The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed January 24 as the International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. The theme of the 3rdĚýInternational Day of Education is âRecover and Revitalize Education for the COVID-19 Generationâ. Now is the time to power education by stepping up collaboration and international solidarity to place education and lifelong learning at the center of the recovery. ()
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As we continue to navigate pandemic life, the question of "healthy screen time" continues to be debated, particularly concerning child users. Screen time has helped provide a useful social outlet when face-to-face interactions are so limited but do parents have a cause for concern?
Childrenâs screen time has long been a contentious issue for the modern parent. The situation has become more challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Green Labs Expansion is a $50,000 envelope of SPF funding to assist labs on McGill campuses to adopt sustainable best practices learned from previous Sustainability Projects Fund projects. Approved funding will be available to teams for one year to assist them in creating a proof of concept to secure long-term funding for these practices.
McGill Education and the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology (ECP) are proud to announce that the board has elected ECP'sĚýProfessor Ada L. Sincore as President for 2021-2022. The CPA posted the following announcement, highlighting Professor Sinacore:
With Canadian universities beginning the Winter 2021 remote semester, Global News investigated further into the overall morale of post-secondary students with regard to COVID fatigue. McGill ECP's Dr. Nancy Heath and PhD candidate Stephanie Zito (McGill M.EdĚý'20) were both featuredĚýas part of the news piece:
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Mothers with multiple children report more fragmented sleep than mothers of a single child, but the number of children in a family doesn't seem to affect the quality of sleep for fathers, according to a from McGill University.
Some Canadians are choosing to leave their Christmas lights on a little longer this year in a bid to keep the holiday cheer going during these dark times. Dr. Tina C. Montreuil, Assistant Professor for McGill Educational and Counselling Psychology, says the lights can really bring a boost to morale during trying times.ĚýâHope is an essential ingredient of resilience,â she said. âOne of the only really true ways that we can sustain the ongoing restrictions is to holding onto some level of hope.â
Karissa Leduc, a doctoral candidate in the Human Development Program, was awarded the American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award. This award is given to doctoral students to support costs associated to research projects that reflect excellence in scientific psychology.
Karissa's dissertation research explores the impact of parent-child conversations about cyberbullying on children's and adolescents' behaviours and beliefs about responsible online social interactions.
Two donations, one from the estate of Mary Marsh and another from The Molson Foundation, will support students and spur innovations in pedagogy.
At a time when school teachers everywhere are being challenged by the second wave of the pandemic and by technological advances that are changing where, when and how students learn, McGillâs Faculty of Education is pleased to announce over $7 million in new philanthropic support through a pair of generous gifts from longstanding donors.
They may not know it yet, but McGillâs student teachers are getting a big boost from a kindred spirit.
The late Mary Marsh, DipEdâ42, a Grade 1Ěýteacher at Rosedale School in Montreal for most of her career, has left more than $4.8 million in her will to support students in the Faculty of Education through a suite ofĚýawardsĚýâ an investment that couldnât have come at a better time for a profession deeply marked by the pandemic.
A new partnership between McGillâs Faculty of Education and Trafalgar School for Girls â known as the CoLab â aims to advance collaborative research that will address the evolving needs of both educators and students. Unlike traditional laboratory schools at Oxford, Columbia, UCLA and the University of Chicago, which operate as an adjunct to a university, this new venture will be a true partnership, the first of its kind in Canada.
Parents shouldnât worry about their babyâs inconsistent sleep patterns
Study of 44 infants finds that half never slept 8 hours consecutively
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New parents often expect their baby to start sleeping through the night around the time they reach six months of age. But according to a new led by ProfessorĚýMarie-HĂŠlène Pennestri, parents should view sleep consolidation as a process, instead of a milestone to be achieved at a specific age. Tracking 44 infants over a period of two weeks, she found that sleeping patterns vary greatly â not only for different babies, but also night to night for the same baby.
Dr. Tina Montreuil, of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was interviewed by Global News on how Quebec families are reporting increases in stress as the second wave of the pandemic continues, and how a focus on self-care is one of the effective ways to deal with the issue.
Watch her interview or read the full article here:
