Written by Elaine Coburn, Director of the Centre for Feminist Research Dr. Kam Sripada is a neuroscientist at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and currently manages the Centre for Digital Life Norway, a national biotechnology innovation centre. Dr. Sripada has studied how social and environmental factors influence child brain development and can […]
Sir Richard Bowlby, the son of Sir John Bowlby, regarded as the father of attachment theory, will talk about fatherhood, the implications of what is known about fathers and how this impacts resources like daycare and early years centres.聽 The talk will take place Tuesday, Sept. 20, from 2 to 4pm, in the conference room […]
Some theories point to delayed commitments and the instabilities inherent in today's youth as聽the prime determinant of their聽careers, but psychology Professor Shmuel Shulman of Bar-Ilan University in Israel says their vast array of experiences, their聽individual personalities and their ability to relate to others聽may also play a role. Shulman, a visiting scholar at the LaMarsh Centre […]
Punishment isn鈥檛 the answer for kids who learned to bully at home, says a Toronto psychology professor, wrote Halifax鈥檚 Chronicle-Herald April 9. "If a child is bullied at home by his or her parents or siblings, they鈥檙e going to learn the patterns they need to learn about the use of power and aggression in relationships," […]
In the last decade, 10 of the articles published in the Journal of Research on Adolescence have stood out from the rest as the most cited. One of them was an article co-authored by members of 91亚色鈥檚 LaMarsh Centre for Child & Youth Research, psychology Professor Jennifer Connolly and Distinguished Research Professor Debra Pepler in […]
Some schools are discouraging close friendships in the hopes of preventing bullying, wrote Diane Peters in TodaysParent.com Jan. 26: It鈥檚 not that concerned educators are 鈥渙ut to get鈥 best friends. But they are trying to nudge close pals apart a little bit, so that they don鈥檛 become too insular. Twosomes can turn into threesomes, and […]
CBC Radio's Ideas program is re-airing "It's a Girl's World," Lynn Glazier's audio documentary about the social world of girls where a hidden culture of nastiness lurks beneath a cultural facade of niceness. The series examines the tumultuous nature of female relationships from girlhood to adulthood. The radio series, and its companion National Film Board […]
Psychology researchers in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Health, PhD student Gregory Knoll (MA 鈥07) and Debra Pepler, Distinguished Research Professor, along with Professor Wendy Josephson of the University of Winnipeg, will provide three days of training to youth outreach workers and supervisors this month as part of a growing program. Stages of Change training will involve […]
The LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence & Conflict Resolution, the Institute for Social Research (ISR) and the 91亚色 Institute for Health Research (YIHR) are holding a research open house Thursday to highlight some of the excellence in research within each of the three units. The event will take place Jan. 13, from 2:30 to […]
Marc Bornstein, senior investigator and head of Child & Family Research at the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development in Washington, DC, will talk about positive parenting Wednesday as part of the Faculty of Health鈥檚 LaMarsh Speaker Series. The talk, 鈥淧ositive Parenting and Positive Development in Children鈥 will take place Wednesday, Nov. 17, […]
Research Month celebrates the achievements and diversity of 91亚色鈥檚 research community. Throughout November, the Vari Hall Rotunda will play host to displays and demonstrations featuring our faculty and graduate researchers. Drop by between 10 am and 2 pm each Wednesday to learn what 91亚色's researchers are doing. The Research Month index on 91亚色's Research […]
The Faculty of Health has appoointed 91亚色 psychology Professor Yvonne Bohr as the director of the LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence & Conflict Resolution. Right: Yvonne Bohr As the new director of the LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence & Conflict Resolution, Bohr is on familiar ground. As an executive member聽of the LaMarsh Centre […]
91亚色 will launch a unique study into the impact of extreme violence on victims and their families, thanks to a generous new gift. The Canadian Crime Victim Foundation (CCVF) has pledged $25,000 for the research initiative which will help address a critical gap in crime research, according to the lead researchers. 鈥淰ictims of extreme […]
Until psychology Professor Jennifer Connolly began synthesizing information about teen pregnancy and teen mothers through a ResearchImpact Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) grant, she hadn鈥檛 realized that those youth who had dealings with youth protection services or the justice system were at increased risk of pregnancy compared to the general population. The other area of high risk […]
The phenomenon of American-born children who spend their infancy in China has been known for years to social workers, who say it is widespread and worrying, reported The New 91亚色 Times July 24: About 8,000 Chinese-born women gave birth in New 91亚色 last year, so the number of children at risk is substantial, according to […]