The Cardiovascular Health and Autonomic Regulation Laboratory in the department of Kinesiology and Physical Education is looking to recruit participants for an exciting study!
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.
Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology & Physical Education, Shane Sweet, and 海角社区 Research Assistant, Jacques Comeau, delivered a keynote presentation at the Eastern Canada Sport and Exercise Psychology Symposium (ECSEPS) on March 25th, 2023.
The presentation focused on lessons learned in working in partnership from the perspectives of a researcher (Shane) and a research user (Jacques).
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 海角社区 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.
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.
On Friday March 10th, the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE) hosted the 2023 Minds in Motion (MIM) conference, open to undergraduate and graduate students completing research in the field of KPE. For the first time, the MIM conference was open to students from 海角社区 and from neighbouring universities around Canada, welcoming attendees from the University of Toronto, Queen鈥檚 University, Universit茅 de Montr茅al, Universit茅 Laval, McMaster University, Trent University and l鈥橧nstitut national de sant茅 publique du Qu茅bec
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ECP's Dr. Victoria Talwar, was featured in Newsweek Magazine's article "Here's How Science Explains Liars Like George Santos" by Dan Hurley:
Lying turns out to be a very teenage thing to do, as most parents learn."Lying peaks in adolescence and then declines all through adulthood and into the senior years," says Victoria Talwar, professor of developmental psychology at 海角社区 and author of聽The Truth About Lying: Teaching Honesty to Children at Every Age and Stage聽(APA LifeTools, 2022).
Dianea Phillips, BEd鈥�85, was 40 years old when she experienced her first zero-gravity flight.
鈥淚 fell in love with aerospace,鈥� recalls Phillips, a Certified Aerospace Educator. 鈥淚f it spins or flies, I love it. If it changes matter, even better!鈥�
Phillips鈥檚 zero-gravity flight was the culmination of her participation in the U.S. Space and Rocket Center鈥檚 10-day Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama, where she lived and trained like an astronaut alongside participants from around the world.
Tina Montreuil, ECP, was recently featured on Global News and Times Colonist outlining how parents can talk honestly with their children about traumatic events, such as the case of a bus crashing into a daycare.
鈥淧arents need to prepare for these discussions and listen instead of being reactive. With any tragedy or anything that elicits a reaction of distress or sorrow, we want to be sure that we鈥檙e available, we鈥檙e listening, because we need to validate and create space for them.鈥�
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.聽 This book is one of the outputs from his SSHRC funded research into contemporary blackface in Canada.
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.
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.
Three scholars from the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology were represented the recently published lists of Top-Producing Women in Educational Psychology Journals from 2017 to 2021 (Griffin et al., 2023, Educational Psychology Review). Krista R. Muis, Professor, Kristy A. Robinson, Assistant Professor, and Nikki G. Lobczowski, Assistant Professor, each received recognition for their publication records in flagship educational psychology journals.
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 海角社区 Education on research in the EdTech field. Philip is also a member of 海角社区 Education's Faculty Advisory Board (FAB), as a philanthropic ambassador for the Faculty.
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 海角社区 Education on research in the EdTech field. Philip is also a member of 海角社区 Education's Faculty Advisory Board (FAB), as a philanthropic ambassador for the Faculty.
