Jacqueline P. Leighton, PhD, RPsych

The term has ended and I finished the academic teaching term by writing an opinion piece in the Edmonton Journal. It was published April...

The year 2021 is drawing to a close. And thank God for Twitter. Yes you read this correctly. Thank God for Twitter because I have needed...

I should have posted this last month to mark the 48th anniversary of Chile's coup d'etat. The coup occurred on September 11, 1973. The...

On August 17, 2021, I got attacked by my first Twitter Mob - exciting but tiresome. Most of them anonymous with names such as Alberta MD...

The theme for this post is again freedom. Freedom to think; freedom to speak; and freedom to act. Especially now as we are watching our...

As a researcher, professor, and libertarian, I embrace the responsibility I have at the university. I feel privileged to work within an...

The development video of the month is none other than the great Noam Chomsky. He is a linguist and has contributed more consequentially...

I've chosen Steven Pinker's Human Nature and the Blank Slate as the human development video of the month (May) for two reasons: Pinker is...

On new year's eve I reflected on the past year. Some of it was good but starting in March 2020, there was quite a bit that was not so...

This is the first blog post of my updated website. The views I share here do not necessarily reflect the views of my students, research...