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Is this Common? Differentiating Shyness from Social Anxiety

Clinical psychology graduate students Van Bui, Sophie Kudryk, and Alexa Nordine will present a workshop for the general public titled, Is this Common? Differentiating Shyness from Social Anxiety on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. The workshop will take place in the Central Library, Meeting Room C, 85 Queens Street North, Kitchener. Registration is required. There is no cost to attend and registration has just opened.

Social anxiety reflects a common mental health concern associated with intense anxiety and a fear of judgement from others that is experienced before, during, and after social events. Clinical psychology graduate students from the University of Waterloo will discuss how social anxiety may present and how to differentiate it from shyness and normative social concerns. This program will provide listeners with an understanding of social anxiety and its impact on individuals. Tips and strategies for feeling comfortable in social situations will also be shared. 

Please come out and support your colleagues.

Register now!

Congratulations to Dr. Joanne Wood on being awarded the 2024 Distinguished Lifetime Career Award from the International Society for Self and Identity.

Congratulations on all of your contributions and on being recognized by your peers with such a major award!

This annual award recognizes a scientist who has made sustained and important contributions to our understanding of self and identity throughout their academic career.

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

CSBBCS Student Award Winners

Congratulations to the many students and faculty who presented their work at CSBBCS last week in Edmonton!

We are happy to report that two of our CNS graduate students had their work recognized with awards:

Congratulations to students in the I/O area who took Ottawa by storm at last week’s Canadian Psychological Association meeting! Eleven students from the I/O area attended and went on to sweep ALL of the Canadian Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology) poster awards!

At the 2024 convocation on June 13, 2024, Dr. Colin MacLeod was named Distinguished Professor Emeritus. He retired in 2022 from the Department of Psychology after 19 years of service, preceded by 25 years of service at the University of Toronto. He is recognized as one of the foremost experts in the world on the subject of attention, learning, and memory.