​​Sierrah A. Hamilton

was accepted to the MSc/PhD Clinical Psychology program

in the lifespan stream at the University of Victoria, BC. 

Congratulations, Sierrah!

April, 2025

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Rose Peyvandi

was accepted to the MEd Counselling Psychology program

at OISE of the University of Toronto. 

Congratulations, Rose!

April, 2025

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Mariana Valente

was awarded the Lillian Meighen Wright Maternal-Child Health Undergraduate Scholarship.

Congratulations, Mariana!

April, 2025

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Sierrah A. Hamilton

received an honourable mention for her honours thesis poster presentation

at the Psychology Undergraduate Poster Day, held at York University. 

Congratulations, Sierrah!

April, 2025

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Maya Koven 

successfully passed her oral exam for her Master's thesis titled "The Indirect Effect of a Brief Couple Intervention on Child Mental Health via the Interparental Relationship"

Congratulations, Maya!

March, 2025

 

Paul De Luca

was awarded the LaMarsh Centre Leadership Award.

Congratulations Paul!

October, 2024

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Gillian Shoychet

was awarded the Certificate of Excellence by the Canadian Psychological

Association to acknowledge the Psychology Department’s top thesis students

at the Master’s level.

Congratulations Gillian!

October, 2024​

 

Isha Dua

was awarded the Certificate of Excellence by the Canadian Psychological Association for her 2023-2024 Honours Thesis, ‘Culturally Responsive Adaptation in Coparenting Interventions with Diverse Families: A Scoping Review’.

Congratulations Isha!

October, 2024​

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Dr. Prime

was awarded a 2-year Insight Development Grant titled "Daily Stress for Whom? Development of a Daily Stress Scale for Diverse Parent Populations"

Congratulations Dr. Prime!

June, 2024​

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Maya Koven 

was awarded the Canada Graduate Scholarship - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement to study systemic couple's interventions at the University of Lausanne. Congratulations Maya!

August, 2024

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Dr. Prime

was awarded the Collaborative and/or Community-Based Research Seed Grant from York University to study processes of family resilience to everyday stress.

Congratulations Dr. Prime!

May, 2024

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Dr. Prime

was awarded the SSHRC Explore Grant from York University to support the development of a daily stress scale for diverse parents.

Congratulations Dr. Prime!

May, 2024

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Jazzmin Demy

was awarded the CIHR Canadian Graduate School Scholarship to fund her PhD research.

Congratulations Jazzmin!

May, 2024

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Jazzmin Demy, Maya Koven,

Alex Markwell & Gillian Shoychet

​have been accepted to present at the 27th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development in Portugal, in June 2024.

Congratulations!

April, 2024

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Isha Dua

was awarded the Lillian Meighen Wright Maternal-Child Health Undergraduate Scholarship.

Congratulations, Isha!

April, 2024

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Prime Family Lab

Maya Koven and Paul De Luca were awarded the SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship to fund their MA research.

Congratulations!

April, 2024

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Jazzmin Demy

has joined the second cohort of Fellows on the DIVERT Mental Health Platform.  

Congratulations, Jazzmin! 

March, 2024

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Isha Dua

has been accepted to present findings from her scoping review at CPA’s 85th Annual National Convention in Ottawa.

Congratulations, Isha!

March, 2024

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Dr. Prime, Jazzmin Demy, & Alex Markwell

have been accepted to present findings from the L2P2 project at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention in San Diego in 2024.

Congratulations! 

November, 2023

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Dr. Prime

was awarded the Faculty of Health Joint Junior Faculty Funds & Minor Research Grant for a new project titled: Implementation of an Ultra-Brief Family Systems Intervention in a University Psychology Clinic.

Congratulations, Dr. Prime!

November, 2023

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Gillian Shoychet

 received the MA Award in Clinical-Developmental Psychology, which acknowledges her graduate student leadership and scholarly excellence.

Congrats Gilli!

November, 2023

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Gillian Shoychet

published Empirical support for a model of risk and resilience in children and families during COVID-19: A systematic review & narrative synthesis in Development & Psychopathology.

Congratulations, Gilli!

August, 2023

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Maya Koven

is joining the lab as part of York University's MA/PhD Program in Clinical Developmental Psychology.

Welcome, Maya!

August, 2023

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Paul De Luca

is joining the lab as part of York University's MA/PhD Program in Clinical Developmental Psychology.

Welcome, Paul!

September, 2023

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Dr. Prime

published Promoting Conflict Reappraisal in Parenting Couples: A Feasibility Study and Preliminary Evaluation of a Brief Writing Intervention in Journal of Child and Family Studies.

August, 2023

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Prime Family Lab

Gilli, Alex, and Jazzmin presented their symposium titled A Family Systems Approach to Understanding Family Functioning Amid the Pandemic at the CPA 2023 Annual Convention.

Congratulations, Jazzmin, Alex, and Gilli!

June, 2023

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Prime Family Lab

Jazzmin Demy, Alex Markwell, and Maya Koven were awarded the Ontario Graduate Scholarship to fund their MA research.

Congratulations!

June, 2023

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Jazzmin Demy

was awarded the Lillian Meighen Wright Maternal-Child Health Graduate Scholarship for her interest in the area of maternal-child health.

Congratulations, Jazzmin!

April, 2023

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Gillian Shoychet

was awarded the SSHRC Canadian Graduate School Scholarship to fund her PhD research!

Congratulations Gilli!

April, 2023

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Prime Family Lab

We had a wonderful time in Salt Lake City for the biennial convention for the Society of Research in Child Development. Check out Jazzmin and Alex's posters! 

March, 2023

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Prime Family Lab

and collaborators published Positive Parenting and Early Childhood Cognition: A Systematic Review and Meta‑Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials in Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review.

February, 2023

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Dr. Prime

published the Love Together, Parent Together (L2P2) protocol describing our ongoing L2P2 research program.

September, 2022

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Jazzmin Demy

began at York University's MA/PhD Program in Clinical Developmental Psychology.

Welcome, Jazzmin!

September, 2022

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Alex Markwell

began at York University's MA/PhD Program in Clinical Developmental Psychology.

Welcome, Alex!

September, 2022

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Dr. Prime

published Pandemic-related disruption and positive adaptation: Profiles of family function at the onset of the pandemic in Adversity and Resilience Science: Journal of Research and Practice.

September, 2022

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Gillian Shoychet

published Assessing positive adaptation during a global crisis: The development and validation of the family positive adaptation during COVID-19 scale in Frontiers in Psychology.

September, 2022

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Maya Koven

started as lab coordinator helping to run our L2P2 study (and others!).

September, 2022

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Prime Family Lab

Gilli, Alex, Negar and Katherine presented their research at the Development 2022 Conference and CPA's 83rd Convention.

Congratulations to the lab!

June, 2022

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Gillian Shoychet

was awarded second place for her poster titled The Validation of the COVID-19 Family Disruption Model: A Systematic Search & Narrative Synthesis at the Canadian Psychological Association's 83rd convention (Family Psychology section).

Congratulations, Gilli!

June, 2022

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Dr. Prime

was awarded the President's New Researcher Award by the Canadian Psychological Association. The award recognizes the exceptional quality of the contribution of new researchers to psychological knowledge in Canada.

Congratulations, Dr. Prime!

May, 2022

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Jazzmin Demy

was awarded a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship to fund her MA research.

Congratulations, Jazzmin!

April, 2022

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Alex Markwell

was awarded a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship to fund her MA research.

Congratulations, Alex!

April, 2022

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Gillian Shoychet

was awarded a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship and The Meighen Wright Foundation Maternal-Child Health Graduate Scholarship for her MA research.

Congratulations, Gilli!

April, 2022

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Prime Family Lab

research was featured in an article titled 4 tips for improving family wellness in the Globe and Mail. 

Congratulations to the lab!

April, 2022

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Alex Markwell

was named a Top 25 finalist in the SSHRC Storytellers competition. Her submission focused on findings from a SSHRC-funded meta-analysis.  

Congratulations, Alex!

April, 2022

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Gillian Shoychet

had her symposium talk titled Assessing positive change during a global crisis: The development and validation of the COVID-19 family benefits and coping scale accepted at Development 2022.

Congratulations, Gilli!

March, 2022

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Alex Markwell

had her symposium talk titled A preliminary evaluation of Love Together, Parent Together (L2P2): A writing intervention to improve couples' conflict and family functioning accepted at Development 2022.

Congratulations, Alex!

March, 2022

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Negar Shavandi

had her independent research project titled The association between COVID-19 family stressors and sibling relationship challenges: Moderation by sibling age gap accepted as a poster at Development 2022.

Congratulations, Negar!

March, 2022

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Gillian Shoychet

had her symposium talk titled Assessing positive change during a global crisis: The development and validation of the COVID-19 family benefits and coping scale accepted at Development 2022.

Congratulations, Gilli!

March, 2022

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Alex Markwell

had her symposium talk titled A preliminary evaluation of Love Together, Parent Together (L2P2): A writing intervention to improve couples' conflict and family functioning accepted at Development 2022.

Congratulations, Alex!

March, 2022

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Gillian Shoychet

has published her first paper titled The Impact of COVID-19 Anxiety on Quality of Life in Canadian Adults: The Moderating Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty and Health Locus of Control in the Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/ Revue.

Congratulations, Gilli!

March, 2022

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Maya Koven

has joined the lab as the newest research assistant.

Welcome, Maya!

March, 2022

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Kathrine McGuire

was awarded the Lillian Meighen Wright Maternal-Child Health Undergraduate Scholarship.

Congratulations, Katherine!

March, 2022

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Veronica Benyamin

was accepted to McMaster University's MSc program in Psychotherapy.  Congratulations, Veronica!

March, 2022

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