Alumni

La Classique Head2core 2025

sanjeev.panigrahy@ɬ�﷬.Ca — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:55:21 +0000

The Head2Core Foundation is running La Classique on October 19, 2025 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve where people of all ages will be participating in physical activity to raise funds for people to better mental health through physical activity.

Hiring: Tenure-Track Appointment in School/Applied Child Psychology (SACP)

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:59:39 +0000

The Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology (ECP) invites applications for one tenure-track appointment in School/Applied Child Psychology (SACP) at the rank of Assistant Professor.

Sports Science International Partnership Between ɬ�﷬ and Stanford Universities

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:55:21 +0000

ɬ�﷬ Faculty of Education is proud to announce a new international partnership between the Sylvan Adams Sports Science Institute (SASSI) at ɬ�﷬ and the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Stanford University. SASSI has now been formally integrated into this leading global network dedicated to advancing human performance research.

Young Athletes are Not Above the Law

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 20:47:07 +0000

Professor Gordon Bloom, Director of ɬ�﷬'s Sport Psychology Laboratory, was interviewed by CHCH-TV about the felony assault charges against Gavin McKenna who was seen as Canada's rising hockey star and top NHL 2026 draft prospect. "What we have to remind young people is that they're not invincible and they're not above the law," said Bloom.

Program helps future teachers to manage their stress and their emotions

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:47:41 +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.

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”.

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

OFNIE Turns 50! Celebrating First Nations and Inuit In-Community Teacher Education

admin — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:18:04 +0000

ɬ�﷬ marks 50 years of training First Nations and Inuit teachers in their languages and communities Office of First Nations and Inuit Education (OFNIE) works collaboratively with communities to co-create and deliver programs

Education's President's Prize Winners for Teaching Excellence

admin — 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.

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

admin — 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: