Volunteer for the Eating Disorders Program (SickKids)
The Eating Disorders program at Sick Kids is looking for volunteers! More information below:
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Part-time Paid Research Assistant at the SCS Lab
The SCS Lab (Social Cognitive Science Lab) at the University of Toronto St. George is looking for two passionate and dedicated part-time paid Research Assistants to work on various new studies in the lab. Specifically, the RA’s will assist with scheduling, recruiting, and running behavioural and fMRI participants for a variety of studies. Depending on your skillset, the tasks will include: – contacting patient and non-patient populations to confirm their availability and schedule fMRI time slots– preliminary fMRI screening– running behavioural studies and assisting with neuroimaging studies– obtaining consent and debriefing participants on the study – recruiting research participants– potentially assisting with neuroimaging analyses– […]
Volunteer Research Assistant at the Bariatric Surgery Program (Toronto Western Hospital)
Volunteer research assistant needed: I am currently seeking an energetic and enthusiastic volunteer research assistant to help with phone calls, data entry, and administrative tasks in the Bariatric Surgery Program at the Toronto Western Hospital. The Bariatric Surgery Program is a dynamic department consisting of a team of health professionals from a variety of disciplines including psychologists, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, social workers, surgeons and dietitians. The team conducts pre-surgical assessments of patients considering bariatric surgery and post-surgical follow-up for five years after surgery. The eligible candidate will be a responsible, conscientious and quick-learning individual with excellent communication skills who has […]
Vision and Cognition Conference (CASA)
Please see below a message from CASA: — The Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence Students’ Association (CASA) is pleased to announce the 9th iteration of the University of Toronto Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Mind (UTism). The theme of this year’s conference is Vision, addressing the question, How does vision affect cognition? On February 1-2, 2020, this idea will be explored from an interdisciplinary perspective. Specifically, speakers from local and international universities will be discussing groundbreaking research on vision from multiple academic disciplines (psychology, computer vision, philosophy, etc.). All interested in vision and the interdisciplinary study of cognitive science are welcome! […]
Research Student Assistant Position at the Neuropsychiatric Research Unit
Research Student The Neuropsychiatric Research Unit is currently seeking multiple research student assistants to work on a large-scale population-based research project. In partnership with the Ontario Science Centre (OSC), we are conducting a study looking at genetic and environmental impacts on childhood neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related medical disorders. The research project called Spit for Science is being conducted at the Ontario Science Centre (OSC). All shifts for this project will be at the OSC. We are looking for staff who are available to work Saturday and Sunday shifts from […]
Better Sleep Lunch and Learn (presented by Hart House RAWC & Women’s College Hospital)
Hart House RAWC is proud to announce the Better Sleep Lunch and Learn in collaboration with Women’s College Hospital. Join us on November 22nd 2019 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. at Hart House’s South Sitting Room for an overview of the medications and psychological strategies that can safely and effectively improve your sleep. Refreshments will be served, but spots are limited so please RSVP in advance: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-better-sleep-lunch-and-learn-tickets-75199268035
Free ASL Workshop
There will be a FREE interactive workshop on American Sign Language (ASL) on Wed. October 30th from 6PM-7:30PM. The workshop is targeted towards everyone (beginners and intermediates) eager to learn ASL. Free dinner and snacks will be provided for all! Click here for the Facebook event page.
Spirit of Life Volunteer Opportunity
The Spirit of Life is looking for volunteers to help out with their social skills program for special needs children. The volunteer will help with classroom management, and assist individual children with special needs. The program runs every Saturday or Sunday, lasting for 12 weeks for each run. Location is Markham. Each session per week is about 3 hours (morning or afternoon). If you have time to spare and want to gain experience working with special needs children, please contact us below by filling out an interest survey:http://solhc.ca/index.php/volunteer
Recruiting Research Assistants for Psychological Research in Chinese Language
What is it about? There are a lot of creative geniuses who have changed our worlds. We are interested in creativity and what makes artists creative. Because of the limitation of of research context (we are studying artist in China, we are only hiring for people who can speak, write and speak Chinese (Mandarin) What will you do? We offer training and valuable research experience for graduate school applications. We are asking for 5 to 12 hours per week. Your consent means you will Collaborate with PhDs Transcribe interviews and translate interviews Work with other Ras with running experiments and […]
Participants for the Computational Cognitive Development Lab
The Computational Cognitive Development Lab at the University of Toronto (downtown campus) is looking for adults to participate in a 15-20 minute computer study for $5! Participants must be 18+ years, have no form of colour blindness, and have not participated previously in the study. If you are interested please send an email to participate.cocodev@gmail.com with your availability.