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Over the course of the Winter 2018 and Summer 2018 semesters the Education Collection, currently housed on the second floor the Humanties and Social Sciences Library, will be integrated into the main Humanities and Social Sciences Collection in the McLennan Library Building. This project will increase the visibility and browsability of the Education Collection and will create space for over 100 new study seats.

Classified as: Renovations
Published on: 12 Feb 2018

Kathleen J. Wootton (BEd (Elem) 1985, MA (Ed. Leadership) 2002), Chairperson of the Cree School Board, was among four Cree leaders featured in a written The Nation Magazine's Amy German.

Classified as: First Nations and Inuit, fnie, ofnie
Published on: 9 Feb 2018

The fall 2017 edition of Dialogues, the biannual newsletter of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology (ECP), has been published and may be viewed online here (.pdf).

Classified as: Research
Published on: 1 Dec 2017

In an airy open area at the back of the first floor of the former library of the Faculty Education is a colourful space filled with art supplies and work tables. Along the wall there are bins and boxes of fabric, coloured pencils and paints, sketch pads, paper, and all manner of recycled objects, ready to be remade into anything the visitor desires. Welcome to the (Ѵ).

Classified as: IHDW, MAHI, Plantz
Published on: 30 Nov 2017

In partnership with the Hong Kong-based WYNG foundation, the Faculty of Education at ĢƵ and Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) recently participated in another successful Visiting Scholars Exchange Program. For the first part of the exchange, the Faculty of Education warmly welcomed Assistant Professor Dr. Kei Yan Poon, from the Department of Special Education and Counselling, and Associate Professor Dr. Ian Bun Chun Lam from the Department of Early Childhood Education.

Classified as: Miepa
Published on: 28 Nov 2017

The two heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in the Education Building will be replaced this summer. As a result of this renovation work, the Education Curriculum Resources Centre will temporarily close from Saturday, August 5 to Sunday, August 27. During this time, the collection will be unavailable. The last day to submit hold requests will be Wednesday, July 19.

Classified as: Renovations, Construction, temporary closure, infrastructure
Published on: 15 Jun 2017

It was a successful turn out for the ĢƵ Faculty of Education’s first Distinguished Public Lecture and Professional Development Lecture Series made possible by a generous donation from the Hong Kong based WYNG Foundation. This event took place on May 13, 2017 at The First Commercial Building, in Hong Kong.

Classified as: Miepa
Published on: 23 May 2017

Classrooms that encourage competition between students may inadvertently be creating settings where bullying is more likely to take place. That’s one of the conclusions that can be drawn from work led by ĢƵ researchers Maria Di Stasio and Robert Savage, who recently published a paper on the subject in the But it’s only part of the story.

Classified as: bullying, Teaching, adolescence, classroom, students, Di Stasio, Robert Savage, society and culture
Published on: 23 May 2017

Café Collab is a collaborative partnership with the , situated within the at ĢƵ's Faculty of Education; and ĢƵ's Social Equity and Diversity Education Office (SEDE). After their first year in action, Café Collab held its culminative event in the SSMU Building.

Classified as: IHDW
Published on: 11 May 2017

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) today awarded its 2016 Gold Medal to Prof. Claudia Mitchell of ĢƵ’s Department of Integrated Studies in Education, in recognition of her work to strengthen HIV/AIDS education and prevention. 

Classified as: education, SSHRC, Suzanne Fortier, claudia mitchell, Gold Medal, HIV/AIDS
Published on: 22 Nov 2016

Dr. Steven Shaw, of our Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, regarding "homework without tears". 

Published on: 17 Oct 2016

During the month of September ĢƵ will host the 14th Annual Pow-Wow (September 18) and the 5th annual Indigenous Awareness Week (September 21-25). ĢƵ’s Indigenous Awareness Week is designed to increase awareness at ĢƵ about Indigenous peoples in Canada. The week honours the many Indigenous cultures across the country including First Nations, Métis and Inuit.

Classified as: alumni, First Nations and Inuit
Published on: 3 Sep 2015

ĢƵ's Faculty of Education has received funding to create a dedicated laboratory space that will serve as a hub for multiliteracies practices in the Education building.

Classified as: infrastructure, Construction, renovation, improvements, multi-literacies, multiliteracy
Published on: 11 Jun 2015

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