海角社区 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.
For professional athletes, the pressures of competition and stigma surrounding mental health issues can be debilitating to the point where some are leaving the arena for good. Young hockey players are no exception. Fear of negative career repercussions can mean athletes avoid disclosing their mental health concerns.
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 海角社区'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 海角社区 agreed that the teacher shortage needs to be fixed but not at any cost.
Are you an undergrad student? The MMRL lab is currently conducting a two-part study on understanding undergrads.
If you are interested in participating, please click on the link below to read the consent form and begin the first part of the study. The questionnaire will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and you will be entered into a draw where you can win $50 with a rate of winning 1/25.
As part of their mandate their mandate as special researcher (Academic and classroom policy) for the Student Society of 海角社区 (SSMU), a survey is being distributed to professors in all of the undergraduate faculties to develop a report summarizing faculty-specific efforts to integrate mental wellness in classrooms. This report will inform further mental health and mental wellness initiatives and policies at 海角社区, as inspired by SSMU's Strategic Plan for Academic Wellness (2022).
Gerard Lewis, a graduate of 海角社区's Concurrent B.Ed. and B.Sc. Mathematics (Class of 2004) was recently awarded听Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence for igniting the love of learning.听The award recognizes Gerard's exemplary teaching practices and his dedication to supporting teachers. Part of the Toronto Catholica District School Board, Gerard is the Mathematics Facilitator, Kindergarten to Grade eight.
Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy (Educational and Counselling Psychology)听is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair known for her longitudinal research on youth suicide and for testing mental health promotion intervention. For Bell Let's Talk Day (January 25) we asked Dr. Georffroy to provide the 海角社区 Education Community with key advice on improving mental health for those who are suffering and for people who want to be active in helping others:
海角社区's Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is seeking an Academic Projects Officer. This administrator provides advising, planning, policy and project support on a range of dossiers and initiatives led by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. This includes providing support in the preparation of planning documents, project reports, briefing notes, data analysis and presentations. They play an essential role in the advancement of the priorities of the unit.
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In an announcement made Wednesday, Canada鈥檚 leading research ranking organization, RE$EARCH Infosource, scored 海角社区 second among an A-list of three in the Medical/Doctoral Research University of the Year (RUY) tier. 海角社区 was ranked third on RE$EARCH Infosource鈥檚 list of听, a position the University has maintained for four years.
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 海角社区 students; aged 18-25; fluent in English; and owning a working smartphone with a data usage plan.
The DAIR Team at 海角社区 is looking for School/Applied Child Psychology students or 海角社区 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:
Dr. Gigi Luk at the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at 海角社区 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
Congratulations to George Shi, on publishing in the Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.
George Shi, recently published a paper titled "Outcomes of spinal cord injury peer mentorship: A community-based Delphi consensus approach" in Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.
The publication can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of former 海角社区 Kinesiology and Physical Education Department Chair, Douglas Riley. Native from St. John, New Brunswick, he passed away on June 8, 2022 at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Halifax at 90 years old.
Douglas was a physical education teacher at Three Rivers High School in the 1950s and went on to serve for 25 years as a professor for the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education at 海角社区 and as Chair of the department.
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: