November 20, 2008

Current Leadership at the Canadian Psychiatric Association

2008-2009 Board of Directors

Executive Committee

President and Representative from Ontario
Susan Abbey

President-Elect and Representative from Manitoba
Stanley Yaren

Chairman of the Board
Blake Woodside

Past President and Representative from Alberta
Patrick J. White

Secretary-Treasurer and Representative from Newfoundland
Ted Callanan

Provincial Directors and Regional Representatives

British Columbia: Donald. A. Milliken
Quebec: Manon Charbonneau
Saskatchewan: Dhanapal Natarajan
Manitoba: Adrian Hynes
New Brunswick: Moses Alatishe
Nova Scotia: Michael Teehan
Prince Edward Island: Heather Keizer

Council Chairs

Council of Academies: Louis van Zyl
Council of Provinces: Kent Sargeant

Directors-in-Training

Heidi Haensel, MIT Chair
Kelly Saran, MIT Chair-Elect
Sanjeev Sockalingam, 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, Louis van Zyl
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, Louis van Zyl

Council of Provinces

Chair and Representative from Alberta, Kent Sargeant
Members
British Columbia: Fiona McGregor
Manitoba: Kurt Skakum
New Brunswick: Dinesh Bhalla
Newfoundland: 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

Nominating
Chair, Donald Milliken

Ad Hoc Workgroups

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

Section Chairs

Addiction Psychiatry, Charl Els
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Margaret Steele
Community Psychiatry, Sharon S. Levine and Warren Steiner
Developmental Disabilities, Deborah Elliott
Forensic Psychiatry, Renée Fugère
Geriatric Psychiatry, Lilian U. Thorpe
History and Philosophy of Psychiatry, Denis Morrison
Indo-Canadian, Dhanapal Natarajan
Members-in-Training and Fellows, Sanjeev Sockalingam
Native Mental Health, Cornelia Wieman
Neuropsychiatry, Edward G. Gordon
Physician Health and Well-Being, Michael Myers and Mamta Gautam
Psychopharmacology, Irvin Epstein
Psychosomatic Medicine, Fabien Gagnon
Psychotherapy, Allan Abbass
Telepsychiatry, John Copen and Douglas Urness
Transcultural Psychiatry, Laurence Kirmayer

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