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Thursday, February 2, 2017 11:30 am - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Psychology presents Dr.Kurt Gray - Mind Perception and Morality

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Kurt Gray investigates the mysterious inner lives of animals, machines, and human beings. His research finds that minds are a matter of perception—how else can we make sense of people treating their cats like humans, and treating homeless people like objects?

Friday, March 3, 2017 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Psych Colloquium presents Paul Bloom from Yale University, USA

Against Empathy

head shot of Dr. Paul BloomMany psychologists, philosophers, and laypeople believe that empathy is necessary for moral judgment and moral action—the only problem with empathy is that we sometimes don’t have enough of it.

Friday, April 21, 2017 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Psych Colloquium presents Eli Finkel from Northwestern University, USA

The All-Or-Nothing Marriage

Dr.Eli  Finkel standing with is arms crossedMajor historical shifts in the institution of marriage in America have produced two major consequences. First, the quality of average marriages has weakened over time. Second, the quality of the best marriages has strengthened over time. In tandem, these two consequences have pushed marriage toward an all-or-nothing state.

Friday, May 5, 2017 8:30 am - 4:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Spring Workshop for Mental Health Professionals & Students

"Working Through Clinical Challenges:

 A DBT Perspective"


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Michelle Leybman, Ph.D., C.Psych.

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

We are delighted to host Dr. Leybman at the University of Waterloo for her full-day workshop, which will provide mental health practitioners and students with evidence-based knowledge and clinical tools from a DBT perspective for working with challenging clients.

Friday, September 29, 2017 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

UW ITC Presents Dr. Wayne Gao

PRESENTATION: Saving 25 million smokers' lives by 2050 - If the Chinese government adopts two proven tobacco control experiences from Taiwan and Hong Kong

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Please join us for a presentation from Dr. Wayne Gao, who will describe the unprecedented devastation that China is facing as its tobacco epidemic continues.

Monday, March 5, 2018 10:30 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

A talk by Dr. Alex Koch, University of Cologne, Germany

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Winner of the 2017 Society for Experimental Social Psychology Dissertation Award

Why Good is More Alike than Bad: Implications for Classification, Generalization, Recognition, Social Comparison and Evaluation

Tuesday, March 6, 2018 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

CMHR presents Dr. Jonathan D. Huppert from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Common and specific factors in CBT: Theory and research from studies in the treatment of anxiety

The common vs. specific factors debate has been around for almost 90 years. Most advocates of CBT have suggested that common factors are necessary, but not sufficient. Others have argued that the Dodo Bird is alive and well, and that all treatments that are credible or bona fide yield similar results.