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Congratulations to Emily Fuller for being awarded the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)! This funding will support her MA research examining whether self-compassion is shaped by social comparison processes, specifically whether perceiving one’s emotional distress as shared or unshared with peers influences momentary levels of self-compassion.

Congratulations to Monica Grove for being awarded funding for her PhD from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), which will support her research on the influence of social context and relationships on self-compassion.

Congratulations to Aleece Katan for graduating with a PhD from the University of Waterloo's Clinical Psychology program!

Congratulations to Aleece Katan for defending her Clinical Psychology PhD dissertation entitled "Promoting Positive Mental Health Among Individuals with Eating Disorders: Investigating the Role of Self-Compassion"!

Congratulations to Michelle Korlacka for being awarded funding for her PhD research from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)!

Congratulations to Aleece Katan and Allison Kelly for their recent article published in British Journal of Clinical Psychology! Aleece's research investigates how self-compassion promotes social safeness in patients with eating disorders.

Congratulations to Aleece Katan for being selected as a recipient of the UWaterloo Psychology Memorial Award! This award is given to outstanding UWaterloo Psychology students in honour of their academic excellence.

Congratulations to Monica Grove and Michelle Korlacka for graduating with their Master of Arts (MA) degree in Psychology today! Monica and Michelle are both now continuing their self-compassion research in the Self-Attitudes Lab as PhD students with an Ontario Graduate Scholarship.

Congratulations to Sydney Waring for winning a Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Certificate of Academic Excellence (Doctoral Thesis Category)!

Congratulations to Monica Grove and Michelle Korlacka for being awarded Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) funding for their PhD research!