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Call For Submissions – Undergrad Research Conference

November 13, 2018November 29, 2020 PSAEvents, Other Events, Other Opportunities

Are you an undergrad who has done research? Share your work at CONFLUENCE, UofT’s bi-annual undergraduate conference on cognition and the mind in February 2019! The conference is multidisciplinary, featuring work from fields of study including Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Psychology, Linguistics, Computer Science/Artificial Intelligence, Anthropology, and Philosophy. Acceptable submissions include (but are not limited to) research done in an independent study course, an ROP course, or as a research assistant; and research essays written for a course in one of the disciplines mentioned above. Please email your name, the title of your work, the abstract, and the original context of […]

Behavioural Economics Seminar

November 13, 2018 PSAOther Events, Other Opportunities

Interested in learning about how Psychology is being applied to Economics? The Behavioural Economics Student Group is hosting a talk on Behavioural Economics led by Professor Robert Gazzale. The talk will be at 6pm on Tuesday November 20th held in room GE106 (Max Gluskin House, 150 St. George street). This event is free of charge and all students are welcome, but registration is required and capped at 35 attendees. Food will also be provided at no cost. Registration is open here: https://goo.gl/forms/FV3ysGo48ZDDOPCD2 We hope to see you there!

Learning Abroad Exchange Info Session 2019-2020

November 12, 2018 PSAOther Events, Other Opportunities

Learning Abroad Exchange Info Session 2019-2020 The Centre for International Experience (CIE) is hosting a Program Specific Exchange Info Session for students who are interested in learning abroad. These info sessions are based on specific majors to help students search for opportunities related to their program of study. The info session is scheduled to take place at the Cumberland House at 33 St. George Street from 1pm-2pm. No registration is required and students can visit our new learning abroad website to learn more about upcoming events (https://learningabroad.utoronto.ca/events/).

OB program at Rotman

November 7, 2018 PSAGraduate School, Other Events, Other Opportunities

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management area at the Rotman School of Management here at the University of Toronto is currently seeking applications from top Psychology/Sociology students with excellent research experience for their PhD program (application deadline January 1st). The PhD program is a 5-year direct entry program, which means that people can apply straight out of undergrad. Their Faculty study a variety of exciting different topics, many of which will be interesting to undergraduate students who are interested in applying to Graduate programs in Psychology. For example, many of their Faculty study Psychological topics like emotion, morality, stereotyping, discrimination, […]

THINKING ABOUT GRADUATE SCHOOL?

November 7, 2018 PSAGraduate School, Other Events

The interdisciplinary MA degree in Globalization Studies at McMaster University’s Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition offers students the opportunity to examine the complex political, social, economic, cultural, discursive and theoretical developments related to processes of globalization and how these come to bear upon our lives, our communities, and the environment in which we live. Research areas include: contemporary culture; diasporic, transnational and multicultural communities; global governance; international trade and finance; and social, environmental and labour issues. It offers the benefit of a flexible and interdisciplinary set of courses while allowing for future study in a core discipline. Program […]

CBC’s Other People’s Problems @ Hot Docs Podcast Festival

November 1, 2018 PSAOther Events, Other Opportunities

*Other People’s Problems: Family Inheritance* Therapy sessions are typically held behind closed doors, but CBC Podcast Other People’s Problems <https://www.cbc.ca/radio/opp> opens these doors to demystify the therapeutic process. This Sunday, CAMH’s Director of Health Equity *Dr. Kwame McKenzie* and University of Toronto Psychology professor *Dr. Tina Malti *will join Vancouver-based therapist and host Hillary McBride on stage, featuring audio clips from one of Hillary’s real sessions with a client. They will discuss how we learn to hold both the positive and negative ways that our parents made us who we are. And now — how do we grow beyond what we inherited? Don’t miss this lively and interactive […]

Are you interested in studying with the Faculty of Medicine?

October 19, 2018 PSAGraduate School, Other Events, Other Opportunities

The Graduate and Life Sciences Education (GLSE) team are committed to organizing events that will help undergraduate students discern their future career paths. We will be pairing undergraduate students with 4th-year undergraduate/graduate students from across the 14 different graduate programs offered in the Faculty of Medicine. Undergraduate/graduate mentors will give an overview of the nature of their research and how it may tie with concepts undergraduate students have learned in their lectures. Additionally, students will have an opportunity to shadow a 4th-year undergraduate/graduate students as they perform their experiments and daily tasks. Who? All Life Science undergraduate students […]

Come to check out this lecture!!

October 19, 2018 PSAOther Events, Other Opportunities

Queen’s Psychology Fall Open House!!

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 PSAGraduate School, Other Events, Other Opportunities

Are you interested in applying for graduate studies in psychology? Join current Queen’s students and faculty members at the University Club to learn more about our graduate program, see examples of innovative research conducted by our graduate students, and chat with future peers. When: Saturday, November 3, starting at 10:00 a.m. Where: University Club at Queen’s University, 168 Stuart Street, Kingston, ON Event Highlights: -Our graduate students will present posters so you can learn more about the research that is being conducted by grad students in our Department, and chat with our current students – Faculty will […]

Neurosciences & Mental Health Mini-Symposia Series – Nov 30th

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 PSAOther Events, Other Opportunities

Neurosciences & Mental Health Mini-Symposia Series Presents: How to Make A Memory Fear Extinction by Amygdala Reward Neurons, and Serial Order Code of Episodic Events in the Hippocampus Dr Susumu Tonegawa, Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Retinoic acid receptor signaling in synaptic plasticity and Hebbian leaning Dr Lu Chen, Professor of Neurosurgery and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Memory formation in the absence of sensory experience Dr Paul Frankland, Senior Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children Opening Windows of Opportunity to Modify Human Memory Dr […]