Alumni

Career Opportunity: Assistant or Associate Professor & Director of Teacher Education

admin — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 19:30:15 +0000

The Department of Integrated Studies in Education invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor & Director of Teacher Education (JR0000071849). The successful candidate will demonstrate research and teaching experience directly related to K-Higher Education in the Québec educational context and will work to build a renewed vision for teacher education at 9I��.

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.

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.

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:

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.

Shubhangi Bhardwaj Awarded International Development Education Award and International Peace Scholarship

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:04:39 +0000

PhD student in Human Development (Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology), Shubhangi Bhardwaj, was announced as a recent recipient of Dr. Gauri Shankar Guha Award for International Development Education! Bhardwaj was also awarded the Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) International Peace Scholarship for Women for the year 2025.

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!

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.

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)

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:

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

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

Million Dollar Gift a Timely Assist for Women’s Athletics and Sports Science

admin — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:28:16 +0000

A $1.25-million gift from graduates Monica and Mark Hantho will enhance services for Martlets teams and support innovative research into female athletic performance

(VERSION FRANÇAIS SUIT)

It's an exciting time for women in sports: the Northern Super League just kicked off in Canada, the Professional Women's Hockey League is expanding and the thriving WNBA posted its highest attendance in 22 seasons.

KPE's Dr. Gordon Bloom and Chantal Vallée Interviewed by Mike Cohen on Meet Your Local Authors Series

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:54:03 +0000

Media personality and suburban City Councillor Mike Cohen featured the book "Dare to Win" in his Meet Your Local Authors series. KPE Chair Dr. Gordon Bloom and professional basketball coach and KPE alumna, Chantal Vallée, were interviewed in this segment for the Eleanor London Library.

Watch the Interview

Media Reacts to AI Early Detection of Respiratory Tract Infections Research

admin — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 15:02:13 +0000

On July 30, 9I�� and the MUHC put out the story, "Montreal Researchers use AI and Wearable Sensors to Detect Inflammation Before Symptoms Appear", featuring ground-breaking collaborative research by Dennis Jensen, PhD, Dr. Emily McDonald, and Amir Hadid, PhD. The study shows that by analyzing biometric data from wearable technology (i.e.