UBCO Psychology Course Union
3333 University Way V1V 1V7 Kelowna, BC, Canada

Great event coming up next week hosted by our friends at MHAAC for those of you who are interested!

Check out this awesome event the PGSA is hosting on Thursday!

Congratulations to Twinkle, Gale, & Erica for having their names drawn to win $10 gift cards for attending the Getting into Psych Grad School event last night!

Congratulations to last month's Jeopardy winners Graham Krupp and Emma Smith who both won $25 gift cards!! Don't forget to register for our next Jeopardy event happening this Wednesday!! This month's theme is SITCOMS, including some of our favourites: Friends, The Office, & Parks & Recreation! See the link below for details https://fb.me/e/4nxjSiogO

WE HAVE A WINNER! Thank you to everyone who attended our September Jeopardy Event! Both members of the winning team walked away with $25 gift cards to a vendor of their choosing. ... Our next Jeopardy event will be on Wednesday October 21st at 7:00pm and we want your help picking a theme for the questions! Add to or vote on the poll posted on the event page (link is below)!! https://fb.me/e/4nxjSiogO

Don’t forget to register for this event! It starts at 5:30pm tonight!

Don’t forget to register for Psyc Jeopardy tonight at 7pm! Prizes up for grabs!

Dont forget to register for this event! It starts at 5:30pm tonight!

Dont forget to register for Psyc Jeopardy tonight at 7pm! Prizes up for grabs!

This event was a MASSIVE hit last year, don't miss it this year! See details and register below!

Join us for a General Psych Trivia Jeopardy night this Friday!! This event was created as an opportunity for students to meet other people in the Psych faculty, to have some fun before school gets busy, and practice their Psych trivia skills! Each member of the winning team will win a $10 e- gift card to a vendor of their choice!... Please register for the event using the following form BEFORE 2:00pm on September 18, 2020. https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSflv76PJgd4vipGOn/viewform All registered participants will be emailed a link to the Zoom meeting on September 18, 2020. Can't wait to see you all there!

Nothing like some good Ryan Gosling psychology humour on a Wednesday afternoon

The PCU has been contacted by the Project Coordinator for the COVID-19 Canada Student Health Literacy Survey to bring you this opportunity: "On July 1st, 2020, we launched an online bilingual survey on health literacy in the context of COVID-19, aimed at all post-secondary students across Canada. The goal is to better understand how post-secondary students are accessing health information during the pandemic, and the perceived impact of COVID-19 on their stress level and ove...rall wellbeing. Thousands of students around the world are participating as this is an initiative of the International Health Literacy Consortium. For more information, see: https://covid-hl.eu/. The study in Canada is led by Dr. Erica Di Ruggiero at the University of Torontos Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Paola Ardiles at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University. This survey will be open until August 31st, 2020. We have obtained ethics approval at both institutions." If you are interested in taking part in this study, the link is as follows: https://utorontodlsph.co1.qualtrics.com//SV_9QAxHACn3MbwX09

Are you looking for ways to learn and practice your listening and helping skills? You can enhance your theoretical knowledge with hands on experience by volunteering with the Crisis Line. Responders provide emotional support to people experiencing family and personal problems and mental health issues. The next training starts on September 8, 2020. Applications will be accepted until August 13th. For more information or an application, please call Michelle at 250-763-8008 ext. 112 or email: [email protected]

Important notice about PSYO 372

Hi UBCO Grads! We know that many of you had planned on getting your photos taken at the graduation ceremony that never happened. Voth Photography in Kelowna has reached out to us that they are going to be doing grad photos at the end of the month. Here is the link to their event where you can get more information!

Hi PCU Members! Graduate students in psychology programs across Canada have come together to create an open letter to the Canadian Psychology Association (CPA) calling for a time-bound, actionable plan to address anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, police violence against Black, Indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC), and the systemic racism that continues to endanger the well-being of BIPOC in Canada. The letter also addresses long-standing equity and diversity concerns... that are pervasive across all domains of psychology, including science, practice, and education. It specifically discusses some barriers in the application process to graduate school that are faced by BIPOC undergraduate students. Please consider reading, signing, and sharing the letter: https://bit.ly/CPALetter. This is a working document, so any feedback is also appreciated! You can contact [email protected] with comments or questions. See more

Meet this years social coordinator, McKenna!

An update from the department. Stay safe and have a great weekend!

Hello PCU members and happy Thursday! As you know today the fall/winter 2020/2021 course schedules were released. We would like to provide some suggestions and advice. Hopefully this can provide assistance in making a schedule that fits your learning needs and help with picking which courses to take. If you have any suggestions or advice of your own that you have learned from your experience while completing your degree, please feel free to comment! To clarify: these are ...merely opinions and we do not intend to force other student to share these views. For more PCU posts additional to the ones on this page, you can follow us on Instagram @ubcopcu .

Meet our Project BrightThought Coordinator, Brandon!

Meet one of this years External Coordinators Clerissa !

Meet this year's Treasurer, Madhumita!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE HONOURS PROGRAM IN PSYCHOLOGY: As previously mentioned, PSYO 372 and its corresponding lab will only be available as an in-...person course in Term 1 of the upcoming 2020 academic year. Please note, PSYO 373 will also only be offered in-person in Term 2. This decision was not taken lightly; rather it was made after discussing pedagogical issues with the professors and teaching assistants who deliver these courses and labs. We decided that these courses and their labs could not be delivered adequately online. Both PSYO 372 and PSYO 373 are very competitive to get into. Only 35 students are permitted into PSYO 372. When enrolment opens for the 2020 academic year, all those interested in taking PSYO 372 in-person are asked to register on the waitlist for the course. When all the registration dates have passed, those individuals who registered on the waitlist are then rank-ordered based on their overall Psychology-specific GPA, calculated using all Psychology grades on record with UBC. The top 35 ranked students are then registered into PSYO 372. Under normal circumstances, only those individuals who have successfully completed PSYO 372 can start their honours thesis research and enroll in PSYO 490. We appreciate that some of you who were planning to take PSYO 372 and PSYO 373 this upcoming year will not be returning to the Okanagan because of COVID-19 and its impact on UBCs course scheduling; consequently, you will not be able to take PSYO 372 and PSYO 373 this year as planned. Those impacted individuals should send an email to Marla MacDonald at [email protected] notifying her of this situation. If any of those individuals who contacted Marla are successfully admitted into PSYO 372 in Term 1 of the 2021 academic year, then we will permit those students to enrol in PSYO 490 and start their honours research concurrently while taking PSYO 372 in Term 1 of 2021. We are making this exception for that academic year only to ensure that any potential honours students that are not residing in the Okanagan this upcoming year will be able to graduate with an honours degree without any delays. Please share this notice with those who may be interested in this information.

Meet this years Secretary, Ashwini!!

Meet this years VP social Kira Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram @ubcopcu to stay up to date on info regarding upcoming events, tips and tricks for university life online and much much more!

Happy Wednesday, hope everyone is staying well! This was released today by the Department, heads up for when enrolment comes around!

Meet the Exec Team!

Good morning PCU members! Happy Sunday! Since we were unable to do so at the Year End Dinner as we had hoped, I would like to announce the winners of the 2019-2020 Professor and TA of the Year awards. Based on your votes, the TA of the year was Anne Tseu and the professor of the year was Dr. Jan Cioe.... Congratulations to both of our winners, we wish that we could have all celebrated together. Hope you are staying safe during these uncertain times, and good luck with any remaining exams!

Happy first day of exams! Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during these times

We are in the UNC today until 12:20 selling tickets. We hope to see you soon!

Reminder that TA/Prof of the year nominations as well as PCU Executive applications are due tonight at midnight! Thank you to everyone that has voted and applied so far!

We'll be selling tickets for our Year-End Dinner on campus today!! Come by our booth from 11.30-1.30 at EME

Come stop by the Arts Foyer from 10:30-12:20 to pick up your year end dinner ticket and a free stress ball! While supplies last!

Ticket sales for our Year End Dinner are happening now in the Arts Foyer! Come and grab your tickets fast, currently accepting debit and credit!

Here's our schedule for in-person ticket sales on campus this week! Monday, March 2nd --> 11.30-1.30 at Arts foyer Thursday, March 5th --> 10.30-12.30 at Arts foyer https://www.facebook.com/events/199713681246032/

It's that time of year again! Time to vote for your favourite Psychology PROFESSOR and TA of the year! Just click the link below and enter in who you believe should win this year ;) https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSeDiZIqBLXbwALa5/viewform

Our new re-scheduled date! See you then!

Hello everyone! Applications for the PCU are now open! We are looking to fill a variety of positions and are looking for fun, detailed-oriented psychology majors who have a passion for volunteering and our campus. If you are interested, please fill out the application here: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSdFQMrndMbtgb3Cc/viewform... We look forward to reading all your applications!