Podcasts and Profiles

PODCASTS

The field of psychology is wide ranging and touches on innumerable subjects in the public discourse. To add the perspectives of psychologists to topical issues, CPA has launched the podcast Mind Full. Listen below for subjects that are important to Canadians, delivered through a psychological lens.

Before the budget: Federal considerations with Glenn Brimacombe


Before the budget: Federal considerations with Glenn Brimacombe

The 2025 federal budget will be delivered November 4th. Glenn Brimacombe, Director of Policy and Public Affairs at the CPA, joins Mind Full to discuss the advocacy approach to the budget process. We know many things that Canadians and mental health professionals want – parity between healthcare and mental health care, for example. How are we doing in advancing those priorities, and what can the rest of us do?


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PROFILES

Psychologists, students, and others with psychology backgrounds, are doing incredible things across Canada. Here, we highlight just a few of those people who are helping others and living interesting professional, and personal, lives of their own.

First Light

First Light

The recipient of a donation from the CPA’s Orange T-shirt sales at our 2025 convention is First Light, an Indigenous-led organization in St. John’s, Newfoundland. First Light has seven locations in St. John’s that assist urban Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who are experiencing homelessness, mental health issues, and who require supports in the St. John’s area.

Archived Profiles

Student Spotlight

2024 CPA Indigenous Psychology Student Award – Maureen Plante

Maureen Plante, 2024 CPA Indigenous Psychology Student Award

Maureen Plante was the recipient of a 2024 CPA Indigenous Psychology Student Award for her work at the University of Calgary studying disrupted orders of eating from an Indigenous perspective.


2024 CPA Indigenous Psychology Student Award – Trinity Stephens

Trinity Stephens, 2024 CPA Indigenous Psychology Student Award

Trinity Stephens was the recipient of a 2024 CPA Indigenous Psychology Student Award for her unconventional work as an undergrad at UBC.


Archived Student Spotlights