NOWCAM 2027 will be hosted at

Simon Fraser University

May, 2027 (precise dates coming soon)

About North West Cognition and Memory (NOWCAM)

The Pacific Northwest is home to numerous Psychology departments with strengths in cognition and memory. The aim of the NOWCAM conference 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 undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows (usually with faculty as co-authors). This gives students an opportunity to develop their chops, and faculty a chance to sit back and relax.

For more information about NOWCAM, visit our homepage at https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/NOWCAM-conference/ 

The Exalted Order of 7 +/- 2

Ryan Fitzgerald of SFU is the Grand Poo-bah Mother Hen of NOWCAM, and he is supported by the Exalted Order of 7 +/- 2 consisting of Deb Connolly (SFU), Daniel Bernstein (KPU),  Ira Hyman (WWU), Carla MacLean (KPU), Daniela Palombo (UBC), Heather Price (TRU), Tarek Amer (UVic), Jordana Wynn (UVic) and Adele Quigley-McBride (SFU). We are also incredibly grateful to D. Stephen Lindsay (former the Grand Poo-bah Mother Hen) for continuing to support NOWCAM. 

Contact

For inquiries about NOWCAM, email the Grand Poo-bah Mother Hen at this address: r_fitzgerald@sfu.ca

Financial Support 

NOWCAM is grateful for financial support from Simon Fraser University, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, University of British Columbia, and University of Victoria.

NOWCAM 2026

In 2026, NOWCAM was hosted on the University of British Columbia Vancouver campus, and we were delighted to welcome Sharda Umanath, Claremont McKenna College and John McDonald, Simon Fraser University as our Keynote speakers. We were also delighted to invite the WiCSC+ Trainee Working Board for a panel discussion on academia.