June 2021 – Congratulations to our former research assistant, Ariel Chiao who has been admitted to the Nursing programs at the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia! We are so proud of you.
May 2021 – Congratulations to our research assistant Alyssa Gordon, who has been admitted to the Masters of Audiology Program at Dalhousie University!
April 2021 – Congratulations to our research assistant Marnie Wang, who has been admitted to the Masters of Public Health Epidemiology Program at the University of Alberta!
March 2021 – Congratulations to our former research assistants, Arijit De and Shona Mistry, for getting into their programs! Arijit will pursue a PhD program at UofT under the Perception, Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience area of study. Shona, who has been admitted to the School & Clinical Child Psychology, will pursue a Master of Arts degree right here at OISE. We wish both of them the very best!
September 2020 – A heart filled congratulation to Begüm Özdemir for successfully defending her PhD dissertation and becoming Dr. Begüm Özdemir! We are proud of your achievement and wish her all the best in her academic career.
September 2020 – Congratulations to Dr. Myrto Grigoroglou, postdoctoral fellow in our lab, who accepted an Assistant Professor position right here at the University of Toronto. We wish her continued success. We know she will do great!
July 2020 – Congratulations to Dr. Angela Nyhout, postdoctoral fellow in our lab, who accepted a faculty position at the University of Kent. We wish her all the best. We know she will continue to do amazing work!
July 2020 – Congratulations to our research assistants Livia Isnar and Shona Mistry for getting admitted into their graduate programs! Livia will pursue a Master of Health Science degree at UofT with the goal of becoming a Speech Language Pathologist. Shona will pursue a Master of Arts degree in Developmental Psychology and Education right here at OISE.
June 2020 – Congratulations to our undergraduate lab members, Ariel Chiao and Livia Isnar for graduating! We are grateful for their contributions to our lab and we wish them the best of luck on their future endeavours!
October 2019 – Former research assistant Shahbano Mustafa has accepted a full-time position at the Princess Margaret Cancer Center as a research clerk within the Radiation Program. She will be analyzing data of approved projects, writing research grant applications and handling financial reports. Congrats Shahbano!
July 2019 – Professor Ganea and Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Myrto Grigoroglou, receive SSHRC Insight Development Grant: Motivational and cognitive aspects of common ground in collaborative communication.
July 2019 – Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Angela Nyhout, and Professor Ganea receive SSHRC Insight Development Grant: Spontaneous counterfactual thinking in development.
June 2019 – Congratulations to senior lab member, Lynn Nguyen, who won a poster award in the Guided Playful Learning Workshop at the 2019 Cognitive Science Society Conference in Montreal!
May 2019 – Congratulations to our former research assistant, Abdullah Malik, who has been admitted to the Doctor of Medicine program at the University of Toronto!
May 2019 – Professor Ganea has been appointed the new Director of the R.G.N. Laidlaw Research Centre for the next three years!
April 2019 – Congratulations to our senior lab members, Aryana Chakravarty, Hilary Sweatman, Lynn Nguyen and Salima Hackeek for graduating! It’s been a privilege to work with you and we wish you the best of luck on your next adventures!
August 2018 – A heart filled congratulations to Ruth Lee for successfully defending her PhD dissertation and becoming Dr. Ruth Lee! We are proud of your achievement and wish you all the best in your academic career.
June 2018 – Congratulations to Maggie Hong, an Undergraduate Research Assistant in our lab, who has been accepted to the Doctor of Pharmacy program at the University of Toronto. We are proud of your accomplishments and look forward to seeing your career grow!
May 2018 – Congratulations Nicole Larsen, PhD Candidate, for winning Best Student Poster Award at the Development 2018 Conference for her joint work with Vaunam Venkadasalam on the role of conceptual knowledge and play in science learning! We are very proud of their work.
May 2018 – Congratulations to Hilary Sweatman for receiving her second U of T Excellence Award (UTEA) from the Vice-President of Research to conduct research in our lab over the summer. We are pleased to have Hilary continue with us!
March 2018 – Congratulations to Angela Nyhout, postdoctoral fellow in our lab, for her first born baby daughter, Callie Grace Johnson! We are happy for Angela and her family and we hope to see Callie visit our lab and participate in studies as often as possible.
May 2017 – Congratulations to Hilary Sweatman and Jayun Bae. They each have received a 2017 U of T Excellence Award (UTEA) from the Vice-President of Research that funds them for 14 weeks of research. We welcome Jayun to our lab and are so pleased to have Hilary continue with us!
March 2017 – Congratulations to our research assistants Nicole Larsen, Emilie MacDonald and Abbirame Indrakumar for getting admitted into their programs! Nicole will pursue a PhD in Development Psychology and Education and Emilie will pursue a Masters of Child Study and Education right here at OISE. Abbirame will pursue a second degree in Bachelors of Education at Queen’s University. Also, a hearty congratulations to our former lab member Karen Moreira who is currently pursuing a Masters in Physiotherapy at McMaster University!
September 2016 – Lab member Fareha Nishat has accepted a full-time position at Sick Kids Neuropsychiatric Research Unit as a Clinical Research Project Assistant. She will be working on neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD and OCD, administering research tasks and liaising with participants. Congratulations Fareha!
August 2016 – Congratulations to our very own Krisma Saini and Emilie MacDonald on their August weddings!
July 2016 – Congratulations to former research assistant Tanrima Zaman, who has been admitted to the Masters of Public Health Program at Queen’s University!
May 2016 – Congratulations to former research assistant Vanessa Ferlaino, who has been admitted to the Masters of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology at University of Waterloo!
March 2016 – Congratulations to former research assistant Rafiya Asad, who has been admitted to the Masters of Social Work at the University of Toronto!
March 2016 – Many congratulations to research assistant Heidi Xin Yi Kuang, who was recently offered not one, but two Professional Experience Year Internships at Harvard! She has accepted one of them, and will be working with Dr Oren Levy on high impact and translational biomedical engineering research, more specifically on exploring and enhancing therapeutic properties of stem cells for one year from May 2016. Heidi started in our lab as a Research Opportunity Program student, stayed with us as a University of Toronto Excellence Award summer student, and then transitioned to work study. We will miss Heidi enormously and hope to see her again in a year’s time.
October 2015 – Professor Ganea and her graduate student, Caitlin Canfield, receive the Editor’s Choice Award for their recent publication in Journal of Cognition and Development, titled “You could call it magic’: What parents and siblings tell preschoolers about unobservable entities“.
June 2015 – Congratulations to Nicole Larsen, who just completed her M.A. in Child Study and Education here at OISE! She also won an award for the research she has been doing in our lab!
May 2015 – Congratulations to Dr. Gabrielle Strouse, postdoctoral fellow in our lab, who accepted a faculty position at the University of South Dakota. We wish her all the best. We know she will do great!
March 2015 – Congratulations Heidi Kuang! Heidi Kuang has received a 2015 U of T Excellence Award (UTEA) from the Vice-President of Research that funds her for 14 weeks of summer research. We are pleased to have her continue with us!
June 2014 – Professor Ganea and Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Gabrielle Strouse, receive SSRHC Insight Development Grant: An examination of the educational potential of interactive touch screen media for young children.
May 2014 – Professor Ganea wins highly competitive Early Research Award (ERA) from Ontario’s Ministry of Research and Innovation. The funded program of research is entitled “From Child to Scientist”: Using symbolic media to promote science education in young children.