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May 1-3, 2025: ChiLD Lab at SRCD 2025!
The ChiLD Lab is excited to be at SRCD 2025! Dr. Kirsten Blakey and F. Ece Özkan are presenting their latest findings on how children and...


March 1, 2025: Mind Explorers in Action!
A huge thank you to all the curious minds who joined us at Mind Explorers! From fun brain games to hands-on activities, it was amazing...


February 03, 2025: Welcoming the new Outreach Assistants!
The ChiLD Lab is excited to share that our Outreach team is growing, with the addition of two new outreach assistants, Lama Ammane and...


June 27, 2024: Summer Lab Party!
In May, we organized a picnic lab party to celebrate everyone's hard work over the past semester! It was a fantastic way to conclude the...


June 11, 2024: Welcoming the new Research Assistants!
We're very excited to announce that Deanna Huestis, an undergraduate U of T student has joined our lab as Research Assistant! We are very...


May 27, 2024: Welcoming the new Research Assistants!
We're very excited to announce that two new amazing U of T undergraduate students, Linh Pham and Afeefa Muskan, have joined our lab as...


April 10, 2024: Welcoming New Lab Artists!
The ChiLD Lab is excited to share that our team is growing, with the addition of two new lab artists, Dhruti Bhatti and Farah Ismail!...


March 21-23, 2024: ChiLD Lab at CDS 2024!
The ChiLD Lab's graduate students are presenting some of their recent findings at the Cognitive Development Society Meeting this week. We...


October 30, 2023: Allison's presentation is accepted for the SPSP Annual Convention!
One of our amazing Research Assistants, Allison Gutierrez had her presentation on "Children's Understanding and Attitudes Towards...


September 18, 2023: Welcoming the new Research Assistants!
We're very excited to announce that four new amazing U of T undergraduate students, Marta Mhanna, Gabriella Di Maio, Rebeca Reyes and...


July 19, 2023: My Research Journey Part 2 - Dr. Samuel Ronfard
We interviewed Dr. Samuel Ronfard, the director of the ChiLD Lab, about his academic and research journey! Click below to watch part 2:


July 13, 2023: Resuming In-Person Studies!
We're excited to announce that we've finally reopened our lab to families!


July 6, 2023: My Research Journey - Dr. Samuel Ronfard
We interviewed Dr. Samuel Ronfard, the director of the ChiLD Lab, about his academic and research journey! Click below to watch part 1:


June 10, 2023: Polish Festival!
The Polish Festival was held at Celebration Square last weekend, and our research assistants recruited 54 children! Children won prizes...


June 3-4, 2023: Bread and Honey Festival!
Our research assistants ran a booth at the Bread and Honey Festival in Mississauga over the weekend and recruited 125 children! They...


May 15, 2023: Welcoming the new Research Assistants!
We're very excited to announce that three new amazing U of T undergraduate students, Hannah Ang, Maira Salman, and Zoha Yousuf, have...


April 27, 2023: ChiLD Lab at the Undergraduate Research Poster Day 2023!
Congratulations to all our lab members who presented their research today at the 2023 UTM Undergraduate Research Poster Day. Our...
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