Psychology Students' Association University of Toronto

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Do you want to be stylin’ like the PSA? Well wish no further! The PSA hoodies are back and BETTER THAN EVER.  Just check out the new zip-up style and logos, and tell me you don’t want to be seen in one of these bad-boys.  Thought so. 

Comes in Black, Dark Chocolate, Forest Green, Irish Green, Navy Blue, Red, and Royal Blue.  AND YOU CAN EVEN GET YOUR NAME ON THE HOOD!

ONLY $30.00 for a limited time, PRE-ORDER NOW!!!!

Print-out a form or come by the PSA office (Sid Smith 509) to pick one up.  Fill it out and hand it in, then enjoy being the most stylish person around.

To hand in your order form, you MUST give it to a PSA exec.  Here are the possible times for you to do so, and with whom:

Mon 12-1:  Julieta
Mon 4-5:  Hasmik
Tues 12-1: Zihad, Diana P
Wed 12-1: Yunjie
Wed 1-2:  Jack
Wed 5-6: Nadine
Thurs 12-1: Christina
Thurs 2-3: Gillian
Thurs 5-6: Lindie
Fri 12-1: Vince
Fri 3-4: Amy

It’s close to that time of the year again. Election fever! If you wish to run for a position

on the PSA exec team for this coming year, please read the following instructions.

Those who wish to vote should click on “more” for instructions.

But first, restrictions:

have to have volunteered for the PSA for a year. Those who are currently volunteering

at the PSA are also eligible if they have volunteered last semester.

Those wishing to run for the co-president position must have had previously served on

the PSA exec team for a year.

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Candidates:

If you want to be a candidate, you must send an email to the email address:

votepsa2010@gmail.com with the heading ‘PSA Election’ answering the

following questions:

1) General Information (Name, Year, What you are studying, anything

relevant)

2) Why you would make a good PSA exec

3) Something interesting about yourself

We will be accepting sumbmissions up until 4 pm February 19th, 2010

Speeches:

Candidates are required to make a speech (or have a speech prepared for

someone to read if they cannot make it). This will take place at Psych Lounge

(SS 4th floor right across the elevators) Feb 23 from 1-3pm

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Voting:

To vote, you must send an email from your uToronto email account stating who

you vote for. Emails coming from non-utoronto emails will not be counted.

Only one vote per email account, and if more than 1 email is sent from a

single email account, all votes from that person will not be counted.

The voting period will begin from February 19, 2010 and will end March 19,

2010. Voters should send an email to votepsa2010@gmail.com using the

following format:

Subject: Vote

then the body should say:

President: (then list name(s))

Execs: (then list names)

The Institute of Psychiatry, a School of King’s College London, has news
of some recent funding initiatives which may be of interest to final year
Psychology students who are considering postgraduate study, and who may be
interested in studying for their Masters in the UK. The deadline for the
MSc funding schemes is 1st March 2010.

The Institute of Psychiatry, based in London, is the largest academic
community in Europe dedicated to research and training in mental health
and related neurosciences. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, the
Institute of Psychiatry (www.iop.kcl.ac.uk) was judged to have the highest
research power of any UK institution within the areas of clinical
psychology, neuroscience and psychiatry, and King’s College
(www.kcl.ac.uk) is currently rated in the world’s top 25 universities.

The Institute and King’s College London are home to a large number of
Canadian students who represent one of our largest international student
groups – Masters programmes in the UK last for 1 year, and students are
not required to take the GRE – making the UK an attractive option for
Canadian graduates.

Scholarships are available for students who wish to commence postgraduate
study in the 2010/11 academic session.

The Institute of Psychiatry offers over 20 Masters programmes as well as a
wide range of PhD opportunities.
MSc Neuroscience, MSc Clinical Neuroscience, MSc Mental Health Studies,
MSc Organisational Psychiatry & Psychology and MSc Forensic Mental Health
are some of the programmes designed for psychology graduates.

Programme information can be found at:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/prospectus/school/institute_of_psychiatry/graduate/

The Institute of Psychiatry video can be viewed at:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ikings/index.php?id=236

Should any students be interested in studying at the Institute of
Psychiatry, and would like to apply for funding, they can be directed to:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/graduate/funding/funding1011

PSA just wants to thank everyone who came out tonight, the event was awesome, many laughs were had and (possibly) many relationships started! 

Pics and videos of the event are going to be posted on our Facebook group:  http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=211866&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=2203780236&id=100000194206535#!/group.php?gid=2203780236

so feel free to check those out.  Also, make sure to join the group to get up-to-date with the latest PSA news and events.  You KNOW you want to be at the next one!!

Again, thanks everyone,

Sincerely,

PSA Executive Team

The Philosophy Course Union at U of T is hosting its annual Symposium on
Love this Thursday.  This year, one of the speakers is Psychology
Professor Dr. Geoffrey MacDonald.  For those interested here is the
information concerning the event, as well as the following link to the
Facebook event page:

Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Health Sciences Building room 610

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=266973041438&index=1

Looking for alternatives to medicine, nursing and dentistry? Attend our annual Life Sciences Event to get more information. Sign-up is required at www.careers.utoronto.ca

Date: Wednesday  February 10th, 2010
Time: 8:30AM – 10:00AM
Location: Robert G. Theatre – Koffler Student Centre, 214 College Street

For more information about the Life Sciences Event please visit www.careers.utoronto.ca

Hi student fellows,

I am a first year student at U of T, and I have organized a petition to keep John Vervaeke, professor in the psychology and philosophy departments, at U of T. Everyone I’ve met who has taken one of his courses has found him to be an incredible teacher, but U of T’s failure to provide him with basic job security has resulted in his seeking positions at other universities.

This petition requests the University to provide him with senior lectureship status so that he will remain here and continue to benefit the students of U of T. The petition was created with his permission.

http://www.petitiononline.com/vervaeke/petition.html

Thank you,

Noah Mazereeuw

1. SWAP STUDENT PAPER AWARD

In keeping with its goals of advancing the place of women in psychology and of promoting research

of special relevance to women, the Section on Women and Psychology (SWAP) will offer a $500.00 student

paper award this year. To be eligible the paper must have been submitted to the 2010 Annual

Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association or SWAP Institute: Mental, Spiritual and

Emotional Health of Aboriginal Peoples and other Diverse Populations: Theory, Research and Practice.

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Part of Xpression Against Oppression Week

El Mocambo
464 Spadina Ave (Spadina and College)
Doors Open at 9 pm
Price: Pay what you can, suggested donation of $10-20
Featuring Bishop Brigante and others

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=271399479555&ref=mf

VALENTINE’S DAY SOCIAL

Mon, Feb 8th 6 to 10pm at Hart House Arbor Room.

 There is a  chill session with profs, games & free food.

EVENT SCHEDULE
6:20-7:00: Icebreaker Game- We are going to pair people up and give
them about 5 minutes to try and get to know as much as they can about one another. After that time, we will split them up and give each a questionnaire to fill out about themselves. Once completed, we’ll bring the pairs on stage where they have to answer the questions about the other person they met. The pair with the most correct answers win a prize!!

7:00-7:15: MINGLE!

7:15-8:00: Speed Dating/Meeting- One row of guys & one row of girls alternating who they speak to every 2 minutes.

8:00-8:30: MINGLE!/Love fortunes reading

8:30-9:00: Dating Game- Two rounds with one girl bachlorette and one male bachelor. People will be blindfolded/there will be a divider and based on answers to questions the bachelor/bachelorette have to pick one person out of 3 who they think they would be most compatible with. The person picking and the one chosen get an awesome prize!! Other participants also get a prize!! (just not as awesome ;P)

9:00-10:00: MINGLE!/Love fortunes/speed dating/whatever people want to do

Sounds stupendous, yes?! Then come out and have some fun!

P.S. There will be a cash bar

To register: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=281207811376