Faculty Name
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Research Interests
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Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos
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Indigenous mental health and education, in particular:
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Structural violence and complex trauma
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Indigenous death, suicide, and life promotion
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Indigenous social theories and applied community psychology
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Decolonization, liberation, emancipation and futurism(s)
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Sociopolitical dimensions of Indigenous mental health
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Youth studies (Racialization; Social movements; Identity)
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Qualitative, arts-based and new media research methodologies
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Critical media and technology studies
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Dr. Todd Cunningham
Lab website
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Developing the Assistive Technology Selection Protocol to guide partners to identify the right technology
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Academic interventions for student-aged child who have learning difficulties, particularly:
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The selection of assistive technology to address academic skill deficits
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Increasing the effectiveness of assistive technology
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Development of learning profiles to better identify academic intervention
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Dr. Michel Ferrari
Lab website |
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How personal identity develops in typical and atypical populations
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Personal conscious experience, both in contemporary cognitive science and in the history of psychology
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Personal wisdom in Canada, the USA, Serbia, Ukraine, India, and China
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The importance of wisdom to the successful acculturation of immigrants and refugees to Canada
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Dr. Patricia Ganea
Lab website |
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Early cognitive development
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Young children's learning about the world through symbolic means, such as language, pictures, videos, and replica objects
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Children's use of language to think and communicate about what is perceptually not present
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The social, linguistic and representational factors that influence children’s learning about the world
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Dr. Esther Geva
Lab website
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The development of literacy skills in children learning to read in a second language
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The relationship between oral and written language skills in second language learners
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Cultural psychology pertaining to children's well-being such as parental attribution and concepts of wellness
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Dr. J. Roy Gillis |
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Developing models of the psychological impact of hate crime victimization and same-sex partner abuse
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The impact of homophobia on society
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The teaching of sexual orientation diversity within educational systems
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Health promotion research, especially HIV prevention research, HIV health literacy, and the prevention of classroom bullying
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Dr. Chloe Hamza
Website
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Promotion of mental health and well-being across the lifespan
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Prevention of self-injurious behaviours (e.g., nonsuicidal self-injury, suicidal behavior)
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Identifying protective and risk factors for self-injury
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Development of integrated mental health assessments to facilitate the early identification of students at risk for self-injury in schools and the larger community
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Dr. Jennifer Jenkins
Website
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Emotion processes in children and in family life that help us to understand psychopathology in children
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Child development, family systems and developmental psychopathology
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Risk and resilience in child psychopathology (including within family differences in development)
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Theory of mind and emotion
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Dr. Kang Lee
Website
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Development of Moral Conceptions of Lying in Adolescents
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Development of Face Processing Expertise
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Neural Mechanisms of Face Processing in Children and Adults
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Neural Mechanisms of Lying in Children and Adults
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Dr. Angela Pyle
Lab website
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Child development and early primary education
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The negotiated balance between academic learning and developmentally appropriate practices in classrooms
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The role of teacher curricular stance in pedagogical decision-making
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Children's development of critical literacy skills through play-based learning
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How teachers' assessment practices support and extend children's learning in play-based contexts
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Dr. Michele Peterson-Badali
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Effective rehabilitation for justice-involved youth, including a focus on Indigenous youth
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Implementation of evidence-based assessment and intervention in the youth criminal justice system
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The role of mental health issues in youth justice system involvement
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Dr. Mark Wade
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Effects of childhood stress and adversity on cognitive development and mental health
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Interaction between biological (genetic) and experiential (environmental) factors on development
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Resiliency in the aftermath of adverse childhood experiences
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Physiological, neural, cognitive, and socio-emotional pathways linking early adversity to mental health in childhood and adolescence
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Biomedical and prenatal exposures and child development
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