Faculty /smerg/taxonomy/term/3/all en Lucile Devin (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale) /smerg/channels/event/lucile-devin-universite-du-littoral-cote-dopale-370453 <p><strong>TITLE / TITRE</strong></p> <p>Biases in the distribution of prime numbers.</p> <p><strong>RÉSUMÉ / ABSTRACT</strong></p> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:13:40 +0000 admin 12184 at /smerg Daniel and Monica Gold Centre for Early Childhood Development Award-Winners /smerg/channels/news/daniel-and-monica-gold-centre-early-childhood-development-award-winners-370446 <p>The 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). Through their work, award winners will generate and share evidence-based knowledge to support young children and their families, advancing the Centre’s objective to help all children get the best start in life.<br />  </p> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:04:06 +0000 admin 12183 at /smerg Well Week: 鶹ýվ's Annual Mental Health Awareness Week /smerg/channels/event/well-week-mcgills-annual-mental-health-awareness-week-370433 鶹ýվ Wellness Hub Presents: Mental Health Awareness Week <p><b><i>Bring wellness into your day, every day</i></b></p> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:51:12 +0000 admin 12182 at /smerg 鶹ýվ team awarded CIFAR AI Safety Catalyst Grant to advance developer oversight in AI-assisted coding /smerg/channels/news/mcgill-team-awarded-cifar-ai-safety-catalyst-grant-advance-developer-oversight-ai-assisted-coding-370356 <em>鶹ýվ team aims to develop guidelines, tools, and policy insights that help software engineers work safely and effectively with AI-assisted coding systems.</em><br />   <p>A 鶹ýվ research team is tackling one of AI’s fastest-moving challenges: how software developers can steer and safeguard code as AI systems become capable of writing large portions of software on their own. </p> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:02:25 +0000 admin 12181 at /smerg William Chong (鶹ýվ) /smerg/channels/event/william-chong-mcgill-university-370389 <p><b><u>Title:</u></b> No Growth Gap for Free Products of Some Residually Finite Groups</p> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:21:51 +0000 admin 12178 at /smerg KPE PhD Candidate Cyrille Mvomo Honored with IEEE-EMBS BHI 2025 Best Paper Award and NSF-EMBS-Google NextGen Scholar Recognition /smerg/channels/news/kpe-phd-candidate-cyrille-mvomo-honored-ieee-embs-bhi-2025-best-paper-award-and-nsf-embs-google-369513 <p>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.  BHI is one of the world’s leading venues in digital health research.</p> <ul> <li> <p><strong>Best Paper Award (Third Place)</strong> — for his paper <em>“Monitoring Parkinson’s Disease In-the-Wild”</em>.</p></li></ul> Wed, 07 Jan 2026 03:14:48 +0000 admin 12177 at /smerg Steven Shaw Comments to the CBC on the Rise in School Absenteeism /smerg/channels/news/steven-shaw-comments-cbc-rise-school-absenteeism-370360 <p>In an article titled "School absenteeism is growing across Canada and skyrocketing in these Quebec districts", <a href="/education/steven-shaw">Professor Steven Shaw</a> talks with journalist, Paula Dayan-Perez, on the lack of resources in the education system that makes youth susceptible to absenteeism. He says it’s important for kids to feel safe at school, but there aren’t enough people who can help create safe environments —  like school nurses, counselors and psychologists. Shaw says the system is especially letting down kids who need more support, including kids w</p> Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:35:49 +0000 admin 12176 at /smerg Deadline to Apply: Assistant or Associate Professor & Director of Teacher Education /smerg/channels/event/deadline-apply-assistant-or-associate-professor-director-teacher-education-370371 <p>The Department of Integrated Studies in Education invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor &amp; Director of Teacher Education (JR0000071849).</p> Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:03:58 +0000 admin 12175 at /smerg Joseph Levitan Receives SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants /smerg/channels/news/joseph-levitan-receives-sshrc-partnership-engage-grants-370355 <p>The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) announced recipients of the latest Partnership Engage Grants competition, including a total of $73,782 awarded to three 鶹ýվ researchers, one of whom is the Department of Integrated Studies in Education's Joseph Levitan. Partnership Engage Grants provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities between researchers and single partner organizations from the public, private or non-profit sector.  </p> <p><strong>Co-constructing pedagogical transformation in India </strong></p> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:26:41 +0000 admin 12173 at /smerg Program helps future teachers to manage their stress and their emotions /smerg/channels/news/program-helps-future-teachers-manage-their-stress-and-their-emotions-370307 <p>What is the best way to prepare future teachers for the emotional challenges they will face as they pursue their careers?</p> <p>That’s the question that led 鶹ýվ’s Faculty of Education to make well-being in education a strategic priority and create the <a href="https://www.heathresearchteam.mcgill.ca/resstprogram">Regulating Emotions and Stress for pre-Service Teachers Program (RESST)</a>, with the support of the Rossy Foundation<em>.</em></p> Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:47:41 +0000 admin 12171 at /smerg McCAIS Annual Symposium /smerg/channels/event/mccais-annual-symposium-370287 <p>Join the 鶹ýվ Collaborative for AI and Society (McCAIS) for its Annual Symposium.</p> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:34:31 +0000 admin 12168 at /smerg Luca Iffland (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt) /smerg/channels/event/luca-iffland-goethe-universitat-frankfurt-370257 <p><strong>Title:</strong> The local logarithmic Brunn-Minkowski inequality for bodies of revolution</p> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:20:16 +0000 admin 12161 at /smerg CIHR Project Grant /smerg/channels/event/cihr-project-grant-370247 <p>The purpose of CIHR’s Project Grant is to support a diverse portfolio of health-related research and knowledge translation proposals at any stage, from discovery to application, including commercialization; promote relevant collaborations across d</p> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:36:17 +0000 admin 12157 at /smerg Flag Lowered in Memory of Dr. Rachelle Keyserlink /smerg/channels/event/flag-lowered-memory-dr-rachelle-keyserlink-370219 <p>It is with deep respect and sadness that we pause to honour the memory of 鶹ýվ Faculty of Education Professor Rachelle Pharilda Keyserlingk, who sadly passed away on November 16th, 2025.</p> Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:00:46 +0000 admin 12153 at /smerg Toddler Screen Time is on the Rise /smerg/channels/news/toddler-screen-time-rise-369800 <p>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 Growing Up in Quebec study. That number increases to 65 per cent on weekends.</p> Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:30:30 +0000 admin 12149 at /smerg