Month: February 2018

Interested in Joining the PSA Team?

PSAOther Opportunities

Hey you! You want to join the team? The Psychology Student’s Association will be having elections for the 2018-2019 academic school year for executive positions. There are 13 available executive positions: President (1) Vice President (1) Treasurer (1) Secretaries (2) Academic Coordinator (2) Seminar Coordinator (2) Volunteer Coordinator (2) Social Coordinator (2) NOMINATIONS DUE: Friday, March 2nd, 2018 @ 6pm in the SS 509 office (please hand in forms to the office hour host OR slide your form under the door) Nomination form (available online or in the office): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eVpt1nX2U44ezqZHhctBxRm5CSbUhGcga6AWq6HTIjU/edit CAMPAIGN PERIOD: Monday, March 4th – Friday, March 9th, 2018 […]

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Emotion Detection Volunteer Research Assistant!

PSAJob Opportunity, Research Assistant, Volunteer

Kang Lee’s Development Lab is looking for motivated individuals to join our team! You will be involved in a series of studies examining emotion detection. We will be examining the ways in which changes in facial blood flow contributes to the detection of emotions. You will be involved in recruiting participants, running the experiments, coding data, preparing stimuli, and recording the results. You will also participate in training sessions to acquire the necessary skills for the current project. Requirements: Be punctual Ability to work independently Excellent communication (both written and verbal) skills Problem solving skills Strong computer and technical skills is an […]

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Masters Program at Knox College

PSAGraduate School, Other Events

MPS degree with focus in Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy is a Master’s program that integrate spirituality and psychotherapy. This comprehensive program offers over 400 classroom hours in the theory and practice of psychotherapy along with Practicum courses with at least 240 hours of direct client contact hours. Students will take seven basic theological courses as well. Upon graduation, students will meet the entry-to-practice competencies of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) and the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC). The goal of the program is to create a generation of therapists who are psychologically and spiritually literate; who […]

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NeuroXChange Conference

PSAOther Events, Other Opportunities

NeuroXChange is a unique neuroscience and mental health conference held at McMaster University open to undergraduate students across Ontario. This conference is designed to bring together future neuroscientists to network, learn, and present their research to fellow peers. Students are encouraged to present their research OR to register as attendees. If you are an undergraduate student interested in neuroscience, mental health or research in general, we highly encourage you to attend. There will be keynote addresses from Dr. Douglas Crawford and Dr. Stephanie R. Penney, as well as a panels consisting of neuroscience graduate students and mental health professionals. If you […]

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Working For Mental Health Forum

PSAOther Events, Other Opportunities

Are you interested in volunteering or finding a career in the mental health field? Do you want to know how you might use your degree toward finding work in neuroscience or psych research, psychotherapy, advocacy and public awareness, and other mental health-related work? Come to the Working for Mental Health Forum. William Doo Auditorium, March 9, 2-5 pm. Listen to keynote speakers and join breakout discussions to explore what your options might be. Please register at: http://www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/w4mh2018/ Feel free to join our Facebook Event page for important updates at: https://www.facebook.com/events/167156047240715/ We look forward to seeing you there!  Cheers,  The W4MH Committee

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Survey Participants Needed!

PSAExperiment Participation, Other Opportunities, Volunteer

Sexual violence is an epidemic on UofT campus. Silence is Violence, a grassroots, anti-sexual violence collective at the University of Toronto, is calling for students to complete a survey on sexual violence on campus.  Students in all programs are encouraged to do the survey, whether or not they identify as survivors of sexual violence. This is the first survey of its kind to be conducted at UofT that seeks to understand students’ perspectives about sexual violence on campus. Please complete the survey below to help us understand how UofT students navigate issues of sexual violence on campus. Share widely with […]

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Research Assistant Needed!

PSAJob Opportunity, Research Assistant, Volunteer

The Fraud Research team studies scam detection and victimization in participants ages 18-30 and 60-90. These research assistant position is ideal for an undergraduate student in their 2nd or 3rd year of psychology or a related field. Research assistants are responsible for recruiting participants for our research studies including making connections with community organizations to find interested participants, advertising our studies, and sharing our findings with community members. You will also run studies with participants (data collection) and complete data entry tasks. This position is ideal for someone who is considering careers both in academic research environments and in more […]

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Study Recruitment

PSAExperiment Participation, Volunteer

The PEARL Lab at OISE is recruiting participants between the ages of 18 and 22 for a research study on the relationship between young adults and their parents, and the impact of this relationship on risk behaviours, wellness behaviours and well-being. You must be in contact with a parent for at least 10 hours a month (including text, phone, email) and be willing to have said parent participate. The study involves you filling out one baseline survey and then completing 30 days of short surveys from home, using an app that you download on your smartphone. We will ask you […]

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