Inuit communities still lack access to high-speed internet
byCatey Fifieldof
Inuit communities still lack access to high-speed internet
byCatey Fifieldof
Sunday, January 24th was the International Day of Education. This annual social action holiday was proclaimed by in an effort to raise awareness about education's role in promoting peace and social justice throughout the world. Radio-Canada's ICI Manitoba news program interviewed DISE's Dr. Bronwen Low about her views on education as an instrument of global change as well as the state of education during COVID-19.
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed January 24 as the International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. The theme of the 3rdInternational Day of Education is ‘Recover and Revitalize Education for the COVID-19 Generation’. Now is the time to power education by stepping up collaboration and international solidarity to place education and lifelong learning at the center of the recovery. ()
The Green Labs Expansion is a $50,000 envelope of SPF funding to assist labs on ۲ݮƵ campuses to adopt sustainable best practices learned from previous Sustainability Projects Fund projects. Approved funding will be available to teams for one year to assist them in creating a proof of concept to secure long-term funding for these practices.
Quebec’s law on religious symbols appears to be emboldening racists to lash out against student teachers who are members of minority groups, anew surveyhas found.
In December of 2007, Dr. Bronwen Low co-authored "" in reaction to the Sasha Baron Cohen film that took the world by surprise. With a new cringe-worthy Borat film having been released this fall, ۲ݮƵ DISE's Dr. Low was recently interviewed by the Huffington Post (UK edition) as a follow-up to her earlier written critique.
They may not know it yet, but ۲ݮƵ’s student teachers are getting a big boost from a kindred spirit.
The late Mary Marsh, DipEd’42, a Grade 1teacher at Rosedale School in Montreal for most of her career, has left more than $4.8 million in her will to support students in the Faculty of Education through a suite ofawards– an investment that couldn’t have come at a better time for a profession deeply marked by the pandemic.
A new partnership between ۲ݮƵ’s Faculty of Education and Trafalgar School for Girls – known as the CoLab – aims to advance collaborative research that will address the evolving needs of both educators and students. Unlike traditional laboratory schools at Oxford, Columbia, UCLA and the University of Chicago, which operate as an adjunct to a university, this new venture will be a true partnership, the first of its kind in Canada.
DISE's Allison Gonsalves, Co-Chair of ۲ݮƵ’s Senate Subcommittee on Women, gave the following statement at the vigil:
"As part of the virtual vigil for the women who were murdered at École Polytechnique on December 6, 1989, a new scholarship was announced to support female engineering students.
Faculty of Education alumna, Tami Zuckerman (B.Ed’02), was recently featured in ۲ݮƵ Alumni’s “Come & Be Inspired” webcast, sharing thoughts on “Showing Up for Yourself”.
Tami prides herself on being one of the Founders of VarageSale as well as being a busy mom, and many of the skills she learned as a B.Ed are transferable to both business and parenting.
Watch the full webcast here:
For fourth-year B.Ed. students approaching the end of their programs, knowing what path to take after graduation can be challenging. Whereas many B.Ed. grads are eager to pursue careers in teaching, training, pedagogy, youth programming, or otheremployment sectors, others may not feel ready to join the job market just yet. Some students may want to broaden their knowledge and skillsets, become more specialized, or expand their career opportunities.
Congratulations go out to Faculty of Education B.Ed Graduate and MA in Educational Leadership Student, Marilyn Ramlakhan, who became the first ever English Sector Principal at FACE high-school.
Marilyn Ramlakhan was previously the vice-principal at James Lyng High School.
Dr. Blane Harvey, DISE Assistant Professor and William Dawson Scholar, is the focus of the inaugural video in ۲ݮƵ Education'snew series entitled "Faculty Features". Targeted at prospective graduate students, Faculty Features provides insight into the work and mentorship philosophies of select Faculty of Education's academics. discusses how education ties into climate change as a way to initiate global systems and societal mindset changes.
Andrea Brazeau, a fourth year student in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, tested theinternet speed at her apartment in Montrealand found it to be more than 2,000 times faster than her father's connection in Kangiqsualujjuaq,in Nunavik.
CBC News covers how she'surging Quebec's premier to follow up on a 2018 election promise to do something about it.
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DISE graduate student, , (M.A. Educational Leadership) is partnering with Associate Professor Dr. Karl Moore (Desautels Faculty of Management) to write an insightful new column for The Globe and Mail: .