SPEAQ Board of
Directors Award
This year's recipient of the SPEAQ Board of Directors award is the Concordia TESL unit
in the Department of Education. It was very difficult to single out just one professor or
part-time instructor from Concordia's TESL team for it is the group's passion, continued
support and contribution to SPEAQ that make them the worthy recipients. [more...]
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Dr. David Waddington - In The News
Dr. David Waddington was one of the co-authors of Manifeste pour une école compétente, a defence of the recent educational reform in Québec. In this Youtube video, he speaks briefly about the science and technology education component of the reform.
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Gary McIntyre Boyd 1934 - 2011
Dr. Gary Boyd tragically passed away on April 3, 2011.
He died peacefully in his sleep. Our loss is great and deep Gary was, above all else, a humanitarian.
His re-occurring theme was people helping people via social change, discourse, art and all other forms of good human expression. Gary spoke of these imperatives through his theory, but he also practiced them with consummate thought, gentleness, and wit. He was universally loved and admired.
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Dr. Helena Osana
"Some Math Symbols are more = than others"
In this Concordia Journal article, Dr. Helena Osana discusses her involvement in a three-year research program funded by SSHRCC examining elementary school mathematics. More specifically, Dr. Osana's team is looking at students' misunderstanding of the equal sign, and how it affects their ability to solve non-standard problems.
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Symposium 2011 - May 6, 2011
Building Knowledge – Cultivating Community will be taking place on Friday, May 6, 2011.
The Symposium has over 60 submissions from 6 + universities - it is going to be great! To make the event run smoothly we require help from volunteers. Please help us make it a success by being a volunteer! Duties include: registration, room setups, virtual presentation setups, directing presenters and attendees, room floaters, help with lunch setup, introducing discussion sessions, etc. [more...]
CAPFE at Concordia University
Follow-up Visit to the Accreditation of the Teacher Education Programs
The Comité d'agrément des programmes de formation &aagrave; l'enseignement (CAPFE) will be at Concordia University on May 16 and 17, 2011. It will examine the teacher education programs in order to determine if they adequately meet ministerial orientations and the development of the professional competencies of future teachers.
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Book Launch - April 4, 2011
QAAL and the Educational Studies Program of the Department of Education at Concordia University, are pleased to invite you to a book launch:
Swinging on a Star: Growing up in Montreal's east end by Patricia Bissonnette M.A. (1996) Educational Studies , Adult Education concentration, in Celebration of the International Adult Learner's Week in Canada & The Quebec Adult Learners' Week
Join us in celebrating adult learners across the country and the joy of learning throughout life which includes the joy of Reading and Writing and Creativity.
Monday, April 4, 2011 5:00-7:00 PM
Concordia University Library Building Room 559-6
1450 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Metro: Guy-Concordia
"Recognition - Dr. Robert Bernard"
"On behalf of AERA and the Review of Educational Research, I am pleased to inform you that you have
been chosen as an Outstanding Reviewer for 2010. RER would not be the leading journal it is today
without the professional assistance of reviewers such as yourself." Russell Rumberger, Chair,
AERA Publications Committee; Felice Levine, Executive Director, AERA.
Dr. Bernard has been invited to attend a ceremony at the American Educational Research Association
annual meeting to be held in New Orleans on Friday, April 8. At the ceremony, Dr. Bernard will be
recognized for his extraordinary service.
"Award"
David Waddington was a member of a team of scholars who won a competition to put
together a special issue of Educational Theory, a leading journal in the field
of philosophy of education. The theme of the issue will be
"Plural Societies and the Possibility of a Shared Moral Vision:
Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives."
Dr. Waddington will work together with scholars from McGill, UQTR, and
Université de Montréal to write an article on interculturalism
and religious schooling in Québec for the special issue.
The issue will be put together at the third annual Educational Theory
Summer Institute, to be held at the University of Illinois in August 2011.
The 2011 Lecture on Creative Approaches to Adult Learning and Research
Presence, place and realities of English speakers In a new Quebec history:
reflections on three approaches. - March 1, 2011.
LEARNING CIRCLE SERIES: 2011
- Fenceline Conversations The evolution of adult learning in the farm community
- March 8, 2011
- Voices of Advocacy: Older Women Speak Out - March 15, 2011
- Snakes and Ladders…Quebec's Anti-Poverty Law - March, 22, 2011
"Award"
Erin Sulla (MA in Child Study) won first prize for her poster at the annual conference of the Centre for Research in Human Development on February 4, 2011. [
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"Friend of Children Award"
Professor Ellen Jacobs was presented with the "Friend of Children Award" by the
Canadian Association for Young Children for her long-term service and committment
to early childhood education. [more]
English Placement Test - Extra Dates
This test is required for students applying to the B. Ed. and Certificate in TESL.
The test is offered on a drop-in basis on January 28, 2011 and February 18, 2011 between 2 and 6pm. You can come any time between those hours. Please bring an ID that has a picture on it. Location: LB-548, 1400 de Maisonneuve west 5th floor.
Education Career Fair
Counselling and Development will be hosting an Education Career Fair for all
students in the Education department on Wednesday, February 9, 2011
from 12:00pm to 5:00pm. The Education Fair will be held in the Atrium of the
LB building. We would like you to attend the Fair and strongly
encourage you to make connections with potential
employers. I have attached a link to the CAPS web site, so you can see the
various organizations and school boards attending.
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Educational Technology Alumni Panel Discussion and Networking Night
Great Learning Stories: Connecting Theory, Technology and Results
Join fellow alumni, faculty members and current students in a panel discussion moderated by Professor Claude Martel, PhD 09, then stay to network.
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Elizabeth Meyer
Elizabeth Meyer tells viewers how she recently authored a book to end teen torment, Gender, bullying, and harassment: Strategies to end sexism and homophobia in schools (Teacher's College Press). Meyer was
interviewed on CTV's noon hour newscast with Todd van der Heyden on December 8, 2010.
Peggy Curran, of the The Gazette , blogged about the video "Bullying Hurts...Education makes it better"
[ NOW- Concordia University]
NOW has an article and link about the the video as well as a link to the CTV interview.
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Arpi Hamalian
For the second year in a row the Mayor has declared October to be "Women's History Month." Arpi Hamalian coordinated a one day colloquium at Concordia with a group of Colleagues from Concordia and other Montreal area universities and organizations: Women and the Arts during the Quiet Revolution. The event took place on October 16, 2010. On October 20, Madame Helen Fotopoulos organized a reception at City Hall for the conference committee members and invited us to sign the gold book in commemoration of the event. [Photo 1], [Photo 2]
Ayaz Naseem - New Book
Education and Gendered Citizenship in Pakistan by Ayaz Naseem has been released by Palgrave-MacMillan.
Arpi Hamalian - Presenter at the CAPLA conference in Ottawa
Alan Thomas and PLAR - a Legacy. In 1952 Alan Thomas took a long journey around the United States and kept a journal entitled "American Journal." The journal concludes as follows: ". . . and where was it I had been? That remained to be seen and felt and thought about . . . " I will tell a few stories about Alan Thomas and his work and legacy. I am hopeful that this session will open up the flood gates to new stories, leading to many new learning circles to remember him with and renew our resolve to carry forward the torch of his legacy about learning and PLAR. Link to Canadian Association for Prior
Learning Assessment (CAPLA) [more...]
Ayaz Naseem - Article
An article by Ayaz Naseem, originally published in an Oxford University Press Volume on Pakistan's Education, was cited at length in an International Herald Tribune article: Read the artcile at the following link: [more...]
Paul Bouchard
Paul Bouchard presented an hour-long lecture to a group of over 300 participants in 12 countries, for the National Research Council of Canada's MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) on "Critical literacies".
He talked about the new networked learning environments's potential for connected learning, while discussing some of the power differential issues that emerge because of some "natural" properties of networks. Clicking on this link will download a Java application to view an archive of the lecture.[more]
Ayaz Naseem - on-line lecture
Education and Gendered Citizenship in Pakistan: A Postcolonial Investigation.
Fall Lecture Series 2010 Center for South Asia, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Listen to the lecture at the following link: [more...]
Lecture
David Waddington "Touchstone or Albatross? The Progressive Roots of STS Education" [more...]
Adeela Arshad-Ayaz
Education professor Adeela Arshad-Ayaz is featured and interviewed on the front page of Le Devoir regarding the failure of our current methods of teaching multiculturalism. [more...]
Education professor Adeela Arshad-Ayaz speaks on the failure of our current methods of teaching multiculturalism in a news release issued Monday. This release has been picked up by
Physorg.com and
Firstscience.com
In the Concordia Journal Education professor Adeela Arshad-Ayaz argues for the growing need to encourage active citizen participation across cultures to "achieve the ultimate goal of greater social justice and equality for all students." Read the story at the following link: [
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Appointment
Dr. Saul Carliner has been selected to be the new Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. More information at the following link: [more...]
Award
Congratulations to Laura Collins nd her colleagues Pavel Trofimovich, Joanna White, Walcir Cardoso and Marlise Horst who were named as the 2010 recipients of the ACTFL-ML J Paul Pimsleur Award for their recently published article in the Modern Language Journal. The award was presented at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Awards ceremony on November 19, 2010 in Boston.
On-Line Interview
Dr. Elizabeth J. Meyer was interviewed on her research on bullying and harassment. Listen to the Podcast at the following link: [more...]
On-Line Article
Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles, an international heavy metal magazine, featured a news item on a project for which Dr. Vivek Venkatesh, Dr. David Waddington and PhD student Kamran Shaikh recently received funding. Read the story at the following link:[more...]
IARTEM Mini Conference
The Department of Education, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada is hosting the International Association for Research on Textbooks and Educational Media (IARTEM) Mini conference from August 22-24, 2010. Dr. M. Ayaz Naseem, Associate Professor, Department of Education is the Conference Chair this year. [more...]
Radio Canada International Interview
Vivek Venkatesh was interviewed on the Radio Canada International program The Indo-Canadian Report. The segment is approximately 8 minutes. [more...]
Congress 2010 Call for Volunteers
Congress 2010 is anticipated to be the largest-ever Canadian gathering of scholars and practitioners in the fields of education and social sciences. This call for volunteers gives you a chance to be an important part of this milestone event for Concordia and the Department of Education! [more...]
Upcoming Talk
Elizabeth Meyer's upcoming talk, "Gender, bullying, and harassment: Using queer pedagogy to disrupt discourses of power and popularity in schools", will take place on Thrusday, March 25, at 4:30 in H-535. [more...]
Radio Canada Interview
David Waddington was interviewed on the Radio Canada International program The Link. The segment is approximately at the 11 minute mark. [more...]
New Book
Shades of Globalization in Three Early Childhood Settings: Views from India, South Africa, and Canada, by Ailie Cleghorn and Larry Prochner, has been recently released. [more...]
Education Career Fair
Counselling and Development, in collaboration with the Department of
Education at Concordia University, is hosting an Education Career Fair for all
undergraduate and graduate Education students on Wednesday, February 3, 2010
from 1:00pm to 6:00pm. The Education Fair will be held in the Atrium of the
LB building. [more...]
Paul Bouchard on Jobboom
Paul Bouchard was interviewed by Marie-Hélène Proulx for the magazine Jobboom on the topic of "Self-directed learning for professional development". The article will appear in the March 2010 edition. [more...]
Ann-Louise Davidson, Concordia LAC
Department of Education Professor Ann-Louise Davidson is honoured to be serving as LAC for the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE). [more...]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Interview with David Waddington
Dr. David Waddington was interviewed on Radio Canada International's The Link about the new video game. [more...]
Monday, November 30, 2009
Learning Circle - Using the Tomato to Understand Globalisation and Neoliberalism, with Vincent Greason [more...]
Sunday, November 15, 2009
A Celebration of the Life and Work of Prof. Joti K. Bhatnagar [more...]
Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence
Michael Sweet, recent graduate of the MA in Educational Studies Program, has been conferred a 2009 Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence - Canada's premier teaching award [more...]
Monday, November 16, 2009
Learning Circle - Grandmothers: Leaders and Learners in Today's World, with Peggy Edwards[more...]
Saturday, October 18, 2009
Department of Education instructor and author of Spotty & Eddie Learn to Compromise, Lisa M. Chalifoux is having a book signing at Coles Bookstore, Cavendish Mall.
Monday October 5, 2009
Learning Circle - Humanizing Technology: The Story of PovNet, An Online Anti-Poverty Network, with Penny Goldsmith [more...]
September 28, 2009
Colloquium: Polytechnical (Un)lessons: Report Card from East Germany - John Rodden [more...]
September, 2009
Global News: Dr. Ann-Louise Davidson on Online Textbooks [more...]
September, 2009
CBC News: Dr. Ann-Louise Davidson on Facebook in Classroom [more...]
September, 2009
Dr. David Waddington, guest at a University of the Streets discussion, "How much should citizens know about science?" [more...]
July, 2009
Arpi Hamalian: Recipient of YWCA Montreal's Women of Distinction award [more...]
October, 2008
Wht does your choice of reading material say about your reasoning skills? Helena Osana, an associate professor in Concordia’s Department of Education, is researching just that. Following up on a study at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education... [more...]
Fall of 2008: Lana Bergmame and Sandra Della Porta have both been awarded the
2008-2009 SSHRC Master's Scholarships.This Scholarship was awarded on the
basis of academic excellence, research experience, and communication
skills. [more...]
Fall of 2008: Nadia Gagliano Student Teaching Award for 2007
skills. [more...]
