Ellen Bialystok is a Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at York University and Associate Scientist at the Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC), and a Killam Prize laureate. She also holds an honorary doctorate (Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa) from the University of Oslo and is the recipient of numerous other awards and fellowships.