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Congratulations to Industrial-Organizational Area graduate student Amy Barron who won the 2021 RHR Kendall Award for Best Student Paper. This prize is awarded annually by the I-O Division of Canadian Psychological Association, supported by RHR International, in honour of Dr. Lorne Kendall, a Canadian psychologist whose work contributed greatly to the field of I-O psychology. The award comes with a plaque and $1000 prize.

Congratulations to Ryan Yeung,  Brady Roberts, and Samantha-Ayers Glassey for their awards at this years Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS) conference!  The Psychology Department had an amazing showing on the podium with 3/4 student awards going to University of Waterloo students this year. 

Dr. David Moscovitch discusses a recent study, conducted by researchers in the Department of Psychology and the Centre for Mental Health Research and Treatment (CMHRT), with CTV News.

You can listen to David discuss his research on The Morning News with Sue and Andy.

Four members of the Psychology Department were among the recipients of the 2020 Outstanding Performance Awards.  Congratulations to Dillon Browne, Jonathan Fugelsang, Evan Risko, and Katherine White.

Harrison Oakes, who graduated from the Psychology PhD program in 2020, talks about his research and how his own traumas have informed his work, with the Daily Bulletin

Dr. Wendi Adair discusses Indigenous Workways, which is a collaborative research effort among scholars and Indigenous education centres across four recognized Southwest Ontario institutions—University of Waterloo, University of Windsor, Wilfrid Laurier University, and Conestoga College. 

Sydney Waring, Aleece Katan, and Sarena Daljeet, all graduate students in our Clinical program, presented an excellent and engaging workshop on Mental Health 101 to University of Waterloo graduate students on May 14, 2021. The Arts Graduate Studies office hosted the event which was attended by about 20 graduate students, and the feedback was highly positive.

The Canadian Cancer Society has just announced that Professor Geoffrey Fong is the 2021 recipient of the O. Harold Warwick Prize for outstanding research achievements in cancer control in Canada. The prize recognizes Fong’s leadership of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC Project).

The International Tobacco Control (ITC) Project at the University of Waterloo has been awarded one of six Governor General’s Innovation Awards for 2021. 

Emma Green, a doctoral student in the Developmental Area, is this year’s recipient of the Faculty of Arts’ Ober Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student. The award recognizes the outstanding quality of Emma’s teaching and her dedication to undergraduate student education.