A celebratory evening was held to celebrate the graduation of the 28 locals who completed their 海角社区 Bachelor鈥檚 of Education studies on October 22.
The graduates were a part of a special program where they studied in the Kahnawake, with instructors from the community.
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For more information on Convocation, visit 海角社区's Graduation and Convocation website.
The 海角社区 Mindfulness Research Lab is recruiting participants for a two-part paid study (compensation is $50) that will take place in-person at 海角社区. The first part of the study takes place online (maximum 1.5h time commitment), and the second at our lab in the Education Building (maximum 1.5h time commitment).听
Dr. Victoria Talwar, from the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, writes about the three steps to teach children about honesty and how to help kids get better at telling the truth, in this Greater Good Magazine article. She was also recently interviewed on Parenting Translator.
The SED-RG is inviting students between the ages of 18 and 25 you are invited to participate in online study that evaluates the effectiveness of a program to promotes social inclusion among students. The program will begin in January 2023, but from now until December 2022 students can indicate their willingness to participate by completing the pre-test survey.
What does participation entail?
PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH FOR UP TO $100 IN COMPENSATION
Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy's research team is in search of participants for a walking for well-being research project in the vicinity of downtown Montreal!
Interested in participating? Please email us at walkingintervention.mtl [at] gmail.com
鈥楳ake mental health & well-being for all a global priority鈥� is this year鈥檚 World Mental Health Day鈥檚 (October 10th) main message. While the pandemic has, and continues to, take a toll on our mental health, it is of even greater importance to recognize this day and to seek any opportunity to re-kindle our efforts to protect and improve mental health.
Dr. Shaheen Shariff, DISE, Dr. Christopher Dietzel, and Safia Amiry are working on an edited collection about the social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of this collection is to identify and analyze ongoing and emerging pandemic-related challenges and develop realistic guidelines and suggestions for a post-pandemic world.
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Doctoral work, by its nature a journey into uncharted territory, can be an uphill, lonesome slog at the best of times.听Throw in a global pandemic鈥檚 uncertainty and isolating lockdowns 鈥� including no access to labs, libraries or even fieldwork 鈥� and it is little wonder that doctoral students were sending out distress signals.听Recently, a team of Quebec researchers conducted an exploratory study听on the effects the pandemic had on doctoral students. They discovered distress was much higher among female doctoral students, who also reported higher rates of disruption in their research progress.
On Orange Shirt Day/National Truth and Reconciliation Day, September 30, 海角社区 Faculty of Education held its fourth annual Sk谩tne Entewathah铆ta / We Will Walk Together event.
The Biomechanics of Occupations and Sports Lab members, supervised by Dr. Julie C么t茅, KPE, recently presented their Ph.D. research at international conferences! Each member who attended was awarded a Canadian Musculoskeletal Rehab Research Network 2022 Trainee Travel Award. Matthew Slopecki was also awarded a Canadian Society of Biomechanics Travel Award.
Erika Renda, Ph.D. Candidate
The Office of Sustainability, in partnership with the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, has created an opportunity for faculty and students to enhance sustainability in the curriculum.
The Sustainability Education Fellows Program is a cross-campus initiative, supported by the Sustainability Projects Fund, that will bring together faculty and students to advance sustainability in the curriculum and pedagogy at 海角社区.
In partnership with the Douglas Research Centre, Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy (Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology) has released an inciteful video introduction to The effects of walking in nature on negative and positive affect in adult psychiatric outpatients with major depressive disorder: A randomized-controlled study. Dr. Marie-Claude G茅offroy is a Canada Research Chair in Youth Suicide Prevention.
