Aaron P. Johnson

So say we all

Opinion: Why is Canada so miserly in funding academic research? Ambitious investment in our research ecosystem cannot wait any longer – our peers are already committing to bold increases in research funding

A summary of the state in funding of academic research in Canada. And unfortunately, the future looks blue.

Canadians!

We have a new suicide crisis helpline.

You dial 988. That's it!

Spread the word.

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List of the 14 women that were murdered at École Polytechnique in 1989.

Today I remember those that were murdered for no other reason than being women that studied engineering at École Polytechnic in 1989. I use this photo to remind that behind each name is a story of an individual taken from us too early.

Girl guides chocolate mint cookies

It’s that time of year where they get you with the free sample, and then you are hooked.

Posting for a collaborator:

Colgate University is hiring for a TT position in human cognition (broadly defined). Application deadline: October 13.  apply.interfolio.com/132575

#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #CogSci #VisionScience

Two 1-hour virtual talks on low vision over two days + full week of meetings = me exhausted. One good thing about virtual conferences is not having to fly back on a Sunday, and work the next day.

This forms the first chapter of Zoey’s PhD thesis- with other manuscripts to come in the next few months.

New preprint: Validation and Reliability of the Dyslexia Adult Checklist in Screening for Dyslexia. While the adult dyslexia checklist is widely available, to our knowledge it’s never been validated. Here we do that and recommend revised cutoff scores. psyarxiv.com/2r5ct/

Also design and analysis lead by postdoc extraordinaire Leon, so he rightfully takes the senior author position on the paper.

This is Nathan’s undergraduate work that he conducted in the height of the pandemic. Much of the lessons learned the hard way ended up forming his recently published paper on some suggested best practices in online testing: swisspsychologyopen.com/articles/10....

New preprint from the lab: Non-Linguistic Working Memory Challenges in Dyslexia in The Context of Applied Consumer Psychology on PsyArXiv, which is hosted on the OSF: psyarxiv.com/hcv76/

Jobs I’ve done outside of academia:
Groundskeeper.
Kitchen Porter.
Commis chef.
Edinburgh military tattoo (ticket agent, retail).
British Passport and Immigration officer.
Taught assembler.
Soccer (football) coach.

Contrary to what everyone thinks - I’m still taking care of all of the parts of my previous associate Dean role. It’s just now I also have the associate Dean of research role. It makes sense in that many of the issues in research involve space and equipment. It does mean my calendar is interesting.

Art depiction of Katherine Johnson with information about the bias and challenges she overcame.

Nice exhibit at the Montreal Planetarium highlighting women in math and physics. There are multiple boards like this to the right of the entrance, and free to view (only have to pay to see the planetarium experience).