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Education in the time of COVID-19

Responding to the many challenges and opportunities posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, professors and graduate student researchers from the Faculty of Education share their expertise in media interviews, blog posts, scholarly journals and via podcasts. Follow this page for regular updates.

Explore by Year and Month

February

February 9 | Tracy Vaillancourt | Stop assuming most kids will be resilient in the face of COVID-19: when we believe this, we fail to protect them as we mustGlobe and Mail

February 26 | Tracy Vaillancourt | Canadian teens still struggling with mental health even as pandemic wanes CBC News

February 27 | Tracy Vaillancourt | Paul W. Bennett: Canada's schools have descended into a violent hell and we let it happen National Post


March

March 9 | Tracy Vaillancourt | Suicide attempts rose among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for girls  The Conversation

April

April 26 | Trista Ann Hollweck, Megan Cotnam-Kappel, Andy Hargreaves,  Amal Boultif Playing Out of the Pandemic : The Canadian Playful Schools Network |  Edcan Network

April 26 | Phyllis Dalley | Pandemic and Language Resilience in a Francophone Minority ContextEdCan Network

May

May 8 | Tracy Vaillancourt | New study shows increases in depression and anxiety symptoms in youth during the pandemic | The globe and Mail