Board Nominations 2024
By end of day May 31st, 2024, all current CPA Members should have received an email with their personal ballot code and directions about how to vote. If you do not receive this email by June 1st, please contact membership@cpa.ca. Note that only members are eligible to vote.
Nominations for the position of Director-At-Large
Dr. Steven Smith, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Dr. Steven Smith is a Professor of Psychology at Saint Mary’s University (SMU). Having grown up in Montreal, Steve is bilingual. After completing a BA in 1995 at Bishop’s, he completed his Master’s (1997) and PhD (2000) in Social Psychology from Queen’s. At SMU he has served as Associate Vice-President Academic & Enrolment Management, Dean of Science, Associate Dean, and University Registrar. Steve’s research covers a broad range of topics, including forensic psychology (eyewitness evidence, confessions, and how people understand their legal rights), health promotion (alcohol and food labelling, cannabis use), bias against people with criminal records (particularly Black and Indigenous applicants), post- secondary student success, and EDIA issues in post-secondary education and organizations. Steve’s research has been funded by SSHRC, CIHR, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, the New Frontiers in Research Fund, MITACS, Research Nova Scotia, and other public and private funding agencies. In 2019 Steve was awarded the Lawrence Hood Lifetime Service Award for Major Contributions to Students by the SMU Student Association. Steve has served on and Chaired numerous funding agency review committees (primarily with SSHRC). He also has over 15 years of experience serving on and Chairing volunteer Boards, as well as an extensive history of working in and developing effective partnerships both internal to the university with provincial and national partners, and with industry and government. Steve currently serves on CPA’s Education and Training Committee and has previously served as Chair and Conference Coordinator of CPA’s Social and Personality Section.
Dr. Kimberly L. Sogge, Ph.D., C.Psych.
Registered clinical health psychologist (CPO #4531) in private practice in Ottawa, Ontario.
I am a registered clinical health psychologist (CPO #4531) in private practice in Ottawa, Canada. I hold a Ph.D. from Texas A&M College Station. I have been recognized with multiple awards and grants: Good Neighbour Fellowship from Texas A&M for outstanding graduate student from Canada or Mexico; co-author of a 600K+ AHRQ grant on Simulation of Team Coordination Processes in ER Code Teams; Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Award; Clinician of the Year award for Peterborough Regional Health Centre; community recognition as Top Psychologist in Ottawa for 2024.
I have held roles as faculty (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science), researcher (Director of Simulation Research), clinical leader (Chief of Psychology Professional Practice at the Royal Ottawa) and clinician (Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health Inc.). My intentions in standing as a candidate are to support the evolution & growth of psychology as a profession in Canada, to facilitate an inclusive & respectful community of psychology professionals, & to nurture conditions within the profession of psychology to serve the psychological health & well-being of all Canadians in the Anthropocene.
I offer my experiences of leadership within complex professional environments, skills in systems analysis, building teams, upholding standards of professional practice, creating productive conversations, & inviting imagination of new possibilities. I offer my years of direct clinical practice to understanding the complexities facing psychologists of the future. Finally, I offer my personal qualities of mindfulness, compassionate listening, & energy as we envision together how to best create for conditions for a psychologically healthy future for the greatest number of beings in Canada.
Dr. Kimberly Watson, Ph.D., C.Psych.
Psychologist in Toronto, Ontario, practice in clinical, health and rehabilitation psychology
As a psychologist in Ontario, my practice is in clinical, health and rehabilitation psychology. My psychology training from undergraduate through to the Ph.D. was at York University, with a predoctoral internship at Alberta Hospital Edmonton. At the time, I served on association committees related to psychology. Currently I divide my time between my role as Mental Health Psychology Lead at a provincial worker's compensation board, where I provide strategic thought leadership to internal and external stakeholders, and direct clinical services at my small private practice.
Previously, I have worked as a course director, research analyst, supervisor to trainees and College candidates, have provided psychological services in various hospital and community clinics,
In my government position, I have been able to represent the value psychology brings to the workplace mental health and disability recovery spheres, and to advocate for increased mental health literacy to inform decision-making at individual and systems levels. Doing so in partnership and collaboration with other psychologists, health professionals, and leaders in other domains has been particularly rewarding. Feedback indicates I am a compassionate team player, strategic thinker and clear communicator.
It would be my honour to serve as Director-at-Large, and in doing so support CPA's vision for policies and programs that derive from an understanding of human needs, and the mission of evidence-based application of psychology via advocacy, support and collaboration. To do so feels like a natural progression of my current purpose-driven professional activities.
Dear CPA Members,
Electronic advance voting for the 2024 CPA Board Election is officially open and will close at the Annual General Meeting on Saturday, June 22nd, 2024 at 1pm (EDT). By now, you should have received an email with voting instructions and a unique one-time use ballot pin code.
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Dr. Kimberly L. Sogge, Ph.D., C.Psych.
Dr. Kimberly Watson, Ph.D., C.Psych.
Dr. Steven Smith, Ph.D.