The Psychological Health and Wellbeing cluster and the Psychology Department are granted a Canada Research Chair
December 2009
The Canada Research Chair program aims at helping the top researchers in the country to lead the way in their respective fields. The Department is very happy to announce that we will be able to attract a leading researcher in the field of Psychological Health and Wellbeing to Bishop’s. An ad is currently being drafted and we are hoping to hire the best candidate by the spring of 2010.
Psychological Health and Wellbeing is recognized as a “research cluster”
October 2009
Last spring, Bishop’s issued a call for researchers to form “research clusters” around multidisciplinary themes, in an effort to make more explicit the research strengths and priorities of the University. Dr. Bacon and Dr. Steve Harvey (Business – Human Resources) have spearheaded the formation of such a cluster, under the theme of “Psychological Health and Wellbeing”. The cluster, which regroups 22 Faculty members from Psychology, Business HR, Sociology, Biology, Education, Political Studies and Environmental Sciences, has been one of the 4 to be officially recognized by the University.
TALK BY DR. CLAUDE CHARPENTIER
April 2009
On April 2nd, Dr. Charpentier will present her work on “Cultural vulnerability, social distance and reasonable accommodation in the Eastern Townships”. The talk starts at 6 PM and will be held in Hamilton 301. Everyone is invited to attend.
HONOURS STUDENTS PRESENT THEIR THESES
April 2009
The 2009 crop of Honours students presented their final results on April 17th. Presenters were Elisabet Liskovoi, Tyler Burleigh, Scott Nugent, Kathleen Joseph, Chris Lamontagne-Blouin, Diana Cardenas, Will Boire, Catherine Gendreau, Dominique Jutras-Cote and Alicia Rubel. Congratulations to all and best of luck in graduate school (or enjoy your sabbatical year)!
TEACHING AWARD FOR DR. CLAUDE CHARPENTIER
April 2009
Congratulations to Claude who received her second SRC divisional teaching award over the past few years. Students nominate professors for these awards because they feel that contact with this professor has changed their lives in a meaningful way. It is more than fitting that Claude received this award on the night where she also secured a tenure-track position in the Department. Well done Claude!
NEW FACULTY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
April 2009
The Department is pleased to announce that Claude Charpentier has been hired on a tenure-track position starting July 1st, 2009. Claude is well known to students as she has been teaching on sessional positions since 2004. Claude will continue to deliver first class teaching and will stabilize and expand our revamped Clinical program.
The Department is also very happy to announce the coming of two young, dynamic and very promising teachers/researchers for the 2009-10 academic year. Philip Cooper completed his Ph.D. at McMaster and he was until recently teaching at Concordia. He will be teaching Intro, Personality and Social Psychology. Iuliana Baciu is in the process of completing her Ph.D. at Wilfrid Laurier (expected July 2009) and she will be teaching the developmental courses. A warm welcome to both of them!
Did Hebb work for the C.I.A.?
March 2009
The famous Canadian psychologist, Donald Olding Hebb, who holds an honorary doctorate from Bishop’s, conducted many important studies and contributed theoretically to the development of neuroscience. One of Hebb’s famous lines of work involved sensory deprivation, in which he investigated the mental effects of having sensory input cut off for long periods of time. However, there are rumours that Hebb was connected to and perhaps even funded by the C.I.A., which was interested in the implications of the results for brainwashing.
Are these rumours true?
Come to this talk on Monday, March 16, 2009 at 10 a.m. in N2 and find out!
McGill’s Great Psychologist
D. O. Hebb and the Study of Sensory Deprivation: The X-38 Project
Subtitle: Did Hebb work for the C.I.A.?
PRACTICUM II STUDENTS PRESENT THEIR WORK AND HONOR ANTON DE MAN
March 2009
Practicum II is arguably the most important course of the Clinical Psychology Program, as it allows students to leave the classroom and gain applied experience in a wide variety of clinical settings. Again this year, the Practicum II students and their professor, Dr. Claude Charpentier, organized an evening to let students, and especially younger Clinical Psychology students, know about the incredible experiences they had had in schools, hospitals, cliniques and rehab centers. Avalon Henry, Melanie Black, Nicolas Larochelle, Kathleen Joseph, Catherine Gendreau, Kaleigh Hood, Scott Nugent and Alicia Rubel were unanimous in saying that this was an emotional and life-changing ride. After the presentations, the evening turned into a roast in Honor of the founder of the Clinical Psychology program, Dr. Anton de Man, who will be retiring at the end of June. Chris Phillips was hilarious in his impersonation of Anton and Dr. McKelvie delivered a superb homage to his friend and colleague of 30 years. Thanks to all the Practicum II students for a wonderful evening.
TEN PSYCHOLOGY POSTERS AT RESEARCH WEEK - TYLER BURLEIGH WINS FIRST PRIZE!
March 2009
Psychology once more was heavily involved in Research Week, now in it’s 4th edition. Indeed, 10 out of 27 presented posters came from Psychology! Presenters were: Elisabet Liskovoi, Laure Pitfield, Alicia Rubel, Chris-Lamontagne Blouin, Scott Nugent, Tyler Burleigh, Diana Cardenas, Will Boire, Catherine Rioux and Kathleen Joseph. Tyler Burleigh was awarded the best poster award (and 250 dollars!) for his work entitled “Terror management theory and human affect in response to computer generated voices”.
TALK BY DR. STUART MCKELVIE
March 2009
On March 26th, in the context of Bishop’s Fourth Annual Research Week, Dr. McKelvie will present his work entitled “Oaf(s) of office?: Interpreting speech acts at the swearing in of President Barack Obama”. The talk is part of a session that runs from 11:30 AM to 1 PM. starts at 1 PM that will be held in the Old Library. Everyone is invited to attend.
SIX HONOURS STUDENTS PRESENT THEIR WORK AT THE SOCIETE QUEBECOISE DE RECHERCHE EN PSYCHOLOGY (SQRP) IN OTTAWA
March 2009
Will Boire, Lisa Liskovoi, Kathleen Joseph, Tyler Burleigh, Alicia Rubel and Scott Nugent attended the conference and presented posters. Professor Walter Marcantoni as well as recent Bishop’s graduates Catherine Sansfacon, Myriam Chiasson, Melanie Provost and Annie Benoit also made presentations. There is talk that Bishop’s could host SQRP in the near future. Stay tuned.
