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Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto; Studies predictors of societal well-being

Joined September 2011
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My first article is out, with @phyllis_lun, @meiyang2025, @KenithChan, & @felixckc (@pwb_lab). We examine wellbeing in Afghanistan during the final stages of the Afghan War and find it dropped to the lowest ever recorded after the war ended. Read here: science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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According to the new World Happiness Report, believing in the kindness of others is key to your happiness – and that of an entire population. #UofTArtSci’s Felix Cheung shares insights on the annual ranking of the world’s happiest countries. Read more: bit.ly/4hn7W9i
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Today the @pwb_lab and I publish the 2024 Canadian Happiness Report! Confirming the findings of @HappinessRpt, Canadians do feel that the quality of their lives are declining, however they remain very satisfied with these lives (especially before the pandemic)! 🧵 1/10
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🎉 Congratulations to our 2024-26 Faculty Fellows: 💡Zubin Austin, Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences 💡Felix Cheung, Department of Psychology 💡Kristina McElheran, Department of Management, UTSC 💡Semra Sevi, Department of Political Science
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First McGill-UofT Wellbeing Research Seminar, with Ruut Veenhoven interviewed by @FrijtersPaul, available now (native on @X!) wellbeing.research.mcgill.ca…
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Very happy to share our new work with @UriGneezy Nonreplicable publications are cited more than replicable ones advances.sciencemag.org/cont…
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THREAD: Introducing the Canada SROP’s summer researchers 🤩💙
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The #ARP2021 planning committee is running a social media campaign focused on our unique membership & conference theme: Reconciling Our Past, Imagining Our Future: Toward a More Inclusive Personality Science. Willing to be featured? Tell us about yourself! bit.ly/3ohlHwc
the official ad is out cbs.riken.jp/en/careers/2021… pls RT
... this means i'll be hiring~ multiple postdoc openings available for ppl broadly interested in perception / working memory / imagery / metacognition / attention, using fMRI / TMS / FUS. we'll have 7T MRI. collaboration w/ folks working on animal models is also a possibility ...
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I am excited to share that I am joining the Psych Dept at the University of Toronto as an Assistant Professor. I haven’t used Twitter in a while, but with the upcoming 14-day quantrantine in Toronto, I should have plenty of time to tweet!
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i try to limit the number of my political posts on twitter. but the situation at PolyU (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) has gotten dire. if u would please spare some attention & consider RT, i‘d be nicer to u when i see u at conferences abc.net.au/news/2019-11-18/h… via @ABCNews
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🇺🇸#US Citizen William Devlin is now trapped in the #PolyU and besieged by #HKPoliceTerrorists Plz tell each senator and congressman and update the @StateDept & @WhiteHouse If #PolyU has fallen, many lives will be jeopardised. We need to fight against the #HKpolice NOW #SOSHK
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Fight for freedom, stand with Morey @HoustonRockets @dmorey
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Hong Kong's youth protestors are kind. I post this clip to say thanks. @CBSrandy was rolling when the police fired tear gas at the group we were in. An umbrella and helmet were forced on me. I'll prob never know who they are but I'm so grateful for their care. #HongKongProtests – at Hong Kong
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Gigantic thanks to @katiecorker @SaraWeston90 @MicheleNuijten @DrArnal @JohnSakaluk @alexa_tullett for putting on an amazing #SIPS2018
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Congrats again to @CRChartier aka the accelerator guy for his tremendous leadership @PsySciAcc @siminevazire #SIPS2018 #latergram
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Caught up with all the @blackgoatpod episodes on my 17-hour trip to Grand Rapids. Ready for #SIPS2018!
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