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Clinical graduate students were strong representatives of the Department of Psychology at this year’s National Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association held earlier in June in Victoria, BC.

The CMHR was proud to host a visit by Catherine Fife, MPP (Kitchener—Waterloo).  CMHR Executive Director, Dr. David Moscovitch, and CMHR Director, Dr. Ian Nicholson, were joined in hosting Ms. Fife by St. Joseph’s Health Care London’s Operational Stress Injury Clinic (OSIC) Coordinator, Bev Vanderheide, and OSI Psychologist, Dr. Shannon Gifford.

Annually, an award valued at $750.00 is provided to a graduating undergraduate student enrolled in any program at the University of Waterloo. Selection are based on academic excellence, prior research experience related to child language development, and a demonstrated commitment to future postgraduate study in the area of child language development. No application is required. This fund is made possible by a donation from Knowledge in Development Inc.

This year, the award was given to two recipients.

While we may think of some people are consistently wise, we actually demonstrate different levels of wisdom from one situation to the next, and factors such as whether we are alone or with friends can affect it, according to new research from the University of Waterloo.

Part of the $15 million study, which will be led by MUSC Hollings Cancer Center over the next five years, will look into the impact of government policy on vaporized nicotine products, such as e-cigarettes.          

Do government policies geared toward reducing smoking tobacco really work?

Katelyn Rowe, an honours student in Psychology (supervised by Dr. Katherine White) will be awarded the Alumni Gold Medal at the spring Convocation.  This is the award for the top graduating student in all of Arts.

Katlyn also will receive the Psychology Department's Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement.

Congratulations Katelyn!!!

Psychology’s own Paul Seli has been awarded this year’s Governor General’s Gold Medal!  This award recognizes the top Ph.D. student at the University of Waterloo.  Paul, under the supervision of Dr.

Dr. David Moscovitch has received the Scientist-Practitioner Early Career Award for 2016.  The Scientist-Practitioner Early Career award recognizes CPA Clinical Section members who exemplify the integration of the two core domains of clinical psychology: (1) clinical practice and training and (2) psychological science and research.