News & Events
Incoming Honours Thesis Student
May 01, 2026
The PASER Lab welcomes incoming honours thesis student, Julia Apreda.
Dr. Counsell Away on Sabbatical
August 28, 2025
Dr. Alyssa Counsell will be away on sabbatical until September 2026.
Congratulations to Masters Grads
August 10, 2025
Congratulations to Johanna Loock and Maisha Ahasan for sucessfully completing their MA degrees in the Psychological Sciences!
New Paper Accepted for Publication
June 24, 2025
Our open-science attitudes and practices paper, A mismatch between open science practices and intentions, led by Udi Alter has been accepted for publication in Canadian Psychology!
You may now read it HERE.
Johanna Presents at CPA 2026
June 14, 2025
Johanna attended the 2026 Canadian Psychological Association Convention in St. Johns, NL, and presented on Assessing and Improving the Accessibility of Graphs.
New Paper Accepted for Publication
April 16, 2025
Our open-science paper on stats training and engagement, Expanding statistical horizons, led by Gabe Crone, has been accepted for publication in the Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science!
You may now read it HERE.
Incoming Honours Thesis Students
September 3, 2024
The PASER Lab welcomes incoming honours thesis students, Izza Adnan and Aishvien Nagendran.
Dr. Counsell Granted Tenure
February 2, 2024
Dr. Counsell was promoted to Associate Professor and granted tenure in the Department of Psychology.
Dr. Counsell Appointed Teaching Fellow 2024/25
January 8, 2024
Dr. Counsell was selected into TMU's Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT)'s Teaching Fellow Program to carry out her project, How can different pedagogical approaches support student success and mental health in statistics courses?
Welcoming Incoming Students
September 5, 2023
The PASER Lab welcomes incoming MA students, Johanna Loock and Maisha Ahasan, as well as incoming honours thesis students, Jane Cao and Madalena Costa.
PASER Lab Relocated
March 1, 2023
The PASER Lab has relocated! We are no longer in the South Bond Building (SBB). Our new lab space is on the 12th floor of Atrium on Bay (AOB).
Dr. Counsell Awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grant
July 19, 2019
Dr. Alyssa Counsell was awarded a two year (2019-2021) Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for the project, Do Attitudes toward Statistics and Statistical Software Relate to Better Research Practices?
Dr. Counsell Scheduled to Give Data Visualization Workshop at Canadian Stress Research Summit
June 14, 2019
Dr. Alyssa Counsell will lead a three hour workshop on Data Visualization in R at the Canadian Stress Research Summit held at Ryerson in April 2020. For more information see https://www.ryerson.ca/canadian-srs/program/
Dr. Counsell Award Ryerson Learning and Teaching Grant
April 10, 2019
Dr. Alyssa Counsell was awarded a one year (2019-2020) grant from Ryerson’s Learning and Teaching Office for the project, Statistics Anxiety, Grit, Resiliency, and Attitudes Toward Statistical Software.
Udi Alter Awarded Master's level SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship
April 1, 2019
Udi Alter was awarded the competitive Master's level SSHR CGS for his proposal focusing on accuracy in parameter estimation (APE), an alternative to traditional power analysis. Congratulations Udi!
Research Methods and Statistics Lab Welcomes Incoming MA Student Udi Alter
March 15, 2019
Udi Alter will officially join the lab in September 2019.