{"id":536,"date":"2023-04-07T18:06:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T22:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.psychlabs.ryerson.ca\/template1\/?page_id=536"},"modified":"2026-09-08T09:26:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:26:55","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/about-us\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"536\" class=\"elementor elementor-536\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d9297d elementor-section-content-middle page-heading elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d9297d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-985423d\" data-id=\"985423d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ff5737 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ff5737\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-30ac95c\" data-id=\"30ac95c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a0503d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a0503d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Lab Team<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1293cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b1293cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Read about the people on our team<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b15c7e8\" data-id=\"b15c7e8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a25be9f no-dots elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a25be9f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d37d5db\" data-id=\"d37d5db\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4532ee1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4532ee1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">People<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d8fec3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d8fec3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Indigenous Experiences Lab is a new lab at TMU directed by Dr. Iloradanon Efimoff. Dr. Efimoff is seeking to build the lab to include a team of undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students as well as volunteers and postdoctoral fellows. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a0da6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"7a0da6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><ul class=\"team-filters clean\"><li class=\"active\" data-filter=\"all\">All Members<\/li><li data-filter=\"graduate-students\" class=\"no-redirect\">Graduate Students<\/li><li data-filter=\"research-assistants\" class=\"no-redirect\">Research Assistants<\/li><li data-filter=\"undergraduate-students\" class=\"no-redirect\">Undergraduate Students<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"team-grid \"><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-director\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/Iloradanon_Efimoff_2023_0035_Web-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Lab Director, Assistant Professor<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Dr. Iloradanon Efimoff<\/p><p>Dr. Iloradanon Efimoff (she\/her) is the Director of the Indigenous Experiences Lab and an Assistant Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU).<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Dr. Iloradanon Efimoff is Haida and European settler from the northwest coast of British Columbia. After completing her BA (Hons.) in Applied Psychology at Douglas College in New Westminster, BC, she worked as a research assistant with the DUDES Club, an Indigenous men\u2019s health organization in Vancouver. Dr. Efimoff later completed her SSHRC-funded MA in Applied Social Psychology at the University of Saskatchewan, focusing on perceptions and attitudes towards White-presenting Indigenous peoples. She completed her Vanier-funded PhD in Social and Personality Psychology at the University of Manitoba. Through her mixed-methods dissertation, Dr. Efimoff created and experimentally tested an educational approach to help combat anti-Indigenous racism in Canada. She finished her Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at the Research for Indigenous Social Action and Equity (RISE) Center and Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan. At RISE, she focused on the identity experiences of multiracial Indigenous people, a growing and understudied group in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Efimoff primarily studies the impact of education on reducing anti-Indigenous racism. Her other research interests include reconciliation, Indigenization (particularly in the context of psychology and postsecondary institutions), and Indigenous well-being.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/team\/dr-iloradanon-efimoff\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-research-assistants\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/06\/IMG_6926-316x341.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Volunteer Research Assistant<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Danielle Castelhano<\/p><p>Danielle is a volunteer research assistant in the Indigenous Experiences Lab. <\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Danielle Castelhano is a fourth-year psychology student and volunteer at the Indigenous Experiences Lab. Her research interests lie at the intersection of psychology and social justice, with a focus on prejudice, discrimination, gender, and sexuality. Danielle is committed to supporting research that drives meaningful social and institutional change and is keen to deepen her understanding of Indigenous experiences. Currently, she is completing a thesis on stranger sexual harassment in another lab and aspires to pursue graduate studies.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/team\/danielle-castelhano\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-research-assistants\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/09\/wingtilldie-avatar-1577909_1920-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Volunteer Research Assistant<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Mia Caprara<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/team\/mia-caprara\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-undergraduate-students\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/09\/wingtilldie-avatar-1577909_1920-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Honours Student<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Elena Kaldis<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/team\/elena-kaldis\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-research-assistants\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/09\/wingtilldie-avatar-1577909_1920-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Volunteer Research Assistant<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Abinaya Kathaharan<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/team\/abinaya-kathaharan\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-research-assistants\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/09\/wingtilldie-avatar-1577909_1920-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Research Assistant<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Kara Madill<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/team\/kara-madill\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-graduate-students\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/08\/Lab-Website-Photo-SM-crop4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">PhD Student<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Savannah Marshall<\/p><p>Savannah Marshall (she\/her) is a clinical psychology PhD student in the Indigenous Experiences Lab and Clinical Psychology program at TMU.<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Savannah Marshall is a first year PhD student in the Indigenous Experiences Lab and Clinical Psychology program at TMU. Savannah is a European-Canadian settler from Lindsay, Ontario. She obtained her B.A. (Hons.) in Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour with a mental health specialization and minor in Indigenous Studies from McMaster University. She is interested in research related to using a critical historical education framework to reduce anti-Indigenous racism in clinical settings.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/team\/savannah-marshall\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-graduate-students\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/09\/IMG_9617_lessSpace-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Master's Student<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Mary Kate Schilke<\/p><p>Mary Kate is a second year MA student in the Indigenous Experiences lab. <\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Mary Kate Schilke (she\/her) is an MA student in the Indigenous Experiences Lab and Psychological Science program at TMU. Mary Kate received a BA (Hons.) from Tyndale University and an MA in Counselling and Spirituality from Saint Paul University. Mary Kate\u2019s background is European settler and Dominican immigrant, and she grew up in Southern Ontario. Her research interests include moral justification \u2014 specifically how we morally justify prejudiced attitudes and behaviours.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/team\/mary-kate-schilke\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-research-assistants\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/Jesse-Shewfelt-Headshot-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Volunteer Research Assistant<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Jesse Shewfelt<\/p><p>Jesse Shewfelt was an Honors student in the Indigenous Experiences Lab (2023-2024). He is currently a volunteer research assistant.<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Jesse Shewfelt is a British-Canadian settler from southern Ontario. He previously obtained a BAH in English Language and Literature, and is interested in how entertainment shapes and influences intergroup perspectives and self-concept.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/team\/team-member-6\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-graduate-students\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/08\/Cropped-Portrait-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Master's Student<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Jasmine Taylor McPherson<\/p><p>Jasmine (she\/her) is a master\u2019s student in the Indigenous Experiences Lab (IEL) and Psychological Science program at TMU.<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Jasmine is Ojibwe (Fort William First Nation) and European\/white. She grew up in Fort William and Thunder Bay before moving to Toronto in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Jasmine holds a BA (Hons.) in Psychology and double minor in Criminology and Sociology from TMU. She is also a member of the Decolonizing and Indigenizing Psychology Committee at TMU. In the IEL, Jasmine completed her undergraduate research practicum and Honours thesis\u2014<em>The Impact of Critical Historical Education about Policing and Indigenous People in Canada on Indigenous-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, Feelings, and Behaviour<\/em>\u2014supervised by Dr. Iloradanon Efimoff and Dr. Becky Choma. Jasmine is interested in anti-Indigenous prejudice reduction via critical historical education\u2014in particular, how this may intersect with the Canadian\/settler colonial criminal legal system. She is passionate about Indigenous advocacy and strives to pursue research that may support meaningful change for Indigenous peoples in Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/team\/1726\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92c97da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92c97da\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f0b20a9\" data-id=\"f0b20a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0860cf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0860cf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Alumni<\/h1><div><strong>Argo Basembe.<\/strong> Practicum student (January-April 2025), undergraduate research opportunity grant recipient (Summer 2025), volunteer research assistant (Fall 2025-Fall 2026).<\/div><div><strong>Saeeda Saadat.<\/strong> Volunteer research assistant (April 2025-April 2026).<\/div><div><strong>Joey Vong.<\/strong> Volunteer research assistant (April 2024-September 2025).<br \/><strong>Lilith (Lilly) Werner.<\/strong> Practicum student (January-April 2024) and volunteer research assistant (April-September 2024).\u00a0<\/div><div><strong>Tyra Sequeira.<\/strong> Volunteer research assistant (2023-24).\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lab Team Read about the people on our team People The Indigenous Experiences Lab is a new lab at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":513,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-536","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1778,"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536\/revisions\/1778"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/iel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}