Featured Speakers

2025 Plenary Addresses

 

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Dr. Anita Gupta

Dr. Anita Gupta

CPA President 2024-25

Presidential Address

Title: For the Love of Learning: Fostering Growth and Compassion in the Face of Challenge


 

Dr Gord Flett

Dr Gord Flett

Honourary Presidential Address

Title: The Healing Power and Potential of Mattering

 


 

Dr. Esther Greenglass

Dr. Esther Greenglass

Professor of psychology at York University in Canada.

Plenary Keynote Address, June 13th, 2025

Title: The Art of Coping


 

Dr. Catherine Connelly

Dr. Catherine Connelly

Professor and Business Research Chair of organizational behaviour at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University

Plenary Keynote Address, June 14th, 2025

Title: Beyond Uber Drivers: Understanding the Experiences of Contingent Workers In Canada


 

Elder Lorinda White & Elder Joan Hodder

Elder Lorinda White & Elder Joan Hodder

Knowledge Keepers/ Opening Ceremony – Thursday, June 12, 8:30am


 


Section Featured Speakers

Best Practices in Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI): Implications for the Role of Psychologists

Dr. Sherri CarterDr. Sherri Carter, Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, QEII Health Sciences Centre
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 14, 2025

Section on Aging & Geropsychology


Emerging Perspectives on Intergenerational Trauma in the Asian Canadian Diaspora: Implications for Scholarship and Practice

Dr. Fred ChouDr. Fred Chou, University of Victoria
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 13, 2025

Section on Asian Psychology


Advancing Human Rights in Psychology: Intersectionality, Allyship, and the Path Towards Equity

Dr. Maysa AkbarDr. Maysa Akbar, American Psychological Association (APA)
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 12, 2025

Section on Black Psychology


Embodiment, predictive processing, and implications for psychopathology

Dr. Heath MathesonDr. Heath Matheson, Memorial University – Newfoundland
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 13, 2025

Section on Brain and Cognitive Science


Addressing Persisting Symptoms After Pediatric Concussion: Insights from Ontario Health Data, Clinical Trials, and Mindfulness Interventions

Dr. Andrée-Anne LedouxDr. Andrée-Anne Ledoux, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 12, 2025

Section on Clinical Neuropsychology


Anxiety Sensitivity: A Transdiagnostic Target for Reducing Anxiety and Harmful Substance Use in Prevention and Treatment

Dr. Sherry StewartDr. Sherry Stewart, Dalhousie University
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 13, 2025

Section on Clinical Psychology


The Time is Now: Taking Action to Elevate Critical Social Justice in Psychology

Dr. Anusha KassanDr. Anusha Kassan, University of British Columbia
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 12, 2025

Section on Counselling Psychology


Why all of psychology – Applied and Research – Needs to Pay Attention to the Human-Nature Relationship.

Dr. Holli-Anne PassmoreDr. Holli-Anne Passmore, Concordia University of Edmonton
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 14, 2025

Section on Environmental Psychology


Promoting Healthy Families: Triple P and Circle of Security vs. Treatment as Usual – Evaluation Findings and Key Insights

Dr. Andrea GonzalezDr. Andrea Gonzalez, McMaster University
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 12, 2025

Section on Family Psychology


Weight is Not a Behaviour: Obesity Management in the Era of GLP1-Ras

Dr. Michael VallisDr. Michael Vallis, Dalhousie University
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 13, 2025

Section on Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine


What is psychology good for? Absolutely … everything … subjectivity excluded

Dr. Thomas TeoDr. Thomas Teo, York University
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 13, 2025

Section on History, Theory, and Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology (HTQ)


Methods of Weaving Reconciliation Promotion in Psychology Curriculum

Dr. Natasha WawrykowDr. Natasha Wawrykow, University of Victoria
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 13, 2025

Section on Indigenous Peoples’ Psychology


Navigating the new normal: Work and family in the Covid-19 Aftermath

Dr. Alyson ByrneDr. Alyson Byrne, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 13, 2025

Section on Industrial and Organizational Psychology


Welcoming Newcomers Outside of Major Gateway Cities: Insights into the Challenges and Opportunities for Immigration and Multiculturalism in Newfoundland & Labrador

Dr. Maggie PeytonDr. Maggie Peyton, Office of Immigration and Multiculturalism
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 13, 2025

Section on International and Cross-Cultural Psychology


Ageism as a Canadian Issue

Dr. Susan WalshDr. Susan Walsh, Office of Newfoundland Labrador Seniors’ Advocate
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 13, 2025

Section on Psychologists and Retirement


Assessing and Addressing Insomnia: An Effective Approach for Clinical Practice

Dr. Sheila GarlandDr. Sheila Garland, Memorial University
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 12, 2025

Section on Psychologists in Hospitals and Health Centres


Psychology in the Military Feature Address: The Context of People Leaving the Canadian Armed Forces to Work in Correctional Services in Canada: The Prison as the Site of the Transition to Civilian life.

Dr. Rosemary RicciardelliDr. Rosemary Ricciardelli, Memorial University
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 12, 2025

Section on Psychology in the Military


Adventures in Bayesian Meta-analysis: Applications and Pitfalls

Dr. Jonathan FawcettDr. Jonathan Fawcett, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 14, 2025

Section on Quantitative Methods


Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Toronto anymore: Lessons learned from working in Newfoundland and Labrador

Dr. Janine HubbardDr. Janine Hubbard, NLHS
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 12, 2025

Section on Rural and Northern Psychology


Forging the Path: The Past, Present, and Future of the Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Section of CPA

Dr. Todd MorrisonDr. Todd Morrison, University of Saskatchewan
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 12, 2025

Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity


Psychological Gaps in Health Decision-Making: How Metaphors and Reasoning Styles Can Spur Suboptimal Health Decisions

Dr. David HauserDr. David Hauser, Queen’s University
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 14, 2025

Section on Social and Personality Psychology


Sport Psychology: Research to-and-from Practice

Dr. Lori DithurbideDr. Lori Dithurbide, School of Health & Human Performance, Dalhousie University
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 13, 2025

Section on Sport and Exercise Psychology


Making Wrong Turns and Learning to Navigate Academia

Dr. Sheila GarlandDr. Sheila Garland, Memorial University
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 14, 2025

Section on Students in Psychology


Navigating Generative AI in Higher Education: An Integrative Approach

Dr. Devin Fowlie
Dr. Meghan Norris

Dr. Devin Fowlie, Queens University
and
Dr. Meghan Norris, Queens University
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 13, 2025

Section on Teaching of Psychology


Mental Health and Wellbeing Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canadian Healthcare Workers and Public Safety Personnel: Leveraging Lessons Learned

Dr. Margaret McKinnonDr. Margaret McKinnon, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster UniversitySection Featured Speaker Address
June 12, 2025

Section on Traumatic Stress


Balancing Research, Teaching, Service and Life as a Teacher-Scholar

Dr. Pam McAuslanDr. Pam McAuslan, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Section Featured Speaker Address
June 13, 2025

Section on Women and Psychology (SWAP)