The Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology would like to congratulate the following ECP students on receiving 2013-2014 Faculty of Education Fellowships!
Chao-Mei Chiang, Ph.D. Candidate, Counselling Psychology Program
2013-2014 Jackie Kirk Fieldwork Support Fund recipient.
Tanya Chichekian, Ph.D. Candidate, Learning Sciences Program
2013-2014 Walter A. and K. Mary Marsh Fellowships in Teaching and Learning recipient.
Dr. Marilyn Fitzpatrick, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology was awarded the 2013 Faculty of Education Distinguished Teaching Award!
Dr. Fitzpatrick is currently the Program Director of ECP's Counselling Psychology Masters and Doctoral programs, and has and continues to supervise many students in this area.
The television program profiling ECP鈥檚 Dr. Tara Flanagan out in the field will be airing tonight Friday April 12th at 7:30PM and Sunday April 14th at 3PM! Check it on , available on Videotron(ch. 22) and Bell (ch. 152) TV providers.
Dr. George Mager, retired professor from the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was recently honored with a . The medal serves to honour significant contributions and achievements by Canadians.
Congratulations Dr. Mager!
Dr. Susanne Lajoie, Canada Research Chair and Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology was interviewed by on 驰辞耻罢耻产别听about the newly funded project, which Dr. Lajoie is the Director.
The Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology's Dr. Susanne Lajoie, Professor and Canadian Research Chair, was interviewed in the 9I制作厂免费 Reporter for her research on to use technology as a source of enhancing the way students learn.
Dr. Tara Flanagan, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was interviewed on CTV News!
Dr. Jeffrey Derevensky, Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was presented the Joseph Ciarrocchi Recognition Award from the the Maryland Council on Problem Gambling for pioneering efforts in research on youth problem gambling. Dr. Deverevnsky's research focuses on identifying and understanding the underlying factors and consequences related to youth gambling problems.
Congratulations Dr. Derevensky!
Dr. Susanne Lajoie, and Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was featured in The Globe and Mail today as one of the leading researchers across Canada!
Stephanie Mitelman, a course lecturer in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was interviewed on CTV News! Stephanie works as a sex educator with the , and provides sex education to Quebec鈥檚 public school systems.
鈥淔or decades sex education was a staple in North American high schools, but in 2005 Quebec decided to change course and dedicated instruction was removed from the curriculum.鈥�
ECP's Dr. Susanne Lajoie, Canada Research Chair, Tier 1 and Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and her research team 'leads' a 19-university and 6-country collaborative research project on technology in classrooms. Dr. Lajoie's team and study are featured in the Le Devoir, particularly as it relates to dropout rates.
The research "Self-injury behaviours on the Internet," of , PhD candidate in the School/Applied Child Psychology Program, published in the Encyclopedia of Cyber Behaviour has been nominated for the by the American Library Association!
Following numerous meetings and consultations with experts in mental health, including Dr. Martin Drapeau, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, the Commissaire 脿 la sant茅 et au bien-锚tre du Qu茅bec released a report titled Verser, plus d'茅quit茅 et de R茅sultats en sant茅 mentale au Qu茅bec. In this report, the Commissaire recommends greater access to psychotherapy for those in need.
After publishing a study that shows health benefits for 'coming out of the closet' for gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals, Dr. Nathan Smith, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and his colleagues at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al's new study titled "Sexual Orientation and Disclosure in Relation to Psychiatric Symptoms, Diurnal Cortisol, and Allostatic Load" has been a hot topic worldwide and now on The Comedy Network's The Colbert Report!
Dr. Jeffrey Derevensky, Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was invited to testify before the Senate of Canada regarding the Bill C-290, a legislation that would make it legal in Canada to bet on a single sports event, which is currently only legal for horse racing.
To read the discussion in full, visit the website.
