Congratulations to Dr. Monique Tremblay who successfully defended her PhD dissertation on Wednesday, March 10, 2021! The title of her dissertation is “An investigation of the contribution of cognitive biases to anger outcomes and reactive aggression in individuals with high trait anger.” Monique is currently completing her predoctoral clinical residency at The Hospital for Sick Children, with rotations in cardiology and chronic pain (until August, 2021).

Congratulations also to Jessica who, earlier this afternoon (October 10, 2018), at Convocation, received two distinguished awards given to graduating students, the Ryerson Gold Medal and the Board of Governors Student Leadership Medal, Ryerson’s two highest awards. From all of us at the PoCaD Lab, way to go Jessica!

Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Sutherland who successfully defended her PhD dissertation this morning (August 27, 2018)! The title of her dissertation is “Does social rejection increase susceptibility to peer influence? Testing a model of social rejection, physiological stress, and peer influence on risky driving among adolescents and young adults.”

Congratulations to Dr. Ashley Ward who successfully defended her PhD dissertation this afternoon (December 15, 2016)! The title of her dissertation is “Cracking the code: A critical discourse analysis of the Canadian Code of Ethics for psychologists.”

Congratulations to Dr. Sandy Oziel who successfully defended her PhD dissertation this afternoon (September 9, 2016)! The title of her dissertation is “The reliability and validity of the SAPROF among forensic mental health patients.”

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Newman who successfully defended her PhD dissertation this morning (April 15, 2016)! The title of her dissertation is “Applying a modified version of the Theory of Planned Behaviour to predict reactive physical aggression.”

Congratulations to Dr. Holly Wilson who successfully defended her PhD dissertation this morning (December 22, 2015)! The title of her dissertation is “Predicting recidivism of Aboriginal youth offenders: A look at an established risk assessment tool and culturally-specific predictors.”