Mind Full: The Canadian Psychological Association podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Every time we get to celebrate something, we’re a little happier as a result. A promotion, a birthday, an unusually warm and sunny day in January. The fact is, there are hundreds of reasons for a celebration, but for some reason we don’t lean into them all. Dr. Rehman Abdulrehman has a radical idea – let’s celebrate EVERYTHING! Dr. Abdulrehman's website Lead With Diversity: https://leadwithdiversity.com/ The Celebrate Everything initiative: https://leadwithdiversity.com/ce/

Dr. Katherine Starzyk and Dr. Iloradanon Efimoff created a virtual reality tour of a residential school. They collaborated with Survivors and computer scientists to see if a tour in this manner could change attitudes toward residential schools and reconciliation. Did it work? Well...kind of. But that doesn't mean the study wasn't worth doing! On today's episode we discuss what they learned and how even disappointing results move science and understanding forward. Can a virtual reality residential school, developed with Survivors, improve empathy toward Indigenous people? Conversation article: https://theconversation.com/can-a-virtual-reality-residential-school-developed-with-survivors-improve-empathy-toward-indigenous-people-249996 Open-access paper 'The influence of Survivor stories and a virtual reality representation of a residential school on reconciliation in Canada': https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/social-psychology/articles/10.3389/frsps.2024.1346101/full Open-access paper '“I definitely felt like I was there”: enacting empathy and negotiating a virtual reality Indian Residential School': https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/11771801221117561 Missing Matoaka: https://www.missingmatoaka.ca/ Dr. Iloradanon Efimoff's lab website: https://psychlabs.torontomu.ca/iel/

Cette semaine, dans le cadre du Mois de la psychologie dont le thème, cette année, est « Les femmes et la science », nous présentons Sophie Bergeron, Ph. D., qui détient une Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les relations intimes et le bien-être sexuel au Département de psychologie de l’Université de Montréal, où elle dirige également le Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les problèmes conjugaux et les agressions sexuelles (CRIPCAS), l’Équipe SCOUP Sexualité et Couple, et le Laboratoire d’étude de la santé sexuelle. Ses travaux portent sur les déterminants psychosociaux de la santé sexuelle des individus et des couples ainsi que sur le traitement des dysfonctions sexuelles. Laboratoire d’étude de la santé sexuelle : www.sophiebergeron.ca Centre de recherche : www.cripcas.ca Deux études portant sur le faible désir sexuel chez les couples sont présentement en cours au Laboratoire d’étude de la santé sexuelle : l’étude ROSE et l’étude ENTRAIDE. Plus d’informations sur ces études sont disponibles sur le site web. En français : sophiebergeron.ca/recherches/ En anglais : sophiebergeron.ca/en/research/ Pour toutes questions concernant les études en cours ou pour y participer, les personnes intéressées peuvent écrire à l’adresse info@sophiebergeron.ca. Facebook : @LaboSanteSexuelle Instagram : @labo_santesexuelle

On US Election Day, November 3rd, we recorded this interview with Dr. Ghayda Hassan of CPN-PREV (Canadian Practitioners Network for the Prevention of Radicalization and Extremist Violence). We were planning to include it in the upcoming season of Mind Full this spring. With the events in the US today, it seemed like now was the time to listen.

Dr. Christine Korol of the Vancouver Anxiety Centre joins Mind Full to talk about anxiety and depression in the context of a Canadian winter and a pandemic. We also get into conspiracy theories, social media use, and the best way to write a book! Dr. Korol, along with the other guests of the first season of Mind Full, will be co-hosting a panel on COVID and the Canadian Winter December 10th at noon EST. Register here: https://cpa.lts-online.net/home/vm-room/covid-and-the-canadian-winter/ and if you have any questions for any of our participants, email them to media@cpa.ca

Dr. Heather Hadjistavropoulos and her team at the University of Regina have been studying every facet of internet-delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (iCBT) for the past decade. Then COVID hit. This meant they were very well prepared to make the transition to online therapy, and also meant that their research was about to take a whole new direction. Join Dr. Hadjistavropoulos and the other participants in this first season of Mind Full for a webinar on COVID and the Canadian Winter, December 10th at noon EST - register here: https://cpa.lts-online.net/home/vm-room/covid-and-the-canadian-winter/ and if you have any questions for any of our participants, email them to media@cpa.ca

Dr. Stephen Shainbart was a psychologist with a thriving practice in New York City when Donald Trump won the 2016 US election. A little over three years later, Dr. Shainbart became a permanent Canadian resident, with a private practice in Toronto. Dr. Shainbart joins us to talk Trump, immigrating to Canada as a PhD psychologist, and Torontonians wearing New York Yankee ballcaps. I Actually Did It! Becoming Canadian Because of Trump is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Actually-Did-Becoming-Canadian-because/dp/1777359201

Dr. Ben C. H. Kuo is a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Windsor, and his research is in the area of cultural diversity. He joined Mind Full to speak about the dual crises being faced by a number of communities: the pandemic, and racism. Dr. Kuo, along with the other participants in this first season of Mind Full, will be co-hosting a webinar with the CPA on Coronavirus and the Canadian Winter December 10th at noon EST. If you have any questions for Dr. Kuo or another panelist, please email them to Eric at ebollman@cpa.ca

Dr. Yael Goldberg is a psychologist with Baycrest in Toronto. She works with people with dementia and their caregivers, and she sat down with Mind Full to talk about isolation and dementia during the pandemic and the winter. Dr. Goldberg, along with the other guests on this inaugural podcast series, will be participating in a webinar at noon EST, December 10th. If you have any questions you'd like answered during that event, email them to Eric (ebollman@cpa.ca)

Dr. Janine Hubbard, President of the APNL and child psychologist in St. John's Newfoundland, joins Mind Full to discuss children and the pandemic. She shares some strategies to ensure your kids are getting the most out of school, Hallowe'en, Christmas, and life in general while restrictions remain in place. Janine, along with the other participants in this first season of Mind Full, will be co-hosting a webinar with the CPA on Thursday, December 10th. If you have any questions for any of our panelists, please email them to Eric at media@cpa.ca