Daniel and Monica Gold Centre for Early Childhood Development Award-Winners
The聽Daniel and Monica Gold Centre for Early Childhood Development provides funding for graduate students and researchers in the Faculty of Education to support their research in Early Childhood Development (e.g. social-emotional, cognitive or physical development, neurodiverse learning, clinical assessment, innovative educational approaches).
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Steven Shaw Comments to the CBC on the Rise in School Absenteeism
In an article titled "School absenteeism is growing across Canada and skyrocketing in these Quebec districts", Professor Steven Shaw talks with journalist,聽Paula Dayan-Perez, on the lack of resources in the education system that makes youth susceptible to absenteeism.聽He says it鈥檚 important for kids to feel safe at school, but there aren鈥檛 enough people who can help create safe environments 鈥斅� like school nurses,聽counselors聽and psychol
Joseph Levitan Receives SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants
The Social Science and聽Humanities聽Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)聽announced聽recipients聽of聽the聽latest聽Partnership Engage Grants聽competition,聽including聽a total of $73,782聽awarded聽to聽three聽麻豆传媒网站聽researchers, one of whom is the Department of Integrated Studies in Education's Joseph Levitan.聽Partnership Engage Grants聽provide聽short-term聽and聽timely聽support for聽partnered聽research聽activities聽between聽researchers聽and single聽partner聽organizations聽from the public,聽private聽or non-profit聽sector.聽聽
Program helps future teachers to manage their stress and their emotions
What is the best way to prepare future teachers for the emotional challenges they will face as they pursue their careers?
That鈥檚 the question that led 麻豆传媒网站鈥檚 Faculty of Education to make well-being in education a strategic priority and create the聽Regulating Emotions and Stress for pre-Service Teachers Program (RESST), with the support of the Rossy Foundation.
KPE PhD Candidate Cyrille Mvomo Honored with IEEE-EMBS BHI 2025 Best Paper Award and NSF-EMBS-Google NextGen Scholar Recognition
Cyrille Mvomo achieved an outstanding double recognition at the IEEE-EMBS Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) Conference held October 26-29 in Atlanta, GA, USA.聽 BHI is one of the world鈥檚 leading venues in digital health research.
Best Paper Award (Third Place) 鈥� for his paper 鈥淢onitoring Parkinson鈥檚 Disease In-the-Wild鈥�.
Toddler Screen Time is on the Rise
Nearly 43 per cent of two-and-a-half-year-olds are getting at least one hour of screen time a day, according to a recent report linked to the聽Growing Up in Quebec study.聽That number increases to 65 per cent on weekends.
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Congratulations to Siobhan Henderson for Successfully Defending Her Dissertation
Siobhan Henderson聽successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie 304 on December 4th, 2025.
The title of her thesis: "Understanding and Exploring Coaches鈥� Perspectives of Mental Health in Competitive Sport in Canada"
Oral Defence Comittee: Dr. Gordon Bloom (Supervisor), Dr. Shane Sweet, Dr. Bruno da Costa, Dr. Lindsay Duncan, Dr. Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur, Dr. Krista Chandler
Professor Audrey Moores (Chemistry) awarded the Canadian Pacific Chair in Biotechnology
Congratulations to Professor Audrey Moores (Chemistry), who has been awarded the Canadian Pacific Chair in Biotechnology!
The Canadian Pacific Chair in Biotechnology is an endowed chair created in 1984 to promote research in the field of biotechnology. The chair is awarded for a five-year term and rotates among 麻豆传媒网站's Faculties of Medicine, Science and Agriculture.
Exoplanet is observed shedding its atmosphere in real time
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Career Opportunity: Assistant or Associate Professor & Director of Teacher Education
The Department of Integrated Studies in Education invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor & Director of Teacher Education (JR0000071849). The successful candidate will demonstrate research and teaching experience directly related to K-Higher Education in the Qu茅bec educational context and will work to build a renewed vision for teacher education at 麻豆传媒网站.
24 麻豆传媒网站 researchers identified in Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List
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麻豆传媒网站鈥檚 Bachelor of Arts and Science program celebrates 20 years of interdisciplinary scholarship
Happy 20th birthday, B.A. & Sc.!On Thursday, November 13, over 150 students, alumni, staff and faculty members gathered in the SSMU ballroom to celebrate the 20th anniversary of 麻豆传媒网站鈥檚 Bachelor of Arts and Science (B.A.