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The Department of Integrated Studies in Education had two runners-up for the Principal’s Prize for Media Engagement. The jury chose Wahéhshon Whitebean, PhD candidate in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education whose research is on Indian Day Schools and oral tradition/history.

Published on: 5 Apr 2023

The Cardiovascular Health and Autonomic Regulation Laboratory in the department of Kinesiology and Physical Education is looking to recruit participants for an exciting study!

DOES FOLIC ACID IMPROVE ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN?

WHAT: To investigate the efficacy of using folic acid supplementation to restore the vascular benefits of physical activity in postmenopausal women and age-matched men.

Classified as: call for submissions
Published on: 3 Apr 2023

Participate in research for up to $100 in compensation!

Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy's research team is searching for participants for the Walking for Wellbeing research project!

Looking for English-speaking 91˿Ƶ students aged 18-25, with a working smartphone & data usage plan.

Participants will be asked to walk 3x per week for a total of 4 weeks.

walkingintervention.mtl [at] gmail.com (Send Email to Participate)
Classified as: call for submissions
Published on: 28 Mar 2023

Joe Levitan, PhD. Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director in DISE, was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from the Association of Postgraduate Researchers of Peru (AMADO Pero), a Unesco recognized research organization, for his community-based participatory action research work to improve the quality of education in Peru.

Published on: 24 Mar 2023

Dianea Phillips, BEd’85, was 40 years old when she experienced her first zero-gravity flight.

“I fell in love with aerospace,” recalls Phillips, a Certified Aerospace Educator. “If it spins or flies, I love it. If it changes matter, even better!”

Phillips’s zero-gravity flight was the culmination of her participation in the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s 10-day Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama, where she lived and trained like an astronaut alongside participants from around the world.

Classified as: Education Alumni
Published on: 1 Mar 2023

Associate Professor Philip S. S. Howard (DISE) publishes new monograph with the University of Toronto Press, entitled: Performing Postracialism: Reflections on Antiblackness, Nation, and Education through Contemporary Blackface in Canada.  This book is one of the outputs from his SSHRC funded research into contemporary blackface in Canada.

Published on: 13 Feb 2023

The Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF) is at the beginning stages of work to support dramatically increasing the numbers of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis teachers by 10,000 and to promote the systemic changes necessary in leading to more sustainable Indigenous teacher employment opportunities in all areas of the country. Made possible through generous philanthropic support by the Mastercard Foundation, the RHF will be investing in excess of $45 million towards innovative community-driven approaches to achieving these objectives.

Classified as: alumni
Published on: 3 Feb 2023

Department of Integrated Studies in Education alumni Dr. Lerona Lewis (Ph.D. Educational Studies) and Sabi Hinkson (MATL Science/Tech '22) were featured on Global News discussing systemic racism in Quebec schools and what is needed to better support Black students.

Preliminary results of Dr. Lewis' new study (University of Ottawa) suggest systemic racism in Quebec schools is adversely impacting Black youth, and the researchers who conducted the study say some pedagogical practices need to change.

Published on: 2 Feb 2023

Teacher turned mission-driven entrepreneur, Philip Cutler (B.Ed.'13), was featured in interview with two media outlets this past week. As CEO of Paper, Philip used his transferable skills as a classroom teacher to establish an on-demand online tutoring service. Paper has supported 3,000,000 students throughout the United States and will be collaborating with 91˿Ƶ Education on research in the EdTech field. Philip is also a member of 91˿Ƶ Education's Faculty Advisory Board (FAB), as a philanthropic ambassador for the Faculty.

Published on: 1 Feb 2023

Teacher turned mission-driven entrepreneur, Philip Cutler (B.Ed.'13), was featured in interview with two media outlets this past week. As CEO of Paper, Philip used his transferable skills as a classroom teacher to establish an on-demand online tutoring service. Paper has supported 3,000,000 students throughout the United States and will be collaborating with 91˿Ƶ Education on research in the EdTech field. Philip is also a member of 91˿Ƶ Education's Faculty Advisory Board (FAB), as a philanthropic ambassador for the Faculty.

Published on: 1 Feb 2023

91˿Ƶ Faculty of Education is expanding its Human Resources team and is looking to fill the positions of Staffing Advisor and Human Resources Administrator, working directly under the Human Resources Advisor and as part of the Dean’s Office unit.

Classified as: career, jobs, job search, position
Published on: 31 Jan 2023

Quebec's Education Minister, Bernard Drainville, has been in the media lately, discussing plans to address the province's teacher shortage. Global News approached 91˿Ƶ's Faculty of Education for comment on Minister Drainville's ideas, including fast-tracking teachers:

(Excerpt from Global News)

Dr. Lisa Starr, chair of the department of integrated studies in education at 91˿Ƶ agreed that the teacher shortage needs to be fixed but not at any cost.

Published on: 27 Jan 2023

Gerard Lewis, a graduate of 91˿Ƶ's Concurrent B.Ed. and B.Sc. Mathematics (Class of 2004) was recently awarded Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence for igniting the love of learning. The award recognizes Gerard's exemplary teaching practices and his dedication to supporting teachers. Part of the Toronto Catholica District School Board, Gerard is the Mathematics Facilitator, Kindergarten to Grade eight.

Classified as: Education Alumni
Published on: 26 Jan 2023

Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy (Educational and Counselling Psychology) is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair known for her longitudinal research on youth suicide and for testing mental health promotion intervention. For Bell Let's Talk Day (January 25) we asked Dr. Georffroy to provide the 91˿Ƶ Education Community with key advice on improving mental health for those who are suffering and for people who want to be active in helping others:

Published on: 25 Jan 2023

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