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Joined January 2022
Congratulations to former PhD student @aleecekatan for graduating with her doctoral degree last week! Aleece is now doing a SSHRC-funded post-doc at @UBC.
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Please join us in congratulating Dr. Ramona Bobocel, recipient of the @CSIOP_SCPIO 2025 Distinguished Contributions Award. This award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding & sustained contributions to the field of I-O Psychology in Canada:
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#TBT Grad students Monica Grove & Michelle Korlacka at the @UWaterlooPsych Discovery Conference. Monica's work showed effects of hearing a peer display #SelfCompassion & Michelle shared work on intervening with #SelfCriticism with #CompassionFocused & #Cognitive interventions.
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#TBT Our honours thesis students presented at the @UWaterlooPsych Discovery Conference! Samantha explored #BodyCompassion in women with bulimia, Hayden studied gender expectations of a #SelfCompassion exercise, & Emma looked at self-compassion in South Asian vs. White students
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Register now for our clinical psych workshop, "Staying informed without burnout: Strategies for mindful media and news consumption", Tues, Nov 4, 7-8:30PM at the @KitchLibrary! The workshop is open to all, free to attend, and registration is open now:
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Register now for our clinical psych workshop, "The mind-environment connection: How does nature affect uur well-being?", Tues, Nov 18, 7-8:30PM at the @KitchLibrary! The workshop is open to all, free to attend, and registration is open now:
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Congratulations to Dr. Clara Colombatto whose project was awarded funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF):
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New research from University of Waterloo psychologists (Megan Barlow, Tiffany Doan, @Ori_Friedman , and Stephanie Denison) sheds light on why people often probability match rather than maximize when making decisions. see:
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Probability matching and statistical naïveté - Volume 20
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Important new research by University of Waterloo Psychology's @UwaterlooPsych Sara Hart and colleagues demonstrates that genetic and environmental influences on reading skills change with age. see:
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Reading is influenced by genes and environments throughout life. Using a U.S. twin sample (N = 1086; 564 Male: 522 Female; Age M = 7.46 years, SD = 1.57, with 90% self-reported as White, 8% Black, ...
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Research from the Indigenous Workways project shows many Indigenous employees continue to feel disconnected from their culture & community, & subjected to tokenism/racism at work:
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Research from the Indigenous Workways project shows that too many Indigenous employees in the region continue to feel isolated, disconnected from their culture and community, and subjected to...
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Science of #wisdom made it to the @HiddenBrain! humbled to share some insights w @ShankarVedantam and his team - https://t.co/711SLcSfUV.
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Insights that help you understand your world -- and yourself
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A huge congratulations to UW Psychology's Dr. Dillon Browne, recognized as a Royal Society of Canada College Member:
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Six University of Waterloo researchers are being recognized as Royal Society of Canada (RSC) fellows and a member of the RSC College. “I am thrilled to congratulate Waterloo's new RSC Fellows and new
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Congratulations to Dr. Denison and her collaborators! This project, funded by @TempletonWorld aims to investigate the developmental origins of how young minds reason about & act on multiple uncertain possibilities:
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A project led by psychology professor Dr. Stephanie Denison received more than $1.7 million CAD in funding from the Templeton World Charity Foundation.
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Last week, The Wisdom and Culture Lab presented at the 2nd Regional Cultural Difference Conference at the University of British Columbia! Our time at the conference was productive and exciting! Here are some highlights >
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More than $32 million awarded to researchers at UW - including Psychology's Drs. Evan Risko, Wendi Adair, Hilary Bergsieker, Doug Brown, & Uzma Rehman:
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For 17 consecutive years, the University of Waterloo has been recognized as Canada's top comprehensive research university — driven by a bold, multi-disciplinary approach and strong industry
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"Each year, universities support more than 400,000 jobs and contribute more than $45-billion to Canada’s economy," yet most remain ineligible for federal infrastructure funding. A timely op-ed from @univcan on why universities should be included in Canada's infrastructure plans.
Universities are ready to help Canada solve its infrastructure and housing challenges. What’s needed? ➡️ Student housing treated as Canadian housing ➡️ Campus infrastructure eligible for federal support ➡️ Fewer barriers to get projects moving Grab a copy or read here to learn
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Wisdom & Culture Lab rocked https://t.co/dXheuyeaIe
@UBC! Peter Diep debuted insights on #IntellectualHumility in Africa @MaksimRudnev tracked shifting Euro values Plus, sneak peek at https://t.co/hJnwGEVq84 with @googlearts Exciting things ahead! #SocialScience #CultureLab
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Congratulations to all 6 Inductees to the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, including Psychology's Dr. Geoffrey Fong! Laureates were inducted at a ceremony on June 19th. https://t.co/5pI6ejA9KN
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Dr. Geoffrey Fong inducted to Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
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Last week we said farewell and thanks to Dr. Heather Henderson for her outstanding leadership over the last 6 years as Chair. Please join us in welcoming our new Psychology Department Chair, Dr. Evan Risko — we’re excited for what’s ahead! 👏
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Congratulations, Geoff!!
Congratulations to #CMHFInd2025 Dr. Geoffrey T. Fong, A world-leading public health researcher! We are honoured to welcome him to the #CdnMedHallFame! https://t.co/8yDtnytqCN laureates/geoffreyfong @CMA_Docs @Financial_MD @scotiabank
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