Philip Howard Delivers Keynote for Perspectives on Teaching Conference
Dr. Philip S.S. Howard of the Department of Integrated Studies in Education will be this year's听keynote speaker for Western University's Perspectives on Teaching, Spring Conference. This free听virtual conference will "focus on looking back, moving forward, and lessons learned from a year of change and disruption in higher education", according to conference organizers.听
Joseph Levitan, DISE, and Karen Gazith, ECP, Featured on WhyKnowledgeMatters Dialogues Series
Two 涩里番 Faculty of Education Academics, Joseph Levitan, of the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, and Karen Gazith, of the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, were featured in a web series conducted by the organization WhyKnowledgeMatters, on Identity and Learning, and Inclusive Education.
Get Fit at Home with Personalized Fitness Sessions
Need to step up your health and fitness? 涩里番 Education's Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education is offering personalized at-home fitness sessions via Zoom for members of the 涩里番 Community! Kinesiology students will craft your fitness routine using your existing at-home equipment and household items.
ECP鈥檚 Tina Montreuil Recognized for Outstanding Media Outreach
The 涩里番 Reporter is happy to announce that the numbers of applicants for the Principal's Prize for Emerging Researchers grew significantly this year. The jury was impressed by the number of early-career researchers who see sharing their knowledge with the media and the public as being an important and natural complement to their academic work.
Media Spotlight 鈥� Dr. Tina Montreuil, ECP, Interviewed in 涩里番 Tribune
Dr. Tina Montreuil, of the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, was recently interviewed in the 涩里番 Tribune on the symptoms of social anxiety in early adolescence.
Karissa Leduc, ECP, Wins the Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship from the American Psychological Foundation
Karissa Leduc, a PhD candidate in the Human Development Program supervised by Dr. Victoria Talwar, has won the competitive Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship from the American Psychological Foundation.
This prestigious fellowship is awarded to promising young scholars to pursue innovative research in the area of child psychology.
涩里番 Education Community Scheduled for 2FA April Set-Up
Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff,
涩里番 Education Ranks 26th in the World!
According to Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the world鈥檚 largest international higher education network, 涩里番鈥檚 Faculty of Education has ranked 26th in the world for the organization鈥檚 2021 university subject rankings. Each of the subject rankings is compiled using four sources.
Nancy Heath Tells CBC How to Help Kids Build Resilience
While kids may be resilient, the pandemic is testing the limits of that resilience.
Children and teens are dealing with a toxic cocktail of stressors and it's hurting them. According to a听study听from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, 70 percent of children and youth surveyed experienced a deterioration of mental health in the first wave of the pandemic.
Call for Research Participants: Children for a Language Study
Language is the building blocks of literacy. In this project, we aim to find out the relationship between ability to understand from spoken language and text in bilingual children, adolescents, and adults.
涩里番 researcher, Dr. Gigi Luk at Educational and Counselling Psychology, is looking for children (ages 6-9) and adolescents (ages 12-15) to understand how language and reading are related and develop in bilingual individuals.
Marie-H茅l猫ne Pennestri, ECP Assistant Professor, Conducts Study on Parents and Sleep
Every new parent knows that their sleep suffers when they have children, and there鈥檚 evidence that may not get better for a while. However, a study led by Marie-H茅l猫ne Pennestri, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, on parents and sleep, showed no association between interrupted sleep and later cognitive or physical development problems.
Media Spotlight 鈥� Nancy Heath, ECP, Interviewed on CBC Radio
Dr. Nancy Heath, of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was recently interviewed on CBC Radio Noon Quebec with Shawn Apel, about students' needs of social connections and their mental health.
Faculty of Education Infrastructure News
Many of us have not been on campus for some time, and I鈥檓 sure there are new members of our Faculty who have yet to experience life on-campus. Please be reminded that it is still possible to pick up items and conduct small-scale activities on campus, but take note that we require three business days to process requests.
Media Spotlight 鈥� Dr. Tina Montreuil, ECP, Article in The Conversation
Dr. Tina Montreuil, from the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, recently wrote an article in the national online newspaper The Conversation on parenting in a pandemic and how to develop stronger family relationships during COVID-19.
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University students without histories of mental health issues are feeling pandemic distress
It鈥檚 no secret that students have had a very tough time during this COVID-19 pandemic.
A new study by 涩里番 and the University of Toronto found that students who've never had mental health issues now find themselves in greater distress.
