Principal Advisor at Behavioural Insights Team Canada. Former #ONBIU. Mom to a joyful little being.

Toronto, Ontario
Joined March 2018
Legit cool research, legit 5 min to contribute to an experiment!👇
🇨🇦 workers can make a 5-min contribution to science today by filling out this ✨fun, quick survey: bit.ly/3soN9yM ❤️‍🩹The results will inform some interesting research we're conducting on wellbeing preretirement!
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👇our work in 🇨🇦 with @unitedwayhh
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Community-based orgs can benefit from a behavioural insights approach by acknowledging key challenges (e.g., limited time, study populations in the evidence base). Check out our blog and report bi.team/blogs/applying-behav……. Thank you to @unitedwayhh and co-author @vivienunderdown!!
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One of my fave projects with @karinlacroix @s_tregebov - great partner in @MagnetToday working on a practical issue that is so foundational to advancing EDI - helping people feel more comfortable with (and making it easier to) self-disclose.
🤔Why should your employees disclose their demographics? This is 1⃣of3⃣questions for employers trying to gather good data & advance #equity goals. #behaviouralscience can help answer them. Read the new blog about our work in 🇨🇦 w @MagnetToday for more! bi.team/blogs/good-data-is-c…
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Absolutely essential reading in @NatureHumBehav for anyone working as or with behavioural scientists. The thread alone! Congrats to @mhallsworth!
🚨Out today!🚨 What's the future for behavioral science? The past decade has seen both massive growth & searching questions. Today my "manifesto" for behavioral science is published in @NatureHumBehav: 10 practical ways the field can fulfil its potential rdcu.be/c73lp
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Just delighted to see this published in time for #IWD. A truly helpful guide for employers on evidence-based EDI strategies. Was a pleasure to work with @ESDC_GC @Sonia_Kang @karinlacroix @s_tregebov and Shoshana Davidson on this!
💼 Which workplace #EDI efforts are *actually* worth investing in? 👉@bit_canada's new report with @ESDC_GC & @Sonia_Kang outlines 28 actions employers can take up (or avoid) to advance equity for women, Indigenous peoples, & more. Read the guide ⬇️ canada.ca/content/dam/canada…
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So excited this is out! Turns out we were all wrong: formal government communications are more effective than informal ones. (What?!)
🚨NEW WORKING PAPER🚨: In collaboration w/ @chris_e_larkin, @lindsay_m_moore, & @Karminker, we document a *very* counterintuitive "Formality Effect" in government communications to residents. (1/4) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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Evaluation is critical for spending limited resources wisely. In 🇨🇦 we partnered with @unitedwayhh @oakparknc @canadapostcorp to show experimentation can be practical and cost-effective👇
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We’re looking for BC high school teachers and guidance counsellors to be interviewed about students’ decisions whether to pursue postsecondary education. Participants will receive a $100 Amazon e-gift card. Click here to tell us you’re interested! forms.gle/XCrPqC28D9Ab2xPf6
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Are you a BC🇨🇦 high school student or a recent grad? We’d like to talk to you for a study about students’ decisions whether to do postsecondary. Participants will receive a $50 Amazon e-gift card. Click here to tell us you’re interested! forms.gle/7A8JZDJweyTUadJn6
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Proud of my talented @bit_canada colleagues @s_tregebov @S_SalomonB Michelle Krieger and Andreea Seusan who worked on this fantastic report!
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Amzg response so far!! We're now looking for #familydocs in the Atlantic, BC, AB, SK and/or rural. 45 min to participate in important BD research w @NoahIvers 🙏RT @_nlma @MSPEI_Docs @nb_docs @Doctors_NS @SMA_docs @SRPCanada @DalMedNB @BCFamilyDoctors
$100 for your thoughts? We’re looking for Canadian family doctors to participate in an interview about diagnosing bipolar disorder. Take 2 min to fill this out & we'll book something that works w your schedule! Pls RT! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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$100 for your thoughts? We’re looking for Canadian family doctors to participate in an interview about diagnosing bipolar disorder. Take 2 min to fill this out & we'll book something that works w your schedule! Pls RT! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
My Uber driver just asked me if my two year old was my grandchild so that’s the mirror that was held up to me today #pandemicparenting
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$100 for your thoughts? We’re looking for Canadian family doctors to participate in an interview about diagnosing bipolar disorder. Fill out this quick form to tell us you’re interested: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… Research conducted in partnership with @NoahIvers @DaymarkFdn 🌟
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Fascinating piece from @s_tregebov and @brikirkpatrick from BIT Canada on how behavioural science can and should feed into the design of regulation
#Regulation is fundamentally about behaviour. It’s time to leverage all that behavioural science has to offer — argue @s_tregebov and @brikirkpatrick at the @B_I_Tweets team apolitical.co/solution-artic…
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#Regulation is fundamentally about behaviour. It’s time to leverage all that behavioural science has to offer — argue @s_tregebov and @brikirkpatrick at the @B_I_Tweets team apolitical.co/solution-artic…