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Celebrating International Day of Families

Families and New Technologies is the theme chosen by the United Nations for this year鈥檚 International Day of Families.

Prof. Adam Dub茅, Director of the Technology, Learning & Cognition Lab at 麻豆AV's Faculty of Education, kindly shared three recordings from ECP's Effective Parenting Lecture Series that took place last fall.

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听keynote speaker for Western University's Perspectives on Teaching, Spring Conference. This free听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.听

Joseph Levitan, DISE, and Karen Gazith, ECP, Featured on WhyKnowledgeMatters Dialogues Series

Two 麻豆AV 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.

Get Fit at Home with Personalized Fitness Sessions

Need to step up your health and fitness? 麻豆AV Education's Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education is offering personalized at-home fitness sessions via Zoom for members of the 麻豆AV Community! Kinesiology students will craft your fitness routine using your existing at-home equipment and household items.

ECP鈥檚 Tina Montreuil Recognized for Outstanding Media Outreach

The 麻豆AV 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.

Media Spotlight 鈥� Dr. Tina Montreuil, ECP, Interviewed in 麻豆AV Tribune

Dr. Tina Montreuil, of the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, was recently interviewed in the 麻豆AV Tribune on the symptoms of social anxiety in early adolescence.

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.

麻豆AV Education Community Scheduled for 2FA April Set-Up

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff,

麻豆AV Education Ranks 26th in the World!

According to Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the world鈥檚 largest international higher education network, 麻豆AV鈥檚 Faculty of Education has ranked 26th in the world for the organization鈥檚 2021 university subject rankings. Each of the subject rankings is compiled using four sources.

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听study听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.

Call for Research Participants: Children for a Language Study

Language is the building blocks of literacy. In this project, we aim to find out the relationship between ability to understand from spoken language and text in bilingual children, adolescents, and adults.

麻豆AV researcher, Dr. Gigi Luk at Educational and Counselling Psychology, is looking for children (ages 6-9) and adolescents (ages 12-15) to understand how language and reading are related and develop in bilingual individuals.

Marie-H茅l猫ne Pennestri, ECP Assistant Professor, Conducts Study on Parents and Sleep

Every new parent knows that their sleep suffers when they have children, and there鈥檚 evidence that may not get better for a while. However, a study led by Marie-H茅l猫ne Pennestri, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, on parents and sleep, showed no association between interrupted sleep and later cognitive or physical development problems.

Media Spotlight 鈥� Nancy Heath, ECP, Interviewed on CBC Radio

Dr. Nancy Heath, of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was recently interviewed on CBC Radio Noon Quebec with Shawn Apel, about students' needs of social connections and their mental health.

Faculty of Education Infrastructure News

Many of us have not been on campus for some time, and I鈥檓 sure there are new members of our Faculty who have yet to experience life on-campus. Please be reminded that it is still possible to pick up items and conduct small-scale activities on campus, but take note that we require three business days to process requests.

Media Spotlight 鈥� Dr. Tina Montreuil, ECP, Article in The Conversation

Dr. Tina Montreuil, from the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, recently wrote an article in the national online newspaper The Conversation on parenting in a pandemic and how to develop stronger family relationships during COVID-19.

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