Dr. Elvira Prusaczyk
Assistant Professor of Psychology
PHD | Director of the Prejudice Awareness and Reduction (PAR) Lab.
The PAR Lab is committed to open, transparent, reflexive, ethical, and rigorous science.
We also recognize that scientific inquiry is one valuable way of knowing, but not the only one. Guided by Mi’kmaq Elder Albert Marshall’s concept of Two-Eyed Seeing (Etuaptmumk), we are learning how to incorporate Indigenous knowledges and ways of knowing alongside the strengths of Western scientific approaches. This orientation encourages us to think critically about whose knowledge is recognized where, whose voices are represented, and who ultimately benefits from the questions we ask and the knowledge we produce. It also means recognizing that research is never entirely separate from the social and historical contexts in which it occurs.
Consistent with a post-positivist approach, we recognize that observations are prone to error, and reduce it through thoughtful study design, transparency, appropriate methods, reflexivity, triangulation, peer review and open science.
Continual refinement in light of compelling new evidence.
Academic incentives often reward novelty and publication volume. We value accuracy, integrity and meaningful contribution over speed.
Science that is free to publish and free to consume.
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