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Women in Cognitive Science/Les Chercheuses en Science Cognitives - Canada. We are funded by CSBBCS, and provide professional and networking opportunities for the cognitive science community. https://wicsc.ca. Our Trainee Board is @wicsc-trainee.bsky.social
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Are you a 🇨🇦 ECR (graduate student, postdoc) in Cognitive Science looking for a small grant to support a new collaborative research project? Apply for the @wicscanada.bsky.social Small Grant for Jr Scientists: wicsc.ca/wp-content/u...

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Know someone who is a fantastic mentor to 🇨🇦 women in cognitive science? Nominate them for the @wicscanada.bsky.social 2025 Mentorship Award: wicsc.ca/wp-content/u...

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Gains made, but still underrepresented: Women in Canadian universities from 1970 to 2022 universityaffairs.ca/features/wom...

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Online writing groups keep running until mid-May. You can still join as they run on a drop-in/drop-out basis. Everyone is welcome with no commitment. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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We’re hiring a 9-month LTA in Cognitive Psychology. @wicscanada.bsky.social

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Today we celebrate the 10th anniversary of @unesco.org's International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and I wanted to share some important facts about how far we've come and how far we need to go. 🧵(1/7) #WomenInScience

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Are you a 2024 or 2025 CSBBCS member? If so, check your member-affiliated inbox for a ballot to renew WiCSC+ for another 5 years. See our activities at wicsc.ca; follow us at @wicscanada.bsky.social, & check out our European colleagues at @wicseurope.bsky.social.. #cognition

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“Women leave or consider leaving [faculty positions] because of workplace climate more often than work-life balance.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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📣 Vacancy for Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science at Department of Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Aarhus University, Denmark. (Deadline January 6) international.au.dk/about/profil...

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Are you a #Canadian #cognitive scientist who is looking for resources to promote #equity in our discipline? Check out the resource page at the Women in Cognitive Science Canada+ website (wicsc.ca/resources/), and follow us here (@wicscanada.bsky.social)

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Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️ So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality? We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary #WomeninSTEM www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/

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AI and Grants: guidance from Canada's expert panel on use of AI in development and review of research grants, convened by the 3 federal funding councils: 🌟In short, AI is ok (with conditions) for grant prep, not for grant evaluation science.gc.ca/site/science...

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FACULTY POSITION: Assistant Professor: Perception and Cognition (Tenure-track) The Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) invites applications for a full-time tenure stream Assistant Professor position in Perception and Cognition. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...

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Strategies for women in leadership roles, from Dr. Verna Yiu, UAlberta Provost: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/when-...

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Know someone who is a great mentor to 🇨🇦 research trainees? Nominate them for the Women in Cognitive Science Canada+ Mentorship Award: wicsc.ca/wp-content/u...

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Are you an ECR (graduate student, postdoc) in 🇨🇦 looking for funding to start a new research collaboration? Apply for a Women in Cognitive Science - Canada+ Small Grant: wicsc.ca/wp-content/u...

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Know someone who is a great mentor to 🇨🇦 research trainees? Nominate them for the Women in Cognitive Science Canada+ Mentorship Award: wicsc.ca/wp-content/u...

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Are you an ECR (graduate student, postdoc) in 🇨🇦 looking for funding to start a new research collaboration? Apply for a Women in Cognitive Science - Canada+ Small Grant: wicsc.ca/wp-content/u...

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