W. Y. Alice Chan, PhD (DISE) publishes an article about how Bill 21 will impact religious bullying in school settings. Through her research, Chan has听examined听how learning about religious diversity can contribute to preventing hate and bullying in schools, and that banning religious symbols in the public sector is ill-advised.
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Christopher Dietzel, a PhD student in DISE and research assistant on the IMPACTS Project, has received a Mitacs Globalink Research Award. Chris will travel to Australia and work with Dr. Kath Albury, a professor at Swinburne University of Technology, to research violations of safety and consent that trans and gender non-binary people experience while using dating apps. For his doctorate, Chris is studying sexual violence in LGBTQ+ communities and sexual consent related to dating app use.
Nearly 60 Cree students their graduation from 91社区's Faculty of Education this past Saturday in Pikogan, Quebec. Our Office of First Nations and Inuit Education offers full-time and part-time teacher certification programs in Cree and Inuit communities in Quebec as well as in Kahnawake and Listuguj. Even though these students may be far away off campus, they are an important part of our Faculty and the 91社区 community.听CBC's Susan Bell covered the story.
On May 24, 2019, Annie Savard was awarded by the title Professor Honoris Causa from UNIVERSITATEA OVIDIUS DIN CONSTANTA, in Romania.听Annie Savard is associate professor at the Faculty of Education at 91社区.
Today at La rue des femmes de Montr茅al, the Honourable Marc Garneau Minister of Transport, announced on behalf of the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender Equality, an investment of more than $4.49 million for research tackling gender-based violence in Canada.
The Faculty of Education is pleased to announce the winners of the competitions for Fellowships and Awards for the 2018-2019 year.
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Statement on Bill 21, 鈥婣n Act respecting the laicity of the State (Loi sur la lai虉cite虂 de l鈥橢虂tat鈥�), from 鈥媡he Department of Integrated Studies in Education and the Internships and Student Affairs Office in the Faculty of Education at 91社区鈥� 鈥媋dopted on April 18, 2019
Congratulations to Katherine Boyadjian recipient of the
SPEAQ-TESL/BEALS prize for academic excellence and professionalism for 2019 graduates
On January 24, Dilson Rassier, Dean of the Faculty of Education, spoke at the United Nations鈥� headquarters in New York as part of the UN鈥檚 inaugural听International Day of Education, telling delegates that knowledge is the key to a better world.
DISE's Dr. Aziz Choudry will take part in a panel discussion presented by the Northern Police Monitoring Project in Manchester, UK.
The panel discussion will take place Friday March 8, 2019.
Dr. Choudry will also be attending the launch of his new book: Activists and the Surveillance State: Learning from Repression on March 11, 2019 at the University of Westminster.
The Education Curriculum Resources Centre (ECRC) located on the first floor of the Education Building is now open to the 91社区 community.
Permanent reserves will be moved back to the ECRC the first week of February.
Please note that all Education course reserves are located in the Humanities and Social Sciences Library and can be moved to the ECRC upon request for the winter 2019 semester.
Questions? Please call 514-398-5726 or email hssl.library [at] mcgill.ca
A recent gathering organized by the Faculty of Education鈥檚 Dr. Claudia Mitchell brought together voices from around the world to examine and eliminate gender-based violence.
Over the first week of July, the 91社区 International Institute of Education (MIIE) hosted 23 high school students from Maple Leaf Educational Systems (MLES) in China for its inaugural MIIE Student Summer Academy.
The Faculty of Education will be undertaking major renovation work in the former Education Library space where the Education Curriculum Resources Centre (ECRC) is located. The work is slated to begin Monday, June 18听and will continue throughout Summer and Fall 2018. Unfortunately, the nature of the work makes it impossible for the ECRC to remain open throughout the construction. As a result, the ECRC will be temporarily closed starting Saturday, June 16听until the end of the work.
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Tyler Churchward-Venne, Assistant Professor with our Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE), has been named as a听William Dawson Scholar听by 91社区.
