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Shunyan Lyu
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Social Psychologist & Educational Researcher
M.Ed. in education
B.Sc. in applied psychology
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Google Scholar Labs, seems great, can't wait to try ...
But when will @developers.google.com finally remember to instruct the Google Scholar button to include the DOI code in APA format when citing? 😂
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Honoured to present alongside Manuela at the 2nd International Congress on Mental Health Promotion & Prevention (University of Monterrey).
Ha sido un honor presentar junto a Manuela en el II Congreso Internacional de Promoción y Prevención en Salud Mental (Universidad de Monterrey).
Intervenciones psicosociales y comunitarias Uso de la prevención basada en el contacto para reducir el estigma y aumentar la resiliencia: Relaciones intergrupales y bienestar mental en una Universidad Comunitaria Canadiense II Congreso Internacional de Promoción y Prevención en Salud Mental Psychosocial and Community Interventions Using Contact-based Prevention to Reduce Stigma and Increase Resilience: Intergroup Relationships and Mental Well-being in a Canadian Community University Shunyan Lyu • Manuela Sierra • November 11-13, 2025 • Online School of Education, Thompson Rivers University, B.C., Canada
November 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Reading a pre-pandemic paper about HEIs and international students in smaller communities, I believe it possibly could still describe the ongoing situation well.
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... We find that participants negotiate a sense of belonging through a transnational process by forming multicultural friendship networks that primarily include other international students at university, while remaining somewhat detached from the local community and from Canada, despite their desire and efforts to become more integrated. ... The authors suggest that a greater facilitation of the integration of international and domestic students within a multicultural framework is especially important in small and relatively homogeneous communities. ...
November 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Last week, I had a chance to discuss how combining transformational and distributed leadership can drive sustainable Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in Canadian higher education at the @oiseuoft.bsky.social CLD 6th Annual International Conference.
#EduSky #Education #Leadership #Equity
Leadership for Inclusive Renewal: Transformational and Distributed Approaches to Universal Design for Learning in Canadian Higher Education OISE Centre for Leadership & Diversity (CLD) 6th Annual International Conference Shunyan Lyu & Bharti Tomar • October 16, 2025 • Online
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Lyu, S.. (2025, October 11). Sharing food, sharing space: Commensality as emotional infrastructure in a Canadian self-access centre [Oral presentation]. JASAL 2025 National Conference.
#EduSky #JASAL2025 #SelfAccessLearning #SAL #Commensality #MultilingualWriters #StudentSuccess
Sharing Food, Sharing Space: Commensality as Emotional Infrastructure in a Canadian Self-Access Centre Japan Association for Self-Access Learning 日本自律学習学会JASAL 2025 National Conference Shunyan Lyu • October 11, 2025 Member • Online Presentation • Kamloops, B.C., Canada
October 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Jackson, M. R. (2015). Resistance to qual/quant parity: Why the “paradigm” discussion can’t be avoided. Qualitative Psychology, 2(2), 181–198. doi.org/10.1037/qup0...

Just finished a deep dive into Jackson (2015) for my Master's thesis, especially the "paradigm" discussion. #EduSky #PsychSchiSky
September 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Moshontz, H., Campbell, L., Ebersole, C. R., IJzerman, H., Urry, H. L., Forscher, P. S., ... & Chartier, C. R. (2018). The Psychological Science Accelerator: Advancing psychology through a distributed collaborative network. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1(4), 501-515.
September 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Theories about metastereotype deal with the existence and content of beliefs about how one's group is perceived by others. Theories about stereotype threats, as refined by these sources, focus on a specific reaction to a salient metastereotype and its subsequent negative consequences.

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Metastereotypes can and do produce worry, or fear of being “reduced to a stereotype,” but they don’t have to. Metastereotypes need not be negative—for example, young people may believe that older people think that younger people are technologically savvy (Finkelstein, Ryan, & King, 2012). Positive outcomes can result from feeling empowered by a positive metastereotype.
August 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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If the fundamental concept of metastereotypes (the belief about how an out-group perceives one's own group) were to "collapse" or be disproven, it would remove the initial cognitive input required for stereotype threat to manifest.

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Stereotyping, then, is a process describing the generalized beliefs and expectations we have of other groups, but metastereotyping shifts the focus—What do we think others think of us? The metastereotype is a belief—a cognition. Anything resulting from that cognition, be it an emotional reaction (e.g., anxiety), or a behavior performance, avoidance of interactions with group members, withdrawal), constitutes consequences of metastereotyping (Gómez, 2002).
August 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Reading about Stereotype Threat, Meta-Stereotypes, and #ReplicationCrisis?

doi.org/10.1111/iops...

(An article published 10 years ago, some initial thoughts after reading it recently)

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Metastereotypes as Cognitive Structures Metastereotypes must be present to start the ball rolling in the process that is referred to as stereotype threat. In other words, a person must first experience the cognition that another social group has a stereotype about his or her own social group. Just as described in the stereotype threat literature (and in this commentary), certain contextual factors can elicit and make salient a particular metastereotype.
August 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Key takeaways from our session (Part II):
🔹Flexibility, empathy, and community are essential for inclusive support
🔹Faculty leadership is key to adapting to evolving student needs

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#AcademicWriting #WritingCentres #HigherEducation #InclusiveEducation
June 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Key takeaways from our session (Part I):
🔹Multi-perspective reflections from coordinators, faculty, and GTAs
🔹The writing centre fosters belonging and confidence—particularly for international graduate students

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#AcademicWriting #WritingCentres #HigherEducation
June 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Our session explored the unique contributions of a discipline-specific graduate writing centre, offering insights into how graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) support their peers while balancing academic, emotional, and relational boundaries.

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June 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Honoured to present alongside Dr. Joe Dobson, Dr. James Bigari, and Leticia Kanywuiro at #CWCA2025.

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June 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Grateful for the opportunity to serve as a session moderator at the hashtag#CWCA2025 virtual conference, thanks to the kind invitation from Dr. Christin Wright-Taylor. The session, “Supporting Student Writers in Precarious Times,” was an enriching space for reflection on inclusive writing pedagogy.
June 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Key takeaways from my #ICSCT2025 presentation:

🔹 UDL offers powerful tools to support cross-cultural academic writing by embracing diverse modes of expression beyond conventional essays.

#UDL #CrossCulturalEducation #MultimodalAssessment #HigherEducation #DiverseLearners
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Lyu, S., Tomar, B. (2025, June 12-14). Teaching assistants’ reflection on constructing cross-cultural curriculum: The potential role of UDL in academic writing [Oral presentation]. International Conference on Society, Communication, and Technology, Virtual.
June 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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This session examines how multilingual writers engage with AI in post-secondary contexts—highlighting both challenges and opportunities related to language proficiency, content rigour, and inclusive learning.
#EduSky #IAI2025 #MultilingualWriters #TRU #MRU #InclusiveEducation #SoTL
Cover page of the presentation slides.
May 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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It's been a wonderful experience presenting at #SRS25. Special thanks to Yolanda Garcia from Vail Health Behavioral Health for suggesting the title should emphasize 'differences among cisgender groups' instead of the broader 'gender differences.'
Research highlights are attached.
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Research Highlights 1. For females, perceived stigma—even if not internalized—can still influence STBs due to stereotype threats, possibly linked to greater interpersonal sensitivity. 2. For males, the primary pathway operates through self-stigma internalization, suggesting that suicide interventions for men should directly challenge internal beliefs of weakness and failure. 3. Highlights the dual mechanism of stigma impact: both stigma internalization and stereotype threats led by perceived stigma play key roles in suicide vulnerability. Recommending Citation: Lyu, S., Jiang, Y., & Li, Y. (2025, April 23-25). Gender differences in stigma internalization and suicidal thoughts and behaviors: A Three-Step Theory (3ST) perspective [Paper presentation]. Forth Annual Suicide Research Symposium.
April 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Yesterday, Dr. Christie Fraser's research seminar on reading development in English language learners was particularly insightful. Her use of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) provided a robust framework for understanding the complexities of this topic.
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Research Seminar: Conceptualizing How Children from Diverse Language Backgrounds Learn to Read in English & Implications for Teaching Practice What: Join this engaging seminar by Dr. Christie Fraser, where she will discuss key research findings on reading development among English language learners. Light refreshments will be served. When/Where: 12:00-1:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 12, AE 361 Faculty Hosts: Dr. Frederic Fovet
March 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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I was pleased to participate in an internal research outcomes sharing session led by Dr. Frederic Fovet and Faramarz Behrouz on the Thompson Rivers University campus.
#Research #HigherEducation #InternationalStudents
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Film Screening - Peace by Chocolate (Wednesday) Join us for a screening of Peace by Chocolate, followed by a discussion on newcomers’ employment experiences in regional settings. Facilitated by Dr. Frederic Fovet and Faramarz Behrouz (who is a graduate of the MEd program and was an RA for Dr. Fovet). The session will explore findings from a study on international MEd students’ employment opportunities in Canada. Lunch will be provided for attendees. The discussion session will begin immediately after the screening around 1:10pm. Please see the attached poster for additional details. When: 11:30am-2:00pm, Wednesday, March 5 Where: AE 361
March 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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I had the pleasure of attending the TPC 2025 at Thompson Rivers University today.

I presented our poster, "From Plates to Conversations," along with Samridhi Gulia and Smriti Gulia.

See tpcposters.trubox.ca/2025/02/13/f... or the image👇

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Commensality (e.g., potlucks) build friendships and strengthen community bonds. Eating together fosters belongingness, easing transitions for international students. Food-sharing in education enhances cultural awareness and inclusivity.
February 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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I had the opportunity to attend the valuable Research Ethics Workshops at TRU Research Hub this Monday. Drs. Rebecca Sanford, Melba D'Souza, and Jennifer Shaw provided insightful guidance on essential aspects of research ethics.
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Poster of the Research Ethics Workshops in TRU Research Hub. One of the workshops happened on this Monday (Nov 25), and another workshop would be held on April 7, 2025.
November 30, 2024 at 12:33 AM