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KPE PhD Candidate Cyrille Mvomo Honored with IEEE-EMBS BHI 2025 Best Paper Award and NSF-EMBS-Google NextGen Scholar Recognition

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 03:14:48 +0000

Cyrille Mvomo achieved an outstanding double recognition at the IEEE-EMBS Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) Conference held October 26-29 in Atlanta, GA, USA. BHI is one of the world’s leading venues in digital health research.

Best Paper Award (Third Place) — for his paper “Monitoring Parkinson’s Disease In-the-Wild”.

Steven Shaw Comments to the CBC on the Rise in School Absenteeism

andrea.shuster@mcgill.ca — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:30:00 +0000

In an article titled "School absenteeism is growing across Canada and skyrocketing in these Quebec districts", Professor Steven Shaw talks with journalist, Paula Dayan-Perez, on the lack of resources in the education system that makes youth susceptible to absenteeism. He says it’s important for kids to feel safe at school, but there aren’t enough people who can help create safe environments — like school nurses, counselors and psychologists. Shaw says the system is especially letting down kids who need more support, including kids w

Joseph Levitan Receives SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants

andrea.shuster@mcgill.ca — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:26:41 +0000

The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) announced recipients of the latest Partnership Engage Grants competition, including a total of $73,782 awarded to three ɬ�﷬ researchers, one of whom is the Department of Integrated Studies in Education's Joseph Levitan. Partnership Engage Grants provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities between researchers and single partner organizations from the public, private or non-profit sector.

Co-constructing pedagogical transformation in India

Program helps future teachers to manage their stress and their emotions

andrea.shuster@mcgill.ca — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:47:40 +0000

What is the best way to prepare future teachers for the emotional challenges they will face as they pursue their careers?

That’s the question that led ɬ�﷬’s Faculty of Education to make well-being in education a strategic priority and create the Regulating Emotions and Stress for pre-Service Teachers Program (RESST), with the support of the Rossy Foundation.

Flag Lowered in Memory of Dr. Rachelle Keyserlink

andrea.shuster@mcgill.ca — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:00:45 +0000

It is with deep respect and sadness that we pause to honour the memory of ɬ�﷬ Faculty of Education Professor Rachelle Pharilda Keyserlingk, who sadly passed away on November 16th, 2025.

Toddler Screen Time is on the Rise

andrea.shuster@mcgill.ca — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:30:30 +0000

Nearly 43 per cent of two-and-a-half-year-olds are getting at least one hour of screen time a day, according to a recent report linked to the Growing Up in Quebec study. That number increases to 65 per cent on weekends.

Congratulations to Siobhan Henderson for Successfully Defending Her Dissertation

admin — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:19:41 +0000

Siobhan Henderson successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie 304 on December 4th, 2025.

The title of her thesis:
"Understanding and Exploring Coaches’ Perspectives of Mental Health in Competitive Sport in Canada"

Oral Defence Comittee:
Dr. Gordon Bloom (Supervisor), Dr. Shane Sweet, Dr. Bruno da Costa, Dr. Lindsay Duncan, Dr. Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur, Dr. Krista Chandler

Meghan Lai Winner of the 2025 Magna Charta Observatory Essay Competition

andrea.shuster@mcgill.ca — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:41:12 +0000

B.A.(Education); Major in Education in Global Contexts student, Meghan Lai, submitted her essay to Magna Charta Observatory (MCO) conducted their annual Essay Competition, responding to the question: "Drawing on your experience, how might your university engage more effectively with stakeholders both to improve both access to higher education for all and enhance the learning experience of students?" Lai's essay, "What is D without EI: Enhancing Access and Learning through Political, Curricular, a

Adam Dubé on Decoder podcast, "How ChatGPT is fuelling an existential crisis in education"

andrea.shuster@mcgill.ca — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:27:46 +0000

Dr. Adam Dubé was a guest on The Verge podcast, Decoder. He spoke with the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Verge, Nilay Patel, about how GenAI is impacting education, how worried we should be about students cheating with GenAI, how students think GenAI "thinks", and how this impacts how they learn with GenAI.

As a longtime listener of The Verge podcasts, Dr. Dubé was thrilled to talk about his research and he hopes it makes you think about how GenAI ‘thinks’ and question if we should be using it in classrooms.

ɬ�﷬ researchers awarded $9.7 million in CFI funding

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:08:32 +0000

Thirty-two ɬ�﷬ research projects have received new funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation's for investments in research infrastructure to support their innovative projects, for a total federal investment of $9.7 million.

Youth Digital Compass Keeps Kids Cybersafe

andrea.shuster@mcgill.ca — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:00:47 +0000

Built upon years of research led by Professor Victoria Talwar from ɬ�﷬’s Faculty of Education, Youth Digital Compass is an initiative dedicated to helping young people navigate online life safely, kindly, and confidently.
Launched in partnership with BRP’s Ride Out Intimidation Program, the program’s resources focus on four critical areas:

Education Researcher Receive John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) Funding

andrea.shuster@mcgill.ca — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:40:06 +0000

Thirty-two ɬ�﷬ research projects have received new funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for investments in research infrastructure to support their innovative projects, for a total federal investment of $9.7 million. These grants will be matched by the Quebec government, doubling their value.

Two Faculty of Education researchers received funding for their innovative work:

Education's President's Prize Winners for Teaching Excellence

andrea.shuster@mcgill.ca — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:08:17 +0000

Celebrating excellence in the classroom

President’s Prize honours educators who ‘inspire curiosity, nurture talent and prepare our students to thrive in a complex world'

At the afternoon Fall Convocation ceremony on October 14, ɬ�﷬ awarded the President’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching to four outstanding educators, half of whom were Faculty of Education instructors.

ɬ�﷬ Homecoming: Loop Lab Launch (Faculty of Education)

andrea.shuster@mcgill.ca — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 18:44:51 +0000

Students, colleagues, and alumni are invited to join Dean Venkatesh for a special event celebrating the launch of the Faculty of Education's Loop Lab initiative.

ɬ�﷬ Open House: Faculty of Education

andrea.shuster@mcgill.ca — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:20:43 +0000

Meet members of the ɬ�﷬ Education Community, join in activities, and get a feel for campus at Open House!

The Faculty of Education will be offering: