department of psychology News Archive
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Join us April 1 for the 2025 3MT finals event
March 24, 2025 —
Meet the 2025 3MT© Finalists and don’t miss this exciting event tonight at 7 p.m., at the Robert B. Shultz Theatre in St John's College, Fort Garry campus.
Research and International
The Conversation: Can a virtual reality residential school, developed with Survivors, improve empathy toward Indigenous people?
March 18, 2025 —
Virtual reality is a rapidly developing technology. As the technology expands, becoming more portable and affordable, the potential uses have expanded as well.
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Graduate Student Bobby McHardy selected as a 2024 Canada Graduate Scholarship to honour Nelson Mandela.
March 17, 2025 —
His research focuses on links between parent mental health and the mental health of young children.
Medscape Medical News: Mental health worse after workplace injuries
February 28, 2025 —
Patients with workplace injuries have worse mental health outcomes over time than patients with non-workplace injuries: UM study
Faculty of Arts
CBC Manitoba: Winnipeg school community hopes the key to kids’ independence and confidence is child’s play
February 3, 2025 —
'We've lost some really essential element in our childhoods'
Faculty of Arts
New funding will help build the capacity of the Canadian Reconciliation Barometer
December 13, 2024 —
Support of more than $200,000 from Canadian Heritage will enhance cross-sectoral research and community relationships across Canada with those working toward Reconciliation.
Faculty of Arts
Winnipeg Free Press: Imaginative option meets economic reality
November 1, 2024 —
Imaginative option meets economic reality
Faculty of Arts
Bridging the gap in mental health care
October 7, 2024 —
The doctoral psychology student aims to resolve the “treatment gap” that sees more people suffering from challenges with their mental health than are being treated.
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Three Faculty of Arts students receive prestigious Vanier Scholarship
October 7, 2024 —
PhD candidates from the departments of psychology and Indigenous studies can now count themselves among Canada’s top graduate students.
Research and International
UM researchers receive more than $1.5 million infrastructure investment from the John R. Evans Leaders Fund
September 26, 2024 —
Eight new UM research project have received critical infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund.