2023 Nominations: Mitch Colp

Dr. Mitch Colp is the Chief Executive Officer of Hexagon Psychology and a Registered Psychologist who practices in 9 out of the 13 Canadian provinces and territories. He comes to the Director Representing Practice nomination with unique perspectives as being a practicing clinician, teaching academic, publishing scholar, and bold advocate for mental health care. Having grown-up in a small fishing hamlet in Nova Scotia, Dr. Colp has a passion for increasing mental health access for underserved, rural, and remote communities. He plans to engage in activities that look towards the future of psychology and reduce wait-times for mental health care. These activities include but is not limited to:

1. Advocating for the use of tele-psychological services as a training and practice standard.
2. Exploring how cross-jurisdictional practice barriers can be reduced.
3. Increasing the availability of cultural competency training that support clinical work within underserved, rural, and remote marginalized communities.
4. Working alongside training institutions, provincial regulators, and associations to address the mass shortage of psychologists found across Canada.
5. Developing an early career mentorship pathway that can support young professionals in psychology gain connection and guidance from seasoned professionals.
6. Protecting the unique and restricted roles provided by psychologists.

On the lighter side, Dr. Colp is an avid curler and dog-lover - although he dislikes the cold and is allergic to dogs. He lives in Airdrie, AB with his wife Jennifer, enjoys playing the guitar, and believes that in an alternative reality he would have wound up being a DJ.