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.

Resilience, culture, and living with war – Tomas Vanderkam and Ukraine

Resilience, culture, and living with war - Tomas Vanderkam and Ukraine

The world is paying attention to the current war between Russia and Ukraine. While it is devastating and horrific for the Ukrainian people, it is just the latest in more than a century of war, occupation, oppression, and resilience. What makes a person resilient? What makes a people resilient? And how does that come through in a country where violence and threats from all sides have been ongoing for lifetimes? Tomas Vanderkam joins the CPA’s Mind Full podcast to explore both his Ukrainian heritage and his research into resilience.


Archived Podcasts
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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