Past events

For many academics, particularly graduate students, post-docs, and early career researchers, having an online presence showcasing their academic work and achievements is an important component for advancing their research and career. A common way to do this is by creating and maintaining a personal website, which provides the opportunity to describe your research interests, highlight recent publications, and share your CV all in one location. However, many do not know where or how to begin this process. Read More

Title: Stimulating speech: Auditory-motor interactions in production and perception

In my lab, we use non-invasive brain stimulation to explore auditory-motor interactions during speech perception and speech production.  I will describe how transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) works and provide a number of examples of how we have used this method in combination with behaviour and other measures of brain function. Read More

Title: Creating and analyzing mouse-tracking experiments

The goal of this four-hour workshop is to create and analyze mouse-tracking experiments. During the first half of the workshop, participants will become familiar with the computer software MouseTracker (download here – only works on Windows os). Read More

Wednesday, August 12, 2:00pm-3:00pm

Has your student-supervisor dynamic changed abruptly due to the current pandemic? You are not alone; there have been challenges on all sides of this relationship, as everyone has had to establish new ways of working together while also dealing with significant upheaval in all areas of life. This discussion session is a chance for both supervisors and students to explore ideas, identify struggles, and offer suggestions in a neutral setting. Read More

Wednesday, July 29, 2:00pm-3:00pm

With the current restrictions on travel and on large gatherings, many conferences have been cancelled, but many others have moved online. This is new territory for most of the presenters as well as for the organizers. Watching a keynote address online is fairly straightforward, but how do you present a poster? Will there be networking activities, and if so, how can you best participate? Read More

With many shifts happening in the research landscape, now is the perfect time to learn or perfect new software skills! Inkscape is a free software similar to Adobe Illustrator that can be used to edit figures and create polished documents of any size. This hands-on workshop will cover the basics of image file types, introduce the Inkscape interface, and walk through the tools and functions that you will need for making figures and posters. Read More

**This event has been cancelled**

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This workshop is co-sponsored with the Centre for Research in Human Development. Pre-registration is gaining popularity as a way to increase transparency and replicability. Pre-registration allows researchers to specify their research plans in advance, including hypotheses, sample, and planned analyses. Many journals, including Psychological Science (click here for the a list of journals), recognize preregistered research by awarding a Preregistered badge. Read More

The CRBLM, Brain Reach, Science Policy Exchange, and The Convergence Initiative are offering a series of workshops on science communication and knowledge mobilization.
The workshops will cover a range of approaches, target audiences, and aspects of the process of planning and delivering science outreach projects.

Participants are welcome to attend all or a subset of the four workshops, registration is required. Read More