"Dr. Brent Macdonald is a registered psychologist in Alberta, BC, PEI, Nova Scotia, and the Northwest and Yukon Territories, and is a certified teacher with over 25 years’ experience working with individuals with a variety of complex learning differences. Dr. Brent maintains consultative relationships with a variety of public, independent and charter schools across Canada. He is a sessional instructor in the Departments of Psychology, Continuing Education, and Community, Health & Education at Mount Royal University. He is also an adjunct assistant professor with the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Brent is a frequent guest on CBC Calgary and PEI, Global Television, Breakfast Television, CITY-TV, and CTV. He is currently the lead psychologist with his own practice, Onward Psychology Group (www.onwardpsychology.ca), with offices in Calgary and Charlottetown. He and his team provide counselling and assessment services, along with consultation services to educators and parents. Brent has recently published Fall Seven Times, Stand Up Eight: Mental Toughness for Everyone with Kendall-Hunt Publishing, available at www.onwardpsychology.ca
Dr. Brent divides his time between Calgary and PEI."
Sessions auxquelles Dr. Brent Macdonald participe
Vendredi 12 Février, 2021
Samedi 19 Février, 2022
“I’ve got this” is the rallying cry of the hopeless optimist. Educators in particular are prone to take on more than perhaps we should. In doing so, though, we often overextend ourselves, despite our best intentions. Mental toughness (MT) is a very powerful concept that helps us create a much more agile and adaptive approach to our own lives and those with whom we live and work.Mental toughness has a great deal of evidence to support its use in education, but it is also broadly misu...
Online book store now open!Dr. Brent Macdonald - Virtual Book Signing - 12:15 pm - 12:45 pmBook Title:Fall Seven Times Stand Up Eight: Mental Toughness for EveryoneBook Description:Mental toughness is NOT what you think it is! It’s not abou...
Vendredi 16 Février, 2024
Sessions auxquelles Dr. Brent Macdonald assiste
Jeudi 11 Février, 2021
All Keynote sessions will be recorded. The recordings will not be available before February 18, as they must be edited before posting. The Keynote recordings will be available until March 15, 2021.Born at home, Tara was never immunized nor taken to see a doctor. She has no birth certificate and did not attend public school. Tara Westover was seventeen when she first set foot in a class. Today Tara is a Senior Fellow at Harvard...
Vendredi 12 Février, 2021
All Keynote sessions will be recorded. The recordings will not be available before February 18, as they must be edited before posting. The Keynote recordings will be available until March 15, 2021.PETER MANSBRIDGE is one of Canada’s most respected and recognizable figures. For five decades, including his 29 years as the anchor of CBC’s The National, he has guided us through the political, economic, and cultural events that have shaped the country. Through a unique ...
