Otfried Spreen, UVic professor emeritus of psychology (neuropsychology), died in Vancouver on Nov. 29, 2015, at the age of 89 years. Spreen played a leading role in establishing the graduate training program in neuropsychology and in running the Psy…
Victoria city council has selected Environmental Law Centre legal director Calvin Sandborn (law) and Bernie Pauly (nursing, psychology) as two of the city's 14 honourary citizens for 2011. The award was presented on Jan.19 by Mayor Dean Fortin, in recognition of Sandborn's contributions to environmental protection and sustainability education on Vancouver Island and Pauly's community work on social issues, including homelessness.
The newly released Let’s Face It 2.0, a scrapbook app developed by the University of Victoria’s Centre for Autism Research Technology Education (CARTE) and now available free on iTunes, is a powerful educational tool for learning faces and recognizing emotions of the important people in the lives of children on the autism spectrum. “It is a selfie culture and I hope our app will be adopted by anyone who finds it useful,” says CARTE director and UVic psychology professor Jim Tanaka. “Parents and educators can create their own storybook from people and objects in their children’s lives.”
The newly released Let’s Face It 2.0, a scrapbook app developed by the University of Victoria’s Centre for Autism Research Technology Education (CARTE) and now available free on iTunes, is a powerful educational tool for learning faces and recognizi…
A study of military fathers is a study in conflict, not just away but at home. Many men can relate to the father’s balancing act of breadwinner-comforter but fewer people understand the depth of emotional conflict faced by military fathers and the impact of their absences, not just on families, but on the soldiers themselves.
Parents who haven’t broken their teenagers of their late-to-bed, late-to-rise rhythms, or who haven’t yanked their kids out of a too-too-much-YouTube summer by enforcing book reading or times-tables reviews may feel like they’ve missed the boat on b…
As summer holidays start, the following University of Victoria expert is available to discuss how to combat summer learning loss and who’s most at risk. Sarah Macoun (Educational Psychology) is a clinical neuropsychologist with a background as a sch…
Dr. Bonnie Leadbeater (psychology) and Dr. Anne Marshall (education) have been named the 2015 recipients of the Provost’s Engaged Scholar Award.
Ahead of Valentine’s Day, many couples are busy buying the right gift and booking reservations for romantic dinners. And PhD student Lisa Hoplock is delving into the psychology behind successful and failed marriage proposals.
“Why, when the evidence is so strong, and so many agree that this is our greatest problem, are we doing so little about climate change?” Climate change communications specialist George Marshall has been grappling with that question since he co-found…
Research was efficiently communicated, cash was won and history was made at the university’s first-ever Three Minute Thesis competition, held on March 6 as part of UVic’s annual IdeaFest celebration. The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a research communication competition that challenges master’s and doctoral students to give a compelling and public-friendly presentation on their thesis research—and why it matters—in a mere three minutes using only one Powerpoint slide.
