dr. Philip S.S. Howard of the Department of Integrated Studies in Education will be this year's keynote speaker for Western University's Perspectives on Teaching, Spring Conference. This free virtual conference will "focus on looking back, moving forward, and lessons learned from a year of change and disruption in higher education", according to conference organizers.Â
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Joseph Levitan, DISE, and Karen Gazith, ECP, Featured on WhyKnowledgeMatters Dialogues Series
Two º«¹úÂãÎè Faculty of Education Academics, Joseph Levitan, of the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, and Karen Gazith, of the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, were featured in a web series conducted by the organization WhyKnowledgeMatters, on Identity and Learning, and Inclusive Education.
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Get Fit at Home with Personalized Fitness Sessions
Need to step up your health and fitness? º«¹úÂãÎè Education's Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education is offering personalized at-home fitness sessions via Zoom for members of the º«¹úÂãÎè Community! Kinesiology students will craft your fitness routine using your existing at-home equipment and household items.
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ECP’s Tina Montreuil Recognized for Outstanding Media Outreach
The º«¹úÂãÎè Reporter is happy to announce that the numbers of applicants for the Principal's Prize for Emerging Researchers grew significantly this year. The jury was impressed by the number of early-career researchers who see sharing their knowledge with the media and the public as being an important and natural complement to their academic work.
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Media Spotlight – Dr. Tina Montreuil, ECP, Interviewed in º«¹úÂãÎè Tribune
Dr. Tina Montreuil, of the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, was recently interviewed in the º«¹úÂãÎè Tribune on the symptoms of social anxiety in early adolescence.
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Karissa Leduc, ECP, Wins the Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship from the American Psychological Foundation
Karissa Leduc, a PhD candidate in the Human Development Program supervised by Dr. Victoria Talwar, has won the competitive Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship from the American Psychological Foundation.
This prestigious fellowship is awarded to promising young scholars to pursue innovative research in the area of child psychology.
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º«¹úÂãÎè Education Community Scheduled for 2FA April Set-Up
Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff,
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º«¹úÂãÎè Education Ranks 26th in the World!
According to Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the world’s largest international higher education network, º«¹úÂãÎè’s Faculty of Education has ranked 26th in the world for the organization’s 2021 university subject rankings. Each of the subject rankings is compiled using four sources.
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Nancy Heath Tells CBC How to Help Kids Build Resilience
While kids may be resilient, the pandemic is testing the limits of that resilience.
Children and teens are dealing with a toxic cocktail of stressors and it's hurting them. According to a study from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, 70 percent of children and youth surveyed experienced a deterioration of mental health in the first wave of the pandemic.