==John Vervaeke, PhD is an award-winning lecturer at the University of Toronto in the departments of psychology, cognitive science and Buddhist psychology and creator of the **[[Awakening from the Meaning Crisis]]** 50-episode lecture series and **[[Voices with Vervaeke]]** on Youtube.== --- ## About: - Integrating science and spirituality to solve the Meaning Crisis. - John Vervaeke is an Assistant Professor, in the teaching stream. He has been teaching at the University of Toronto since 1994. He currently teaches courses in the Cognitive Science program including Introduction to Cognitive Science, and the Cognitive Science of Consciousness; courses in the Psychology department on thinking and reasoning with an emphasis on insight problem solving, cognitive development with an emphasis on the dynamical nature of development, and higher cognitive processes with an emphasis on intelligence, rationality, mindfulness, and the Psychology of wisdom. - He also teaches a course in the Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health program on Buddhism and Cognitive Science. He has won and been nominated for several teaching awards including the 2001 Students’ Administrative Council and Association of Part-time Undergraduate Students Teaching Award for the Humanities, and the 2012 Ranjini Ghosh Excellence in Teaching Award. He has published articles on relevance realization, general intelligence, mindfulness, metaphor, and wisdom. His abiding passion is to address the meaning crisis that besets western culture. --- ### Links: - Personal Website: www.johnvervaeke.com --- ### Social: - Twitter: www.twitter.com/vervaeke_john - Facebook: www.facebook.com/VervaekeJohn - LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/john-vervaeke-a910992 - YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/johnvervaeke --- ### Focus: #buddhism #cognitivescience #meaning #meaningcrisis #metacognition #mindfulness #psychology #psychotechnology #rationality #relevancerealization #spirituality #wisdom