The Brain and Early Experiences Lab
The BEE Lab is housed in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University in downtown Toronto and is directed by Dr. Margaret Moulson.
In the BEE Lab, our collective goal is to contribute to fundamental knowledge about the development of face and emotion perception in infancy and early childhood.
The Brain and Early Experiences Lab
The BEE Lab is housed in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University in downtown Toronto and is directed by Dr. Margaret Moulson.
In the BEE Lab, our collective goal is to contribute to fundamental knowledge about the development of face and emotion perception in infancy and early childhood.
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Recent News:
June 2022 – BEE Lab gets a new website!
May 2022 – Dr. Xiaomei Zhou (former BEE Lab postdoctoral fellow) and Meg, with their collaborators Dr. Catherine Mondloch and Dr. Sarina Hui-Lin Chien, publish a new paper in Scientific Reports: “Multi-cultural cities reduce disadvantages in recognizing naturalistic images of other-race faces: evidence from a novel face learning task”
April 2022 – PhD students Shruti Vyas and Menahal Latif received doctoral scholarships from SSHRC for their PhD studies. Congratulations Shruti & Menahal on these well-deserved awards!
April 2022 – MA student Krischanda Bemister was awarded the prestigious Vanier Scholarship for her PhD studies. A huge congratulations to Krissy on this amazing achievement!
May 2021 – Xiaomei (postdoc), Shruti (PhD student), and Meg, along with collaborator Dr. Jinbiao Ning, have their manuscript “Naturalistic face learning in infants and adults” accepted to Psychological Science.
Diversity Statement
Our team at the BEE Lab is diverse, and we are committed to embracing the diversity of all of our members, including but not limited to differences in ethnicity, gender identity, cultural and language background, disability status, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. We welcome researchers from historically underrepresented groups in science, and strive to create an inclusive, equitable, and supportive environment where everyone feels comfortable bringing their whole selves to the lab. We firmly believe that this is the best way to do good science.
The BEE Lab is located in Toronto, in the ‘Dish With One Spoon Territory’. The Dish With One Spoon is a treaty between the Anishinaabe, Mississaugas and Haudenosaunee that bound them to share the territory and protect the land. Subsequent Indigenous Nations and peoples, Europeans and all newcomers have been invited into this treaty in the spirit of peace, friendship and respect.
As settlers here in Canada, some by choice, and others not, it is important that we recognize and remember that this land, its resources, and its history were taken from its Indigenous peoples. It is important for us to acknowledge that our opportunity to be here today, and to share this space with one another, is a result of a long legacy of colonialism that we, as settlers, continue to benefit from. Colonialism continues to impact the lives of many Indigenous peoples and communities across Canada today.
Land acknowledgements encourage us to reflect and be critical of Canadian history and legacy. This is an invitation to acknowledge ourselves in relation to this history; an invitation to acknowledge how we perpetuate this history while we remain unknown to it; and an invitation to acknowledge how we can contribute to a changing future.
And so, with this land acknowledgement we encourage and remind ourselves and others to: reflect and honour the truths and history of the land on which we commit to our scientific endeavors, to lean into the discomforts that arise when we do, and to work actively with this discomfort to seek new learnings and unlearnings about the land that we collectively call home.