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Where Research Meets Revelry
NOWCAM Northwest
Cognition & Memory
An annual conference uniting psychology departments In the
Pacific Northwest to Share research in cognition and memory
NOWCAM 2025 Returns to Victoria
NOWCAM 2025 will be held in Victoria, BC, Canada, from May 8–10.
We kick off NOWCAM 2025 with an informal no-host gathering on the evening of May 8 at CRAFT Beer Market. The conference will take place at the UVic campus all day on May 9 and part of the day on May 10.
NOWCAM Mission Statement
The Pacific Northwest is home to numerous Psychology departments with strengths in cognition and memory. The aim of NOWCAM is to support Pacific Northwest faculty and student researchers working in the general area of memory and cognition by creating an annual venue in which they can share their current research activities with an informed, sympathetic, and good-humoured group of fellow explorers. Inclusive, kind, and intellectually stimulating. Interactions with other researchers can spark innovations and cross-fertilizations that move the research forward in new and exciting ways. In any case, it’s good fun to get together with friends and colleagues who share similar interests, chew the cognitive rag a bit, and quaff a beverage or two over a good meal.
With the exception of a keynote address, NOWCAM papers and posters are presented by undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students (usually with faculty as co-authors). This gives students an opportunity to develop their chops, and faculty a chance to sit back and relax.
Note that the info/links under “Upcoming Meeting” refer to 2024. Information on the NOWCAM 2025 is coming soon.
NOWCAM Resources
NOWCAM 2023
Mike Caulfield’s keynote address on how people can get better at the assessment of the accuracy/reliability of claims on social media.
SIFT Workshop
Mike Caulfield’s SIFT workshop from NOWCAM 2023 for practical demonstrations.
SIFT: Stop, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, Trace claims, quotes and media to the original context
Asked & Answered
Steve Lindsay and Ira Hyman’s advice regarding asking and responding to questions about research presentations.
Members
Steve Lindsay is Grand Poo-bah Mother Hen of NOWCAM, and the Exalted Order of the Group of 7 ±2 consists of Deb Connolly (SFU), Daniel Bernstein (KPU), Ira Hyman (WWU), Ryan Fitzgerald (SFU), Daniela Palombo (UBC), and Heather Price (TRU)
Emeriti
NOWCAM co-founders Don Read and Mike Masson and long-time stalwart Peter Graf are Exalted Emeriti.
KiwiCAM
Inspired by NOWCAM, KiwiCAM is a student-oriented conference for cognitive types in New Zealand.
KiwiCAM began in 2012 and has been held annually ever since.
MailingList
Subscribe to the NOWCAM mailing list for periodic updates regarding NOWCAM meetings. You can also unsubscribe at any time. Messages are few and far between.