Founded in the early 1960s, the Department has grown to become one of the most esteemed Departments of Psychology in Canada.
Our faculty and our graduate program are internationally renowned.
Anti-smoking measures saved 22 million lives in past decade
Read more about the work being done by the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project, headed by Dr. Geoff Fong.
UW Psychology's Geoff Fong is one of the featured speakers at the CIHR Trailblazer Awards will be presented on September 24, 2018 at York University. The awards support early-, mid- and senior-career researchers who continue to make exceptional contributions that promote population and public health for Canadians and citizens around the world through evidenced-based health policies as well as interventions.
For the second time in a few years, this Department has a research team that has won the Ig Nobel! This time it’s Lindie Liang, Doug Brown, Huiwen Lian, Samuel Hanig, Lance Ferris, and Lisa Keeping in the I/O Area. The Ig Nobel awards celebrate work that “first makes people laugh, and then makes them think”. You can read all about it at The Guardian.
Daniel Brady's thesis is entitled: "Workplace Gossip, Paranoia, and a Deviance Dilemma: A Warning for Deviance/CWB Research."
All are welcome to attend.
Michael Klein's thesis is entitled: "Comparing the Estimation of Internally and Externally Defined Interval Durations."
All are welcome to attend.
The Psychology Department at the University of Waterloo will host the 49th Annual Ontario Psychology Undergraduate Thesis Conference on May 3. Read more about the conference.
Research Experiences Group (REG)
The Psychology Department is proud to be a part of the UWaterloo Green Office Initiative, and is now a Bronze Certified Green office!
Find out how you can get involved with the UWaterloo Green Office initiative!
