Featured Speakers
2023 Plenary Addresses

Dr. Shadd Maruna
Professor, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast
NACCJPC Featured Address
Title: ‘Risk and Redemption’: The Centrality of Stigma to the Psychology of Crime

Alejandra Botia, Farena S. Pinnock, Komal T. Shaikh, Kerri Ritchie
Panel Speakers
CPA Presidential Symposium
Title: Mentorship, allyship and diversity: Elevating voices and the profession of psychology

James C. MacDougall
Plenary Address
Associate Professor (post-retirement), Department of Psychology, McGill University
Senior Consultant, Mental Health, Bob Rumball Canadian Center of Excellence for the Deaf (BRCCED)
President and CEO, Canadian Deafness Research and Training Institute (CDRTI)
Honorary Presidential Address
Title: Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) Persons in the Canadian Justice System: The Need for Major Reform

Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D.
Plenary Address
University Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Director, Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory
Northeastern University
Boston, Mass.
Plenary Keynote Address
Title: Three Lessons About the Brain (or, Stuff I’ve Learned By Studying Emotion)

Dr. Ciann Wilson
Public Lecture
Associate Professor, Community Psychology
Wilfrid Laurier University
Wilfrid Laurier University
Public Lecture
Title: Black and Alternative Psychologies: Unpacking colonialism and racism in science

Kokum Beverly Keeshig-Soonias, Ph.D.
Chair of the CPA’s Indigenous Peoples’ Section
Welcome Ceremony and Closing Ceremony
She will speak on June 23rd at 8am EDT and on June 25th at 3pm EDT
More Featured Speakers to be Added