UTSC Department of Psychology

Are you a Black undergraduate in a STEMM program who is wondering about getting involved in research?
Join us to learn about the value of research experiences regardless of your career path.

Hear from librarians, faculty, and other undergraduates and have your questions answered. Explore curricular, co-curricular and funding options for pursuing research.

In person at the University of Toronto Scarborough
Room KW 130
Online access: Zoom
Doors open at 4:30pm ET (join us at UTSC to mingle and have a bite to eat!)

Register here: https://blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-event/undergradresearch/

Congrats to Orly and Liv!

A recent U of T Scarborough study found babies' heart rates synchronized and were more engaged when watching live music, which may speak to humans' drive to consume music in the first place.🎶 https://bit.ly/43p7pg2

✨ PNDA is excited to announce that Dr. Yang Wu will be the guest for the November 29th Tuesday Talk! ⁣⁣
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🧠 Dr. Wu is a cognitive psychologist investigating the domain of Affective Cognition which examines the ways by which humans reason about emotion or affect. She is the Director at the Developmental & Computational Affective Cognition Lab where she currently conducts research on humans from infancy to adulthood using different research methods such as exploratory play, eye tracking, and computational modeling. 🧠⁣⁣
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Join us on November 29 at 1 PM to engage in an insightful and though-provoking afternoon! Registration can be found in the ! ✨⁣⁣
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U of T Scarborough student, lakkiah Chandran, spent much of the pandemic reviving a student group to support students in psychology and neuroscience programs. https://bit.ly/3ML7qCt

Zindel Segal of U of T Scarborough discusses how the technology can be used as a mindfulness tool in a recent Washington Post article. https://wapo.st/3yL5lDp

Khadija Uddin is U of T Scarborough’s first student crisis response coordinator — a role designed to de-escalate and reduce police presence when students experience a mental health crisis. https://bit.ly/3MTT2sr

Careers after Psychology Panel Session (Zoom)
Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 5:00-7:00pm EST

Learn about career options for psychology graduates and hear from a panel of alumni about what they did with their degree. Ask questions and get advice on how to navigate your career path. After the panel, there will be an opportunity to network with alumni guests in breakout rooms. Presented by the UTSC Department of Psychology and the UTSC Academic Advising & Career Centre.

Alumni speakers include:
Social Worker at William Osler Health System
Policy Advisor, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Outreach & Education Coordinator, National Eating Disorder Information Centre
Human Resources Officer, Faculty of Arts & Science
Student Occupational Therapist
Harassment Investigator, Department of National Defence
Registered Psychotherapist

This event is for current UTSC students. Sign up via CLNx: https://clnx.utoronto.ca/events.htm?evtId=41582