Board of Directors
As a national association, the CPA is governed by a Board of Directors with provincial representation, and includes members-in-training (residents) and recognized subspecialty Academies of Psychiatry. The Board of Directors is a voluntary body that governs the affairs of the Association, including its assets, funds and property, and provides overall guidance to the organization by setting policy, goals and directions that support and further the CPA’s objectives.

Dr. Alison Freeland
Board Chair
Member, Executive Committee

Dr. Doug Urness
President and Director, Alberta
Member, Executive Committee

Dr. Gary Chaimowitz
President-elect and Director, Ontario, Member, Executive Committee

Dr. Grainne Neilson
Past-president and Director, Nova Scotia
Member, Executive Committee

Dr. Sébastien Prat
Secretary-Treasurer, Executive Committee Member
Director, Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Dr. Wei-Yi Song
Director, British Columbia
Member, Executive Committee

Dr. Jim Simm
Director, Manitoba
Member, Executive Committee

Dr. Sanjay Siddhartha
Director, New Brunswick

Dr. Taryn Hearn
Director, Newfoundland & Labrador

Dr. Tanya Gallant
Director, Prince Edward Island

Dr. Vincenzo Di Nicola
Director, Quebec
Member, Executive Committee

Dr. Stefan Brennan
Director, Saskatchewan

Dr. Jana Davidson
Director, Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Dr. Dallas Seitz
Director, Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry

Dr. Andriy Samokhvalov
Director, Early Career Psychiatrist

Dr. Nikhita Singhal
Director-in-Training

Aditya Nidumolu
Director-in-Training