International Centre for Youth Gambling Holiday Campaign reaches 100% participation from all Canadian and U.S. lotteries
Each year, NCPG and the International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviours at 海角社区 ask lotteries to support their聽responsible gaming campaign and help raise awareness regarding the risks of underage lottery play during the holiday season.
For the first time since its inception, the 2018 Holiday Campaign achieved 100% participation from all Canadian and U.S. lotteries.
ECP hosts Dr. Fredrick A. Schrank, J. William Fulbright Specialist in School/Applied Child Psychology
The world-renowned Fulbright program is an educational movement based on the principle of scholarly exchange between the United States and other countries. Earlier this semester, Dr. Armando Bertone - Associate Professor and graduate program director of ECP鈥檚 School/Applied Child Psychology (SACP) program - was honoured to have hosted Dr. Fredrick A.Schrank as a J. William Fulbright Specialist in School/Applied Child Psychology.
Parents shouldn鈥檛 worry if their infant doesn鈥檛 sleep through the night by 6-12 months of age: New research led by ECP's Dr. Pennestri
New parents often expect their baby to start sleeping through the night by around six months of age. Indeed, they often receive messages from paediatricians and others about the importance of early sleep consolidation. But authors of a study in the December 2018 issue of聽Pediatrics聽found that a large percentage of healthy babies don鈥檛 reach that milestone by six months of age, or even at a year old.
海角社区 Mindfulness Research Laboratory launches website
The 海角社区 Mindfulness Research Lab (MMRL), led by Dr. Bassam Khoury, of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, has聽launched a new website at www.mcgill.ca/mmrl.
Dr. Tina Montreuil is invited expert, guest editor for Psychologie Quebec's September edition
Dr. Tina Montreuil is an invited expert and guest editor for聽Psychologie Quebec's September edition.聽Psychologie Quebec聽is the quarterly publication of the Order of Psychologists of Quebec.
Dr. Montreuil is the invited expert and guest editor for the special feature titled "La sant茅 mentale en milieu scolaire: d茅fis et enjeux鈥�.
"Le sommeil chez l鈥檈nfant et son importance": Marie-H茅l猫ne Pennestri interviewed by TVA
Dr. Marie-H茅l猫ne Pennestri, Assistant Professor with the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was interviewed recently by TVA regarding the importance of sleep for children. Please click here to view the video, posted September 16, 2018.
Nathan Hall speaks to Everything Hertz podcast about humour and mental health in academia
Professor Nathan Hall, of our Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, recently spoke at length with Drs. Dan Quintana and James Heathers, hosts of the Everything Hertz podcast. The topic of discussion was Dr.
New research from ECP examines role of bystanders in cyberbullying
Bystanders in cyberbullying:聽Where are all your friends during a cyberbullying episode?
ECP receives accolades at National Council on Problem Gambling annual conference
Collaboration between Dr. 脠ve-Marie Quintin's BAND research group, Commission Scolaire des Draveurs, and musicians, is winner of Qu茅bec Prix 脌 Part Enti猫re award
A team involving the research group of聽脠ve-Marie Quintin has been awarded first prize聽at Qu茅bec's聽Prix 脌 part enti猫re, in the category of Commissions scolaires et 茅tablissements d'enseignement de niveau primaire ou secondaire soutenant la r茅ussite 茅ducative聽("S
Dr. Aliki Thomas (PhD, Learning Sciences, 2011) is the recipient of the 2018 Maude Abbot Prize
SPOT Professor and Education alumna Dr.聽Aliki Thomas聽(PhD (Learning Sciences)聽2011)聽has been selected as the 2018 winner of the 海角社区 Faculty of Medicine Maude Abbot Prize.
New paper reviews the existing literature on burnout in post-secondary academics
A new paper published by ECP's Zaynab Sabagh, Nathan C. Hall and Alenoush Saroyan provides an in-depth review of the literature and research regarding burnout for post-secondary faculty. "Antecedents, correlates and consequences of faculty burnout" was published this May by Educational Research.聽
Dr. Derevensky interviewed regarding US Supreme Court decision to allow states to legalize sports gambling
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Dr. Tina Montreuil speaks to Le Devoir about children, anxiety
Dr. Tina Montreuil, of our Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology (ECP), spoke to聽Le Devoir聽recently about anxiety in children.
