Keynote Speaker

Elizabeth Page-Gould is a Professor and the Graduate Chair in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto, where she also serves as the SSHRC Leader. She researches how social interactions with friends and strangers shape individual thriving and intergroup solidarity in diverse societies. Dr. Page-Gould’s research incorporates physiological, behavioural, and subjective (self-reported) data collected from multiple people at once and across time to develop a rich picture of social interactions in the context of intergroup relations. Dr. Page-Gould’s research has been recognized with the Career Trajectory Award from the Society for Experimental Social Psychology (SESP; 2025), the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (2016), the Ontario Early Researcher Award(2015), being named a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science (APS; 2013), and as the Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Social Psychophysiology (2014 – 2025). Dr. Page-Gould is also a Fellow of APS, SESP, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. She was recently elected Treasurer of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (2026 – 2029). Dr. Page-Gould has also helped establish access and transition programs based in equity, diversity, and inclusivity and reconciliation, like the Pathways to Research Excellence Program for undergraduate students, the Summer Psychology Research Initiative for high-school students, and Quant-TIDE and Psych Jobs Group for graduate students. Altogether, Dr. Page-Gould’s research and professional service centre around building and supporting diverse and inclusive communities.

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