Dr. James Danckert's new book, Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom, is featured in today's Daily Bulletin. Kitchener Public Library is hosting a virtual book launch on December 1 where James and his co-author John Eastwood, will discuss the potentially positive effects of boredom. You can register for the book launch on the KPL website.
The Department of Psychology moved up Times Higher Education (THE) Reputation Rankings. Psychology is currently ranked 78 in the world out of the approximately 1,000 universities ranked in the survey. Psychology becomes the first department in the Faculty of Arts at UW to crack the top 100 in their field. You can read more about the rankings and how UW fared on the University's website.
Congratulations to Gordon Pennycook, who graduated with a PhD in Psychology from University of Waterloo in 2016 and who was recently elected to the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars. Dr. Pennycook who is an expert on reasoning and decision making, is Assistant Professor at University of Regina.
If you find yourself wanting to strangle people in the grocery store lately you are not alone! Dr. Christine Purdon was interviewed by the Toronto Sun recently about how dealing with the stress of COVID can cause an increase in anger and what we can do to deal with those feelings.
Dr. Dillon Browne talks to the Daily Bulletin about what "back-to-school" looks like for kids this fall.
If you are concerned about how social distancing will work once schools re-open you can check out a Q&A on the Daily Bulletin with Dr. Heather Henderson about how to explain social distancing to kids of various ages.
Dr. Myra Fernandes has been elected President of the Canadian Society for Brain Behaviour & Cognitive Sciences for a 2-year term. The Society functions to advance Canadian research in cognitive psychology and behavioural neuroscience, and to communicate innovative new findings within academia and with the general public.
Dr. James Danckert's new book, Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom, is now available. The book deals with what causes boredom and how to benefit from boredom. Perfect quarantine reading! Dr. Danckert has given several talks on the subject in recent months. You can watch his Colloquium presentation or his Ask our Experts talk.
Recent events have drawn renewed attention to the persistent crisis of police violence against people of colour - particularly black, brown, and Indigenous people. As we experience the damage that this crisis has inflicted on so many lives and communities within North America, many of us are searching for reliable sources of information to illuminate the root causes of the problem in order to build towards constructive interventions.