The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) today awarded its 2016 Gold Medal to Prof. Claudia Mitchell of Â鶹AV’s Department of Integrated Studies in Education, in recognition of her work to strengthen HIV/AIDS education and prevention.Â
Dr. Steven Shaw, of our Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, regarding "homework without tears".Â
To support six research projects in fields from neuroscience to food safety and Arctic ecosystems
During the month of September Â鶹AV will host the 14th Annual Pow-Wow (September 18) and the 5th annual Indigenous Awareness Week (September 21-25). Â鶹AV’s Indigenous Awareness Week is designed to increase awareness at Â鶹AV about Indigenous peoples in Canada. The week honours the many Indigenous cultures across the country including First Nations, Métis and Inuit.
Â鶹AV's Faculty of Education has received funding to create a dedicated laboratory space that will serve as a hub for multiliteracies practices in the Education building.
The Â鶹AV Research Centre for Physical Activity and Health (PATH) presented their first annual symposium on Friday, October 3rd at the Â鶹AV Faculty Club. Entitled Making Connections, the Centre’s inaugural seminar event gathered prominent researchers from Â鶹AV and elsewhere who have an interest in studying the relationship between physical activity and health across a broad spectrum of healthy and diseased states.
The Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology's Dr. Steven Shaw discusses easing children back to school on the Andrew Carter Morning Show, CJAD 800. !
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Fourteen of the 156 new 2012 Vanier Scholars will be attending Â鶹AV, coming from countries as diverse as Australia, Belgium, Peru and the United States, as well as from Canada.
Two Â鶹AV researchers were recently awarded large partnership grants by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). These grants are designed to foster research partnerships among the academic, private, public and not-for-profit sectors.
A new study by Carsten Wrosch of Concordia University and Catherine Sabiston of Â鶹AV’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education found that breast cancer survivors who were able to let go of old exercise goals and set new ones increased their level of physical activity and showed an improved well-being overall.