Volunteer

Research Assistants Needed – Children’s Racial Bias Study     2-3 research assistants are needed for a study on children’s racial bias. The study will take place at the Ontario Science Centre on weekends and will involve playing game-like research tasks with children and interacting with parents and families.      The volunteer positions are 6-10 hours per week and are ideally suited for those in their second or third year of psychology though all students may apply. Weekend availability is essential. Experience working with young children or in research settings is preferred but is not required as training will be provided for everyone. Please email lifespandevelopment@kangleelab.com to apply! […]

A U of T graduate student is looking for 2-3 research assistants to volunteer to help with a study on academic emotions in developing readers. Applicants should have an interest in developmental psychology, specifically in language and literacy development. Completion of courses in these areas would be an asset.The successful applicant will be supervised by a graduate student in Dr. Earl Woodruff’s lab and will be trained in coding verbal protocols using a standardized language measure. The expected commitment will be 4-8 hours per week for approximately three months.  If you are interested in applying, please send a cover letter […]

Psychology Student Volunteer Opportunity Hospital for Sick Children Dear Psychology Students, 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 […]

Seeking Volunteers at an Internationally Recognized Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital Excellent opportunity for several volunteer positions in either a predominantly medical administrative support role or research support role at the Wasser Pain Management Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto to begin in February 2016. Research role responsibilities include: assisting with several aspects of the research process including conducting literature reviews on a wide variety of chronic pain related topics, preparation and submission of research ethics board applications, recruiting participants, collecting data, organizing and maintaining research tracking databases, and preparing manuscripts for submission to academic journals. There […]