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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) […]

The Brain, Cognition and Language Lab at OISE is currently recruiting research assistants! This current research project is investigating the effectiveness of an evidence‐based reading fluency intervention called Reading Acceleration Program (RAP). Language and literacy data, cognitive data, and demographic information were gathered. The collected data will be analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively at pre, post, and follow‐up test. They are looking for responsible students who are Native Chinese speakers and can help with data scoring and entry. If interested, please contact Yueming Xi (y.xi@mail.utoronto.ca).

The Social Psychophysiological Research & Quantitative Methods Lab (SPRQL) at the University of Toronto St. George is looking for a team of passionate and dedicated Research Assistants to work on various studies in the lab. This is a great opportunity for students to gain experience in psychophysiological measurement techniques, data coding, and become involved in complex study designs.  This is also a great opportunity to receive an excellent letter of recommendation. Students interested in this position should: –    Have a strong academic background, particularly in Psychology. –    Be able to commit until Summer 2018. –    Be able […]

Job Description: The Helwig Lab of the Psychological Department at theUniversity of Toronto is currently recruiting research volunteers to assist 2 cross-cultural psychological research projects. Project 1 examines Chinese adolescents’ views about parenting and their psychological well-being and academic achievement. Duties may include assisting with data organization, data entry, and supervised assistance with data analysis. Project 2 is an exploratory and comparative study which took place this summer in Beijing and rural Xi’an. The format of the study consists of in-depth interviews on high school graduates’ perceptions towards the examination as well as the Chinese higher education system in general. Duties […]

The Psychology of Emerging Adulthood Research Lab (PEARL) is seeking an undergraduate Research Assistant to assist with a multi-site SSHRC-funded study on family relationships, risk, wellness and well-being in emerging adulthood. The RA will assist with participant recruitment, screening, and scheduling; data collection with parents and young adults using an online survey and a daily survey app; database management; and preliminary data analysis (using SPSS). In addition, the RA will provide some support around knowledge transfer using social media. Applicants should: – Be able to commit to up to 8 hours per week, with some flexibility in times (e.g., checking […]

The Wisdom and Identity Lab, under the supervision of Dr. Michel Ferrari at OISE, University of Toronto, seeking volunteer Research Assistants! Volunteers will assist with a multinational, interdisciplinary research project on Motivation and Virtue across different faiths, nationalities, and age groups. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain familiarity with mixed methods research, cross-cultural studies, and phenomenological psychology. Our immediate need is for research assistants to recruit senior participants from amongst the Muslim community in Toronto. Ideally, applicants should: · Be able to commit at least 6 hours a week until September 2017 (with flexibility allowed week to week) · […]

The Royal Conservatory of Music Research Centre is seeking to hire one or more volunteer research assistants. The position requires availability during the evenings and weekends. Experience with children is strongly preferred. 

The Cognition and Psychopathology (CAP) Lab uses experimental methods to study underlying chronic worry in people with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and seeks to identify ways to tailor and improve psychological treatments targeting worry. We are currently looking for a volunteer research assistant (RA) to help with an ongoing research study examining the benefits of a novel “mental habits training” for chronic worry. Primarily, we are looking for someone who would contribute to this study through assisting with data management (data entry, spreadsheet organization, etc.) and recruitment procedures (managing participant interest, advertising for the study). This opportunity would be well […]