Joanne Wood was recently interviewed by Fashion Magazine about how to deal with social distancing and self-isolation.
You can read Christine Purdon's recent interview in The Sun about dealing with COVID-19 and its attendant anxiety or you cn listen to her on the CBC discussing the same topic. Or both!
Martin Turpin, a PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology won the Arts Heat for the 3 Minute Thesis Competition with his presentation: Bullshit makes the art grow profounder. Sarena Daljeet, a MA candidate in the Department of Psychology, came in second. Several other Psychology students also gave excellent presentations during the competition.
Dillon Browne, and Psychology Department graduate students Laura Colocci, and Jackson Smith, recently published an article in Psychology Today about strategies for maintaining positive family functioning during the COVID-19 crisis.
David Moscovitch published a timely article in Toronto Life about how to maintain and enforce social distancing with your family.
Stay up to date with the latest information and advisories on the coronavirus.
Congratulations to graduate students Megan Kelly, Mona Zhu, Xinyi Lu & April Pereira who won second place at the UW Master of Public Service (MPS) Policy Datafest last week. This event is a two-day challenge in which graduate student teams analyze data sets in order to address “a pressing question about Canadian social, economic, and environmental conditions” and develop insights relevant to policymakers.
By his colleagues in the Department of Psychology
It is with heavy hearts that we note the passing of our dear colleague and friend, the incomparable Mark Zanna, professor of psychology at Waterloo for 39 years and a Killam Prize Laureate.
You can listen to Geoffrey Fong discuss the dangers of misinformation about the coronavirus on the CBC website.
Christine Purdon talks about how you can manage anxiety about what you see and hear in the news on The Star website.