July 04, 2009
 

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 and Labrador
Ted Callanan

Provincial Directors and Regional Representatives

British Columbia: Donald. A. Milliken
Quebec: Manon Charbonneau
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

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, 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: Dinesh Bhalla
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, Margaret Steele
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. Manohar
Members-in-Training and Fellows, Heidi Haensel
Native Mental Health, Cornelia Wieman
Neuropsychiatry, Edward G. Gordon
Physician Health and Well-Being, Mamta Gautam
Psychopharmacology, Irvin Epstein
Psychosomatic Medicine, Louis van Zyl
Psychotherapy, Allan Abbass
Telepsychiatry, John Copen and Douglas Urness
Transcultural Psychiatry, Laurence Kirmayer

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