DepartmentScience
Areas of InterestStudent-directed inquiry-based learning
Project-based learning
Teachers as researchers
Critical making
Playful learning
Courses TaughtScience and Technology I
Science and Technology III (advanced)
Science and Technology IV
Physics V
CoLab ProjectsConnecting curriculum, assessment, and pedagogy as a relational approach to transformative climate change education (Stephanie Leite, McGill University)
Use of 3D printing as an educational tool to promote self-directed learning in high school students (Heather Pearson, McGill University)
Publications & PresentationsAllison, A, Loupelle, C, & Ruffini, A. (2023, April). Our Transformational odyssey in teaching and learning. [Poster presentation]. International Association of Lab Schools. Toronto, ON.
https://www.trafalgar.qc.ca/news-detail?pk=1537103 Allison, A, Loupelle, C, & Ruffini, A. (2023, April). Designing Inquiry-Based Learning Experiences that Foster Collaboration in Middle School. [Session presentation]. International Association of Lab Schools. Toronto, ON.
Allison, A., Jao, L., Loupelle, C., Quilty, L., Ruffini, A., Wiseman, D. (2022, February). Reflecting on practice through interdisciplinary PBL and student-directed STEM inquiry. Co-facilitated workshop for the Leadership Committee for English Education in Québec (LCEEQ) Annual Conference, online.
Wiseman, D., Jao, L., Rubin, T., Boisvert, M-L., Loupelle, C., Campo, S., & Grobbecker, K. (2022, May). Mapping student-directed STEM inquiry onto the Québec Education Program. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, online.
Jao, L., Wiseman, D., & Loupelle, C. (2019, June). The READ Dress Project: Student-directed STEAM inquiry. International Coalition of Girls’ Schools (ICGS). Conference, Pasadena, CA.
Loupelle, C. (2018, June). Reimagining a classroom on a budget. [Session presentation]. International Coalition of Girls’ Schools (ICGS). Conference. Washington, DC.
Loupelle, C. & Ruffini, A. (2017, June). The urban classroom: taking advantage of everything a city has to offer. [Session presentation]. National Coalition of Girls’ Schools. Conference. Washington, DC.
Awards & HonoursGraduate Excellence Award (McGill University), 2023
Linda Fernandes Memorial Fellowship (McGill University), 2023
H. William Christ Educator Prize (International Coalition of Girls’ Schools), 2019
Prize Prime Minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence, 2019
Award of Merit Recipient for School Sports (Greater Montreal Athletics Association), 2018
