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April 26, 2021: Welcoming Our New Lab Coordinator!
We have great news! Our amazing research assistant, Faris (Farishteh Khan), has been hired as our new lab coordinator! She will be taking...


March 20, 2021: Escape Room
Today we went to a virtual escape room to celebrate our team and their hard work. Both teams escaped with 1-2 minutes to spare!


December 28, 2020: End of Semester Celebration!
Today we celebrated the team's hard work by having a virtual Secret Santa and played Pictionary!


September 18, 2020: Samantha wins the V-Oscar Award!
Our lab coordinator, Samantha Cottrell, was recently awarded the V-Oscar Award (Helping Hands Mississauga). This award recognizes a...


September 9, 2020: New Experimenters
We're excited to announce our amazing research assistants, Saakshi, Nabila and Dhanesha have been hired as primary experimenters.


September 6, 2020: Welcoming 8 New Lab Members!
We're very excited to announce that eight new amazing UTM undergraduate students have joined our team!


August 20, 2020: New Recruitment Coordinators!
We're excited to announce that we have hired two Recruitment Coordinators, Fatima Tasabehji and Faris Khan! They will be leading all...


August 12, 2020: COVID Update
Due to the pandemic and taking safety precautions, we have closed our lab. Although we are sad we cannot meet in person, we are adjusting...


April 9, 2020: Dr. Ronfard discusses how children learn about viruses and germs.
Dr. Ronfard was a guest on View to the U's podcast. He discussed how children come to learn about invisible entities like viruses, and...


April 1, 2020: Dr. Ronfard discusses his research findings in UofT Magazine.
"One of the most powerful things about having someone contradict you is that you can then have a conversation about your respective...


March 7, 2020: Aimee wins first place at the Young Entrepreneurs' Conference!
One of our awesome research assistants, Aimee Padillo, won first place at the Young Entrepreneurs' Conference 2020. The goal was to use...


March 6, 2020: Dr. Ronfard gives a talk at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Dr. Ronfard was invited to give a talk based on his...


February 20, 2020: Paolina wins the I.M. Spigel Memorial Scholarship in Psychology!
One of our fantastic weekend experimenters, Paolina Onorato, recently won the I.M. Spigel Memorial Scholarship in Psychology for the...


January 28, 2020: Saakshi gets a new job at William Osler!
One of our valuable research assistants, Saakshi Khosla, recently got a new position as a student team leader at William Osler Health...


January 14, 2020: Welcoming 4 New Lab Members!
We're very excited to announce that four new wonderful UTM undergraduate students have joined our team!


December 20, 2019: Dr. Ronfard discusses holiday mythology.
Dr. Ronfard was interviewed for a UTM news article about holiday mythology. As a researcher who studies how children reason about...


December 7, 2019: End of Semester Celebration!
Today we celebrated the team's hard work by having a potluck and board games party.
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