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. Vincenzo Di Nicola
Director, Quebec
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. Taryn Hearn
Director, Newfoundland & Labrador
Dr. Sanjay Siddhartha
Director, New Brunswick
Dr. Tanya Gallant
Director, Prince Edward Island
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