The Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF) is at the beginning stages of work to support dramatically increasing the numbers of First Nations, Inuit, and M茅tis 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.
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社区 Education on research in the EdTech field. Philip is also a member of 91社区 Education's Faculty Advisory Board (FAB), as a philanthropic ambassador for the Faculty.
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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社区 Education on research in the EdTech field. Philip is also a member of 91社区 Education's Faculty Advisory Board (FAB), as a philanthropic ambassador for the Faculty.
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Published on: 1 Feb 2023
91社区 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鈥檚 Office unit.
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Published on: 31 Jan 2023
Quebec's Education Minister, Bernard听Drainville, has been in the media lately, discussing plans to address the province's teacher shortage. Global News approached 91社区'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社区 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社区's Concurrent B.Ed. and B.Sc. Mathematics (Class of 2004) was recently awarded听Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence for igniting the love of learning.听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.
Published on: 26 Jan 2023
Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy (Educational and Counselling Psychology)听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社区 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:
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Published on: 25 Jan 2023
91社区's Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is seeking an Academic Projects Officer. This administrator provides advising, planning, policy and project support on a range of dossiers and initiatives led by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. This includes providing support in the preparation of planning documents, project reports, briefing notes, data analysis and presentations. They play an essential role in the advancement of the priorities of the unit.
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Published on: 24 Jan 2023
Participate in research for up to $100 in compensation!
Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy's lab is looking for participants for the Walking for Wellbeing Research Project.
Participation entails three 45-minute walks per week (in downtown Montreal) for a total of 4 weeks, with weekly online questionnaires. Participants must be: currently registered as 91社区 students; aged 18-25; fluent in English; and owning a working smartphone with a data usage plan.
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Published on: 18 Jan 2023
The DAIR Team at 91社区 is looking for School/Applied Child Psychology students or 91社区 students who have had experience in providing adolescents with online mental health resources. They are looking for students who can assist in evaluating a tool created for school mental health professionals to use when evaluating online mental health resources for adolescents.
This Study Involves:
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Published on: 17 Jan 2023
Dr. Gigi Luk at the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at 91社区 is looking for adults to participate in a new research study. This study involves:
- A survey on language background and learning habit 鈥� for a 1 in 10 chance to win a $20 Amazon gift card 听
Optional for those self-identified as having a learning disabilities:
- a 1-1.5 hour online session
- Complete language tasks in English
- Answer questions about their language acquisition history and language background
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Published on: 16 Jan 2023
Dr. Ian P. Levy, Dr. Michael Lipset and Mr. Timothy Jones invite you to participate in a research study that they are conducting. The purpose of this study is to assess the abilities of school counselors to identify ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors in the language of youth; i.e. Hip-Hop. Enclosed is a fun and interactive survey wherein you will be asked to listen to a student's song and assess the degree to which, if at all, a variety of educational mindsets and behaviors are present.
Instructions are as follows:
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Published on: 10 Jan 2023
If you could redesign high school, what might you change? How could the schedule be more flexible? What if teachers worked together as teams? What if groups of students were combined based on interest and given the opportunity to connect learning to their everyday lives?
The Department of Integrated Studies in Education's Aaron Rosenberg (PhD Candidate) and Dr. Lisa Starr (Associate Professor and Department Chair) discuss educational change and NEXTschool,听an educational reform initiative in Qu茅bec, in an opinion piece published in:
Published on: 4 Jan 2023
A Year In Review: Indigenous Successes at 91社区
The Office of Indigenous Initiatives is pleased to share its annual review of Indigenous successes and accomplishments across 91社区 in 2022. The Faculty of Education's Office of First Nations and Inuit Education (OFNIE) is prominently featured among these successes:
Published on: 16 Dec 2022
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