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Multi-Organ Transplant Student Research Training Program (MOTSRTP)/Advanced Student Placement in Research Education (ASPIRE) will be hosting an open house session for interested students wishing to partake in our program during the 2018 summer and 2018-19 fall/winter sessions. This pioneering and comprehensive training program for senior high school, undergraduate/graduate students consisting of formal seminars, discussion forums and direct health/research experience, would provide an overview for students in enabling them to gain a general understanding in the area of clinical research and apply the knowledge gained in research-related tasks to the field of transplantation and overall patient care. Over the course of […]

MAPEL Lab at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, is now hiring Research Assistants! We are looking to recruit engaged and reliable Research Assistants to our team. For these positions, you would work closely with the researchers on a variety of tasks, allowing you to develop multiple skills and learn about psychological research techniques. Responsibilities will vary and allow for a wide range of skill development, but will mainly center around helping with collecting data, literature reviews, running participants, and creating stimulus for running studies.  Our Lab conducts research in a variety of topics, but focuses on morality, […]

We are seeking a senior undergraduate psychology student to volunteer as a psychology assistant in the Eating Disorder Program at the Hospital for Sick Children. We are an interdisciplinary service providing psychosocial, medical and nutritional care to children and adolescents suffering with anorexic and bulimic forms of eating disorders across inpatient, day treatment and outpatient programs. You will be providing research and administrative support to our ongoing program evaluation initiatives. You will be trained in test scoring and data entry of psychometric measures and other psychosocial assessments. We require a minimum time commitment of 8 hours per week (flexible hours) […]

Tom Gilovich’s Judgment and Belief Lab (JABLAB) at Cornell University is currently accepting applications for volunteer research assistants this summer. The ideal candidate is a motivated undergraduate or recent graduate with a keen interest in social psychology, who is considering graduate school in psychology. Research experience is an asset but not a necessity. Research in JABLAB asks questions about everyday social life: What makes conversations go well or poorly? Can we tell how much attention people pay to us or how often we’re on other people’s minds? How does our behavior influence the people around us? Social life is complex. We’re […]

Breakthrough Autism is all about helping children with autism reach their full potential and recognizing them as the wonderful individuals that they are. A key part of our Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) services is making sure that families are a part of the teaching processing. In fact, it’s our ultimate goal to empower families with the knowledge, strategies and tools that will enable them to be a member of our own team and create teachable moments for their children on their own. Instructor – Breakthrough Autism Centre (Richmond Hill, ON) Do you have a desire to make a difference in […]

Volunteer Research Assistant Opportunity Lab: Ryan Lab Website: http://research.baycrest.org/jryan Description: Ryan Lab is seeking volunteer research assistants to assist with participant recruitment, testing participants (younger and older adults) and data management. Will gain experience using eyetracking technology and administering cognitive assessments. Please note that the position will be at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Hospital (3560 Bathurst St). Requirements: Student in 2nd year or higher with a strong academic background and a passion for psychology. Research experience an asset. 10 hr/ week minimum time commitment. Contact: To apply, please send unofficial transcript and CV to Arber Kacollja at akacollja@research.baycrest.org

The Verwiki is an online resource, made in association with the Consciousness and Wisdom Studies Lab, that seeks to consolidate all of the content and related information of Professor John Vervaeke’s wonderful courses into one easily accessible website. The Verwiki will be focused both on the content and structure of Professor Vervaeke’s courses and will also be made to suit the theoretical, historical, and conceptual multi-level interconnectedness that is hallmark of these courses. Volunteer contributors will be assisting in producing articles for the site. Volunteers can gain:  A deeper understanding of the scope of their course material and cognitive science. […]

Dr. Kang Lee’s Development Lab is looking for highly dedicated and enthusiastic students to volunteer with us! You will be involved in a series of studies examining the development of face processing from infancy to adulthood. Using eye-tracking technology, we examine the ways in which infants, children, and adults examine and recognize faces and what factors (e.g., experience) influence such face processing abilities. Neurobehavioral methods (e.g., fNIRS) will also be used to investigate the effects of social and non-social stimuli/interactions on brain activity in children and adults. You will be involved in recruiting participants, running the experiments, coding data, preparing stimuli, and recording the […]

Dr. Kang Lee’s Development Lab is looking for highly dedicated and enthusiastic students to volunteer with us! The research assistant will be involved in a study examining implicit and explicit racial biases in children and adults. Our goal is to offer volunteers many opportunities to develop their research skills. Thus, as a volunteer, you will: – Act as the main experimenter in conducting the experimental sessions with children and parents, in multiple locations (e.g., Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Ontario Science Centre, Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study) – Collect data from participants through the completion of paper-based […]