Undergraduate Students

Future Students Webinar: Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Intervention

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 21:06:05 +0000

The Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Intervention is designed as professional development for in-service teachers and candidates with a background in early childhood education, educational psychology, or related fields.

New Resource for Early Childhood Emotion Regulation and Anxiety Management

admin — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:27:12 +0000

The Daniel and Monica Gold Centre for Early Childhood Development, in collaboration with 9I�� EMHR, is pleased to present a new resource, "Tantrums and more: Practical strategies for healthy emotion regulation development in early childhood”. These resources are designed for professionals and caregivers working with young children, providing evidence-based strategies to aid children’s emotion regulation and anxiety management, which can be hard to find.

Registration for the 2025 SCERT Conference on Neurodevelopmental Conditions is Now Open

admin — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:02:44 +0000

Registration for the 2025 SCERT Conference on Neurodevelopmental Conditions is now open, including for the poster session.
The conference will take place on Friday, November 14th, 2025, at the Plaza Centre-Ville in downtown Montreal. Please feel free to share the news with your colleagues, students, and community!

Youth Digital Compass Keeps Kids Cybersafe

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:00:47 +0000

Built upon years of research led by Professor Victoria Talwar from 9I��’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:

Perception of Bilingualism (PoB) among Québec Frontline Workers/ Perception du bilinguisme chez les travailleurs de première ligne au Québec

admin — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:52:46 +0000

Perception of Bilingualism (PoB) among Québec Frontline Workers (Funded by FRQSC Team Grant to Montréal Bilingualism Initiative, MoBI)

(REB# 25-04-118)

CBC Radio Interviews Sheryl Smith-Gilman about the Proposed Bill 21 Expansion

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 18:07:53 +0000

Bill 21, Québec’s law banning public employees in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols at work, is at risk of being expanded in a way that would extend the restrictions further into areas that may affect early childhood education and daycare settings. CBC's Sean Henry of Daybreak Montreal looks at the potential impacts on staffing and children’s educational environment, including an interview with 9I�� Education's Dr.

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

admin — 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.

Opportunity for university students in Canada to join an online study

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:46:15 +0000

Valuing the SELf: A Study on the Effectiveness of a Social-Emotional Learning Program for Promoting the Mental Health of University Students (REB #: 25-04-069)

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

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:40:06 +0000

Thirty-two 9I�� 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:

Major work on McTavish Reservoir will Impact Vehicular Access to Upper Campus

admin — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:17:54 +0000

The City of Montreal begins major work on the McTavish water pumping station; a section of Doctor Penfield Avenue will close to traffic until 2033.

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

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

9I�� 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

August Research Presentations by CRC First Nations, Inuit and Métis Researchers

admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 17:04:36 +0000

The Faculty of Education is hosting three research presentations by Canada Research Chair candidates as part of a special open call for First Nations, Inuit and Métis applicants in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education. See the schedule below and consider participating in these enlightening opportunities for learning and connecting:

THIS PRESENTATION IS POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER: (Details will be posted at a later date.)

Nicole Lugosi-Schimpf, PhD

McCall MacBain Scholars Applications Open

admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:04:06 +0000

Are you a leader in your program, your community, campus group or association?

Are you interested in pursuing a master’s degree at 9I�� next year?

You can apply now for the 2026 cohort of McCall MacBain Scholars at 9I��, Canada’s largest leadership-based scholarship program for master’s and professional studies. This program brings together students who engage in positive change by taking on meaningful leadership roles.

Meghan Lai Winner of the 2025 Magna Charta Observatory Essay Competition

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:41:13 +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

Montreal researchers use AI and wearable sensors to detect inflammation before symptoms appear

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:21:21 +0000

The world's first wearable-powered system predicts acute inflammation with 90 per cent sensitivity.

Montreal, July 30, 2025 – Modern medicine is largely reactive—treating illness only after symptoms emerge. But a new study from the Research Institute of the 9I�� Health Centre (The Institute) and 9I�� points to a more proactive future: one where silent signs of infection are detected before we even feel sick.