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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 shared their expertise in op-eds, media interviews, blog posts, scholarly journals, and podcasts.

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