PSA: Seeking Mentors!

To all Upper Year Psychology Students:

Mentors for the PSA Mentorship Program are in demand! We are actively
seeking students who have familiarized themselves with psychology courses,
procedures, and U of T in general and would like to share their
experiences and help out students who are just starting out. Read the rest of this entry »

PSA: People needed for newsletter!

We are looking for heroes and the shapers of destinies — those of you who would be interested in working on and bringing to fruition an undergraduate psychology newsletter. The newsletter would function as a medium for psychology students to communicate by sharing ideas, research, and creative work. If done well, it should facilitate the growth of a student community and enrich to a profound degree the lives of everyone involved. Also, the newsletter give students an overview of psychology-relevant upcoming psychology-relevant events that are happening around campus. For this newsletter we would need writers, editors, researchers, Read the rest of this entry »

PSA: Undergraduate Journal FAQ

Dear Psychology Students,

We would like to remind you that the Undergraduate Psychology Journal is
still accepting applications for the editorial board as well as
submissions of articles until the end of January. Please read the
following FAQ if you have any questions about the submissions.

Yours truly,

PSA Executive Team

Mind Matters 2: New Perspectives on the Psychology of Wisdom

Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 9:00am until Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 5:00pm

A conference presented by: the Buddhism & Psychology Student Union and the U of T Jungian Society.

WHEN: February 18th & 19th, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.

WHERE: The University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Earth Sciences Auditorium (ES 1050), 33 Willcocks Street.

Wisdom is often considered the summit of knowledge about human existence and our place in the world. Plato called it “the highest of human things” – enshrined in the very word philosophia, “the love or pursuit of wisdom.” Read the rest of this entry »

BPSU: ‘One: The Movie’ (Monday 7:30pm)

FREE movie screening of ONE The Movie.

How can we live out our full potential? What is God? What is the meaning of life? These are some of the questions addressed in ONE The Movie, which features spiritual teachers such as Thich Nhat Hanh, Deepak Chopra, Robert Thurman, and many others. Read the rest of this entry »

NAMUN XXVII Conference Invitation

We hope your second semester is off to a great start so far! We were hoping to enlist your aid spreading the word about NAMUN XXVII, the annual model UN conference hosted by the University of Toronto. If you could pass the following invitation along to your members and students in your faculty jurisdictions, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time and cooperation! Read the rest of this entry »

Harvest Noon Announcement

New Healthy, Affordable and Student-run Cafe Opens on Campus!

We are excited to announce that this Monday, January 30th, Harvest Noon Cafe will open its doors to the public. The crew behind this co-operative venture is thrilled to offer a healthy, financially accessible, environmentally sustainable, and independent food option on campus. Read the rest of this entry »

Call for participants for the 4th Parkinson’s Disease Summer School for Healthcare Students

The 4th Parkinson’s Disease Summer School for Healthcare students, PhD students and junior professionals will be held from July 23rd to August 1st 2012 in Warsaw, Poland.
It is a great opportunity for those interested in cross-cultural & interdisciplinary research to come together & create not only an interesting research but change the world of PD patients! Read the rest of this entry »

Musical pitch study: Looking for Cantonese speakers, English-speaking musicians, and non-musicians

Hope you are doing well. My name is Stefanie Hutka. I am currently a PhD
student at the University of Toronto (St. George campus) in the Department of
Psychology.

My colleague, Dr. Gavin Bidelman, and I are currently running a study on the Read the rest of this entry »

A Day In the MENTAL HEALTH FIELD

***IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT***
We apologize for our mis-use of words previously. Ms. McKay is NOT a registered clinical psychologist, but a mental health professional. She works at CAMH and have extensive experiences in research, as well as clinical encounters with psychiatric population.

We are sure that students will benefit from her sharing and we hope to see everyone of you! We once again apologize for our mistake

Sincerely,
PSA execs

A long awaited seminar:
A glimpse into the life of a MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL Read the rest of this entry »

“Making ‘What Works’ Work: Examining an Evidence-Based Model for Intervening with Youth in the Justice System”

Under Canada’s youth justice policy, rehabilitation is an important principle and an empirically supported model of assessment
and service delivery is crucial to achieve this goal. The principles of risk, criminogenic need, and responsivity (the ‘RNR framework’)
provide direction regarding assessment and intervention approaches most likely to decrease youths’ criminal behaviour.
This talk examines issues in implementing this evidence-based framework in the assessment and case
management of youth involved in the justice system, including whether the model is working Read the rest of this entry »