March 18, 2010

Current Leadership at the Canadian Psychiatric Association

2009-2010 Board of Directors

Executive Committee

President and Representative from Manitoba
Stanley Yaren

President-Elect and Representative from Newfoundland and Labrador
Nizar Ladha

Chairman of the Board
Dr. Donald Addington

Past-President and Representative from Ontario
Susan Abbey

Secretary-Treasurer
Ted Callanan

Provincial Directors and Regional Representatives

British Columbia: Donald. A. Milliken
Quebec: Suzane Renaud
Saskatchewan: Dhanapal Natarajan
New Brunswick: Moses Alatishe
Nova Scotia: Michael Teehan
Prince Edward Island: Heather Keizer

Council Chairs

Council of Academies: Peter Chan
Council of Provinces: Kent Sargeant

Directors-in-Training

Kelly Saran, MIT Chair
Talib Rajwani, MIT Chair-Elect
Heidi Haensel, MIT Past-Chair

Executive Director

Alex Saunders, ex officio

CPA Publications

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
Editor-in-Chief, Joel Paris

Canadian Psychiatry Aujourd'hui
Editor-in-Chief, Fabien Gagnon

Councils/Committees/Sections

Council of Academies

Chair, Peter Chan
Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Wade Junek
Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry, Kiran Rabheru
Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and Law, Gary Chaimowitz
Canadian Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, Peter Chan

Council of Provinces

Chair and Representative from Alberta, Kent Sargeant
Members
British Columbia: Fiona McGregor
Manitoba: Kurt Skakum
New Brunswick: vacant
Newfoundland and Labrador: Tanis Adey
Nova Scotia: Patricia Pearce
Ontario: Roumen Milev
Prince Edward Island: Nadeem Dada
Quebec: Suzane Renaud
Saskatchewan: Declan Quinn

Standing Committees

Education
Chair, Jodi Lofchy

Economics
Chair, Sonu Gaind

Professional Standards and Practice
Chair, Gary Chaimowitz

Scientific and Research Affairs
Chair, Richard Williams

Practice Research Network (PRN) Subcommittee
Chair, Roger C. Bland

Special Committees

Advocacy
Chair, Donald Milliken

Stigma
Chair, Manon Charbonneau

Continuing Professional Development
Chair, Nancy Brager

Annual Conference Program Subcommittee
Chair, Nancy Brager

Chair, International CPD Conference Subcommittee
Gary Chaimowitz

CPA CPD Institute Subcommittee
Chair, Susan Abbey

Membership Affairs
Chair, Louis T. van Zyl
Vice-Chair, Suzane Renaud

Board of Directors Nominating Committee
Chair, P.J. White

Ad Hoc Workgroups

CFPC / CPA Collaborative Working Group on Shared Mental Health Care
Co-chairs, Nick Kates and Garey Mazowita

Section Chairs

Addiction Psychiatry, Charl Els
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Wade Junek
Community Psychiatry, Sharon S. Levine and Warren Steiner
Developmental Disabilities, Robin Friedlander
Forensic Psychiatry, Gary Chaimowitz
Geriatric Psychiatry, Lilian U. Thorpe
History and Philosophy of Psychiatry, Denis Morrison
Indo-Canadian, S.V. Manoha
Members-in-Training and Fellows, Kelly Saran
Native Mental Health, Cornelia Wieman
Physician Health and Well-Being, Pamela Forsythe and Sean McHugh
Psychopharmacology, Irvin Epstein
Psychosomatic Medicine, Peter Chan
Psychotherapy, Allan Abbass
Telepsychiatry, John Copen and Douglas Urness
Transcultural Psychiatry, Laurence Kirmayer

To Organizational Chart.