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New research shows both groups report similar levels of work-family conflicts—but is it really equal?

Can anyone really "have it all" anymore?

Ask any working mother how she feels about work-life balance and you’ll likely get a long-winded response: She doesn’t have it and she never will. She wants it, but can’t get it because her workload is simply too intense. She’s managed to achieve it by one magical feat or another: a husband who pulls his weight, a 4:30 a.m. alarm or Friday nights spent scrubbing the house.

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Robin leaning on railing overlooking courtyard in concrete building

The research of PhD candidate Robin Mazumder will have important insights and implications for 21st century urban planning – especially for mitigating the negative effects of tall buildings on the wellbeing of citizens. His dissertation project, titled The Downside of Building Up: An Exploration Into the Stress Impact of Exposure to Skyscrapers in Urban Centres, has recently received a prestigious boost of confidence from a federally funded Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.

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The Faculty of Arts proudly congratulates student Sarah Wiley for receiving Ontario’s Draw-The-Line Post-Secondary Sexual Violence Prevention Award, a new award to recognize students, student leaders, institutions, college and university community members for their outstanding efforts in sexual violence prevention.

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lathered hands rinsing off at tap and sink

A recent study by two members of the University of Toronto discovered that participants who used hand wipes found prior goals less important and subsequent goals more important.

“We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us,” mused Winston Churchill in 1943 while considering the repair of the bomb-ravaged House of Commons.

More than 70 years on, he would doubtless be pleased to learn that neuroscientists and psychologists have found plenty of evidence to back him up.

Harrison’s research reflects his commitment to social justice, and his desire to pursue interdisciplinary, multi-method research projects. Through his current research focusing on the ways in which homophobia motivates straight-identified men to closet their gender atypicality, he hopes to challenge the notion that homophobia drives only sexual minority men to closet aspects of themselves.

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People whose minds tend to wander are less likely to stick to their long-term goals, according to new research led by the University of Waterloo.

Three weeks ago, at its annual meeting in New Orleans, the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), the world's leading organization in survey research and methods, presented its 2017 Policy Impact Award to the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC), headed by Geoff Fong and his team here in the Department of Psychology at University of Waterloo.

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image of white slab cake using strawberries to Canadian flag decor The Department of Psychology celebrates Canada's birthday and the summer solstice with the annual Psychology Pot Luck BBQ.

When Pat Rowe, Professor Emerita of psychology, first arrived with her husband, Philip Bryden, at the University of Waterloo in 1963, it was just “one or two new buildings in a muddy field,” she says, “but the place conveyed a sense of excitement, energy and challenge not found in more traditional institutions.”

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Working Dads Say They Struggle Just as Much as Working Moms With Work-Life Balance

New research shows both groups report similar levels of work-family conflicts—but is it really equal?

2017 Vanier Scholar explores urban design for citizen wellbeing

Agent of change: student wins provincial award for actions and advocacy to end sexual violence

Washing one's hands could help shift goal pursuit, new study finds

The hidden ways that architecture affects how you feel

“We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us,” mused Winston Churchill in 1943 while considering the repair of the bomb-ravaged House of Commons.

LGBT Pride Month: Harrison Oakes Discusses His Research

Turn off, space out, and give up

AAPOR presented ITC with the 2017 Policy Impact Award

Psychology celebrates Canada's Birthday!

Sixty Years of Innovation: Celebrating Professor Pat Rowe’s groundbreaking leadership in psychology