Pathy Fellowship Applications Open
The Pathy Foundation Fellowship is an intensive 12-month experiential learning opportunity for graduating students to lead a self-directed project in a community they have a meaningful connection with. Fellows are provided with comprehensive training, personal and professional development coaching, up to $40,000 in funding, and wrap-around supports to design, plan, and implement an innovative project in their community.
When dads are feeling a bit depressed or anxious, how do kids fare?
Many parents experience stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms throughout their lives, particularly during times of transition, such as pregnancy and children鈥檚 entry into school. Studies have generally found that high levels of anxiety and depression in parents are linked to poorer behavioural and cognitive outcomes in children.
Call for Research Participants: Mindful Coping Project
The DAIR Research Team is recruiting students who are interested in taking part in the Mindful Coping Project.
They have developed an online mindfulness program for students鈥� mental health and wellbeing and want your feedback on it!
Participants will receive free mindfulness tools and be entered in various raffles for chances to win cash prizes of 100$ for their participation.
麻豆AV Response to the Proposed Quebec Government Tuition Changes
Dear members of the 麻豆AV community,
On October 13, the Government of Quebec announced plans to change the funding model related to university tuition. While we begin to assess the implications of the news, I want to provide some initial perspective.
What the听Quebec Government听announced:
Tuition fees for Canadian students from outside of Quebec would increase from $8,992 to around $17,000. Current students would have five years to complete their program of study under the existing tuition structure. The funding model for universities regarding international students would change, with the Government clawing back more money from tuition fees than is currently the case. These two changes would apply to undergraduate programs and non-research and professional master鈥檚 programs. Much of the tuition that students pay to 麻豆AV would be returned to the Government and reallocated to francophone universities in Quebec, but the University would receive government grants to partially support the cost of teaching. The tuition changes would apply to students beginning their studies in fall 2024.Impacts on 麻豆AV and next steps:
These measures, if implemented, would have serious consequences. I have mobilized the senior administration, Board members and teams across the University to demonstrate the concrete negative effects these measures would have on 麻豆AV, on the higher education sector, and on the whole of Quebec society. Our focus is to work with government and our partners to reverse these impacts.
More information is needed before we can confirm the financial effects these measures would have on 麻豆AV. In the meantime, I ask those responsible for spending to be prudent, while continuing to be ambitious in advancing the University鈥檚 mission.
It goes without saying that these measures could affect the recruitment of prospective Canadian students from outside Quebec, as it will cost less to study elsewhere in Canada for many programs. Although 麻豆AV distinguished itself again last week as听Canada鈥檚 top Medical Doctoral university, a near-doubling of tuition will make many think twice about their academic choices in fall 2024 and beyond.
The make-up of 麻豆AV鈥檚 student body is unique in Canada. Half of our students are from Quebec, 30 percent are international students, and the remaining 20 percent come from the rest of Canada. This diversity of origin and perspectives is part of 麻豆AV鈥檚 unique character 鈥� its DNA. We must protect this richness of community.
These measures threaten the University鈥檚 capacity to be a positive force for our home. Quebec boasts 19 distinguished universities, each playing a distinct role to meet the diverse needs of our population.
We need to ensure everyone realizes the incredible contributions that 麻豆AV makes, not just to Montreal but throughout every region of Quebec. And among 麻豆AV鈥檚 strongest assets is its tremendous power to attract and retain the highly skilled people who contribute so significantly to Quebec鈥檚 economy and society.
The power of an open Quebec society:
We are concerned that, in the government鈥檚 announcement, prospective students from outside Quebec may hear the message that they are not welcome 鈥� despite Montreal鈥檚 reputation as a global education destination, and the extraordinary contributions of students and alumni within Quebec.
We are stronger when our doors are open 鈥� when we attract the brightest minds from Canada and the world, enticing and equipping them to build fulfilling, productive lives here. They have so much to share with Montreal and Quebec.
And likewise, we Quebecers have so much to share with them: the cultural richness of听la m茅tropole; the strength of Quebec innovation and identity; the power of our made-in-Quebec ideas. When we close our doors, we compromise not only our values, but our future.
麻豆AVians care deeply about their University, and I know that this announcement is concerning for many of us. We will engage government and partners to address these proposals, seeking ways to strengthen all universities for the good of Quebec.
Sincerely,
Deep Saini Principal and Vice-Chancellor 麻豆AV
Principal Saini Calls for Compassion during Israel/Gaza War
麻豆AV's Office of the Principal and Vice-Chancellor issued this statement reflecting on the outbreak of war in the Middle East and its effect on our 麻豆AV community:Dear members of the 麻豆AV community,
Dr. Marie-H茅l猫ne Pennestri Interviewed by Radio-Canada on Societal Sleep Concerns
On the eve of the long Thanksgiving weekend, Radio-Canada turned its attention to a subject that affects us all: sleep. A little over a week ago, Courrier International magazine's feature on the subject spoke of a worldwide epidemic of insomnia as well as a relationship with sleep that often turns into an obsession in our performance-driven societies. Radio-Canada spoke with Dr.
Interim Dean Talwar as 2023 Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada
The following is an excerpt from The 麻豆AV Reporter:
Call for Research Participants: A Study on Ecological Imagination
Would you like to explore your ecological imagination? Attend one to three creative, interactive, free and fun workshops? Contribute to a better understanding of the role of imagination and creative arts practices in dealing with the climate crisis?
New Graduate Course Available 鈥� Advanced Seminar in Learning Sciences: Machine Learning - Theory and Applications
Advanced Seminar in Learning Sciences:
麻豆AV Provost Announces Victoria Talwar as Education's Interim Dean
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Dear members of the 麻豆AV community,
It is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Professor Victoria Talwar as Interim Dean of the Faculty of Education. Professor Talwar's term of office will begin on August 12, 2023 and will continue until the appointment of a new Dean of the Faculty of Education.
Susanne Lajoie at the National Assembly as New Member of l'Ordre de l'excellence en 茅ducation
Minister of Education, Bernard Drainville, and Minister of Higher Education, Pascale D茅ry, inducted the 25 new members of the Ordre de l'excellence en 茅ducation at an official ceremony at the National Assembly on May 29th recognizing these new inductees for their contribution to education.
Jessica Mettler, ECP, Receives Governor General鈥檚 Gold Medal & the 麻豆AV Alumni Association Graduate Award
Jessica Mettler, recent PhD graduate in the Human Development program supervised by Dr. Nancy Heath, has been awarded the highly competitive Governor General鈥檚 Gold Medal, which is awarded to the most outstanding PhD graduate in Social Sciences & Humanities at 麻豆AV, and the 麻豆AV Alumni Association Graduate Award, which is awarded to an outstanding PhD graduate at 麻豆AV.
Professor Victoria Talwar, ECP, Featured in Globe and Mail Article on Limiting Screen Time for Children
Professor Victoria Talwar, from the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was featured recently in Globe and Mail's article on limiting screen time for children.听 The quality of that screen time is worth considering, and a child connecting with friends or family using the technology isn't a bad thing.听 However, it is important to keep an eye on children's screen time, as it continues to rise, from year to year.
Get to Know your Class of 2023 Valedictorian
"One of the biggest things that I have learned through my time at 麻豆AV is to always carry hope and kindness with me. I genuinely believe that by being hopeful about positive change and bringing kindness into whatever we choose to do, we will be able to make a positive change in the world. We will be able to find solutions for some of these challenges as long as we all work together and strive to make a difference."
