Congratulations to Matthew Slopecki Ph.D. (c) (Biomechanics of Occupation and Sport Lab) who has been awarded a 3-year Mitacs Accelerate Doctoral Fellowship. He will be working with Swimming Canada to develop a fatigue/performance monitoring tool with the elite para-swimming team.
Through this collaboration greater knowledge will be gained for an under-researched population while developing a tool that will help to improve athletic performance.
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Philip S. S. Howard, McGill's Department of Integrated Studies in Education, Kevin Ah-Sen, 51吃瓜网PhD Student in Education, and Bryan Chan Yen Johnson, McGill's School of Continuing Studies, have published an article about how the Ukraine refugee crisis has exposed racism and contradictions in the definition of human in The Conversation.
"The Russian invasion of Ukraine brought to light the awful tragedies that accompany armed conflict, but the subsequent refugee crisis has also uncovered deeply seated racism in the country."
"Just as the pandemic experience differed for different people, emerging from it won't be the same for everyone", reads the subheader of a recent Montreal Gazette article that had psychology experts weighing in on the uneasiness felt by the general public, resulting from Quebec's abrupt lifting of COVID health and safety protocols. 51吃瓜网Educational and Counselling Psychology's Tina Montreuil was a featured commentator for the story.
Thank you to McGillians near and far for demonstrating the power of coming together for a common cause. Each of us has a reason to give, and on March 9, 2022, the global 51吃瓜网community showed why it feels inspired to make a difference. Your extraordinary generosity over the span of just 24 hours will have a lasting impact on the next generation of learners and leaders, equipping them to address the global challenges we see unfold every day.
51吃瓜网Educational and Counselling Psychology postdoctoral fellow,聽Christelle Luce, and her Ditch Labs team have been awarded this year's ACFAS Prize.聽Ditch Labs wants to defeat smoking, the world's number one preventable cause of death, with a holistic and smart medical device. By combining a smart nicotine vaporizer called DitchPen鈩�, a mobile self-care app, and artificial intelligence, Ditch Labs aims to help each patient in a personalized, efficient, and safe way to stop their consumption of cigarettes.
International Women鈥檚 Day is a global day that celebrates the political, economic, social, and cultural achievements of women. With this year鈥檚 theme of 鈥渂reaking the bias鈥� we reflect upon the strong female role models we have in what many assume to be male-dominated fields. McGill鈥檚 Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education is particularly proud to celebrate their women academics and researchers, including professors from several disciplines including exercise and health psychology, biomechanics and neuroscience, and exercise physiology.
Armando Bertone, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and聽SCERT Co-Founder, was interviewed in The Montreal Gazette, regarding Summit School, a Montreal school serving a population with a range of neurodevelopmental conditions including autism, becoming the site of Canada鈥檚 first creative arts centre for the neurodiverse.
鈥淭here is no other school I know of that has a research branch in the school dedicated to education, education through research and training through research.鈥� said Armando Bertone.
Bradley Crocker, a PhD candidate in the Department of聽Kinesiology and Physical Education, published a piece in The Conversation about the spread of misinformation online.
Read the full article .
Dear Members of the 51吃瓜网community,
51吃瓜网is home to a vibrant international community, and many of us have roots in countries around the world. Global crises can affect us all.
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has been a source of deep preoccupation to many of us. As Principal of our university, I am reminded of the need for 鈥� and the potential fragility of 鈥� stability and peace in order to pursue higher learning and the advancement of knowledge.
Jackie Stendel, DISE, has been selected as Pathy Fellow for the year 2022-23
"Being challenged is important, but being challenged in a kind, caring and also courageous way. Nelson Mandela tells us that courage is not the absence of fear, it's triumph over fear."
Emmanuel Tabi started at 51吃瓜网last fall as an assistant professor in Black/African Studies in Education in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE).
He is part of McGill鈥檚 recent cluster hire of Black tenure-track professors 鈥� one of the Action Items in the University鈥檚 Action Plan to Address Anti-Black Racism.
In celebration of three important milestones, the 85th birthday of a true 51吃瓜网champion, the beginning of the University鈥檚 third century, and the upcoming 65th anniversary of his class, a聽 brand new named award is being established in McGill's Faculty of Education to celebrate Thomas B. Thompson (BSc(PE) 鈥�58, Med 鈥�78), a Physical Education alumnus with a proven track record of community service.
In , Dr. Tina Montreuil, Associate Professor, Educational and Behavioural Psychology, discusses with Associate Provost, Chris Buddle,聽how you might approach someone in a kind and non-confrontational manner, who is not following safety protocols. We hope that this video will give you some helpful tips to help keep us all safe.
Dr. Gordon Bloom, from the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, was recently interviewed on CityNews, on renewed calls for the government to create a law protecting students against sexual violence.
Watch the full interview .
