Vulvodynia is a condition that affects between 8-28% of all women - but it's still a relatively unknown term. Dr. Caroline Pukall, one of Canada's leading experts in vulvodynia, joins Mind Full to explain it to Eric and Kathryn.

For more info on vulvodynia: https://www.nva.org/

Many women experience it, few have heard of it. Vulvodynia with Dr. Caroline Pukall

Dr. Ada Sinacore is an expert in human rights issues surrounding gender diversity. Dr. Keira Stockdale is an expert in the psychology of criminal justice. They are part of a group working to put out a statement on gender diversity amid an increase in violence and legislation targeted at the gender diverse community. We discuss LGBTQ2s+ rights in relation to education, the criminal justice system, and the discipline of psychology itself.

Gender diversity, education, and criminal justice with Dr. Ada Sinacore and Dr. Keira Stockdale

Dr. Lori Brotto is the author of the 2018 book 'Better Sex Through Mindfulness: How Women Can Cultivate Desire'. This year she published a companion piece, a workbook that provides strategies that women (and men!) can use. Kathryn and Eric speak with Dr. Brotto about the new workbook, sex in relationships, and how the stigma around sex research has changed over the past few decades.

For links to books and to download meditations: www.loribrotto.com
For information about the research: www.brottolab.com
Dr. Brotto often posts about sexual health research on Twitter @DrLoriBrotto

Better Sex Through Mindfulness with Dr. Lori Brotto

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) affects up to one in 15 people, but it is not a well-known diagnosis. Many symptoms (difficulty tying shoes or holding a pencil, clumsiness) can be misunderstood. DCD expert Dr. Paulene Kamps joins the CPA podcast to discuss the condition.

Dr. Kamps' website (what is DCD): https://drkamps.ca/what-is-dcd

Book (The Source For DCD): https://drkamps.ca/the-source-for-dcd

Understanding Developmental Coordination Disorder with Dr. Paulene Kamps

Canada's healthcare system, and most Western healthcare systems, have long been cisnormative. Meaning that they are run by cisgender people, based on science that was conducted primarily  with cisgender people, with methods that have not sought to include trans, non-binary, or other gender diverse folks. We talk with Dr. Jesse Bossé and Dr. Françoise Susset about the reasons for this, and the difficulties many people face as a result.

Cisnormativity in healthcare with Dr. Jesse Bossé and Dr. Francoise Susset

A lot of the furor over the rights of trans, non-binary, and other gender-diverse people has centered around the idea of 'detransitioning'. That people who transition from the gender they were assigned at birth end up regretting that decision and transitioning back. Today, Dr. Françoise Susset and Dr. Jesse Bossé explain the data on detransitioning, the truth about regrets, and the reality the furor creates for vulnerable gender diverse populations.

WPATH SoC v8 (World Professional Association for Transgender Health, Standards of Care, 8th version): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/26895269.2022.2100644

Detrans workshop: https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsantetranshealth.com%2Fen%2Fproduct%2Fdetransition-supporting-uncertainty-discontinuation-regret%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cebollman%40cpa.ca%7C0bcc4200892f4de62f8b08dc13a88d26%7C738895c3798041238d491ee5c8d3b981%7C0%7C0%7C638406861885894884%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=vcgVgZxegpckn1LxhMIbx5H4GCsk5qPOOzXBWWskiGE%3D&reserved=0

Detransitioning: separating fact from fiction

For too long, scientific studies have been cisnormative. For a researcher working with a sample of 1,000 people that include 496 women and 498 men, how do they represent the other 6? Konrad Czechowski and Misha Khorkhordina have set out to find a way. On this week's Mind Full, they share their study results, talk terminology, and provide something of a guide for researchers looking to be truly inclusive of all perspectives in their work.

The profile of Konrad when he received the Jean and Dick Pettifor Award to help conduct his research: https://cpa.ca/konrad-czechowski/

Gender Inclusion in Science: why and how to

A land acknowledgement is not only about physical land – like the soil, and the ground under our feet. It’s so much more than that. Kohkom Beverly Keeshig-Soonias, the Chair of the Indigenous Peoples' Psychology Section of the CPA, joins Mind Full to talk about the centuries of Indigenous tradition that are imbued in land acknowledgements, and how we can approach them in the right way in the spirit of reconciliation.

The importance of land acknowledgements with Kohkom Beverly Keeshig-Soonias

Nicole Perry is a psychologist in Edmonton who has written a new book called The Boundaried Therapist: Sustaining yourself in the counselling profession. The book is intended for both new and seasoned therapists, but the lessons and ideas about boundaries can be applied to us all.

The Boundaried Therapist: https://brusheducation.ca/brush-catalogue/p/boundaried-therapist

Nicole's website Embodied Psychology: http://www.embodiedpsychology.ca/

Nicole on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embodied.psych/

What are boundaries and how do we set them? With Nicole Perry

Dr. Jonathan Stea returns to the Mind Full podcast to discuss his new book 'Mind The Science: Saving Your Mental Health From The Wellness Industry'. There are a lot of TikTok videos and Instagram influencers advertising a lot of products - some are legit, some are grifts. How to spot the difference? Dr. Stea helps explain.

Order the book at Dr. Stea's website: https://www.jonathanstea.com/

Science Up First: https://scienceupfirst.com/

Saving Your Mental Health From The Wellness Industry with Dr. Jonathan Stea

AI has been around for a really long time. What is the difference between artificial intelligence and generative artificial intelligence? What are the ethical implications surrounding the use of generative AI, and the ethical ambiguities that are part of it’s creation? It is way too much to cover in just one podcast episode, but we are at the very least going to begin today with Nia Pazoki and Laila Shaheen of Simon Fraser University. They are putting together a virtual AI conference coming up October 16.

AI-Enabled Educator Conference: https://events.highredai.com/conference

HighrEd AI LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/highred-ai/

AI, Ethics, and Education with Laila Shaheen and Nia Pazoki

When Canadian newcomers face a language barrier, it often falls to their children, sometimes very young children, to bridge the gap at the bank, the doctor’s office, or the grocery store. This is Child Language Brokering, and it remains an under-studied phenomenon. Today's guests, Dr. Anusha Kassan (UBC) and Katerina Palova (TIES Centre for Immigrant Research), have written a book along with Halley Silversides, that helps us all understand.

Best practices for settlement practitioners: 
https://assets-global.website-files.com/62a261233764c47324d0e8cc/64c3e0c46310bab2452ff165_CLB%20best%20practices.pdf

Settlement practitioner’s toolkit: 
https://assets-global.website-files.com/62a261233764c47324d0e8cc/64c3e0c49c1242b276bc8694_Settlement%20Practitioner%27s%20Toolkit_CS_edits.pdf

Child language brokering checklist: 
https://assets-global.website-files.com/62a261233764c47324d0e8cc/64c3e0c44782619c91d7ac26_CLB%20Checklist.pdf

TIES Centre for Immigrant Research: https://www.immigrantresearch.com/

Beyond Translation: Child Language Brokering with Dr. Anusha Kassan and Katerina Palova

Dr. Dayna Lee-Baggley from Saint Mary's University joins Kathryn and Eric to discuss workplace conflicts and resolution styles. Dr Dayna has created free courses and an app for organizations to become more effective at handling conflicts in the office.

The courses and app: https://impactme.app/courses/

Saint Mary's University Psychological Health and Safety Lab: https://www.smu.ca/phs/resources.html

Workplace conflicts and how to handle them with Dr. Dayna Lee-Baggley

We spoke with Dr. Gina Ko when she launched her podcast Against The Tides Of Racism. Now going into its fourth year, we catch up with her and discuss the impact of the podcast and the progress that has occurred, including the founding of an Asian Psychology Section at the CPA.

Against the Tides of Racism: https://www.againstracismpodcast.com/

Dr. Ko's first appearance on Mind Full: https://soundcloud.com/user-389503679/gina-ko-and-the-against-the-tides-of-racism-podcast?si=2f4439a5d0e144d29a33ec9f8a483ef5&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Asian Psychology Section: https://cpa.ca/sections/asianpsychology/

Asian psychology and podcasting with Dr. Gina Ko

There has always been a stereotype that women are "more emotional" than men, and even that they are "too emotional" for leadership roles. Dr. Winny Shen joins Mind Full to discuss the results of her study which suggest that not only is that stereotype untrue, the exact opposite might actually be the case.

Harvard Business Review article:
https://hbr.org/2024/09/research-how-anxiety-shapes-mens-and-womens-leadership-differently

Open access article 'Leading through the uncertainty of COVID-19: The joint influence of leader emotions and gender on abusive and family-supportive supervisory behaviours':
https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joop.12439

Psychology Month: Anxiety, gender, and leadership with Dr. Winny Shen

October is Autism Awareness Month in Canada, and the federal government has launched a new framework and strategy for autism. We spoke with Dr. Isabel Smith about autism, awareness, and her contributions to the new national initiatives.

Federal framework, strategy, and National Autism Network call for applications: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/news/2024/09/government-of-canada-launches-framework-for-autism-in-canada-canadas-autism-strategy-and-national-autism-network-call-for-applications.html

CPA “Psychology Works” Fact Sheet: Autism Spectrum Disorder created by Dr. Smith:
https://cpa.ca/psychology-works-fact-sheet-autism-spectrum-disorder/

CPA magazine 'Psynopsis: The role of Psychologists in autism-related policy and practice in Canada', guest edited by Dr. Smith
https://cpa.ca/docs/File/Psynopsis/2020/Psynopsis_Vol42-1.pdf

Autism awareness and a new federal framework with Dr. Isabel Smith

October is Autism Awareness Month in Canada, and we're closing the month by highlighting Goodness Gift, a social enterprise of the South Asian Autism Awareness Centre (SAAC) that employs people with autism to help them integrate into the workforce and their communities.

SAAAC
o	Website: www.saaac.org
o	Instagram: @thesaaac
o	Email: info@saaac.org

Goodness Gift 
o	Website: www.goodnessgift.com 
o	Instagram: @thegoodnessgift
o	Email: goodnessgift@saaac.org

Soruba's information:
o	Soruba Easwarakumar 
o	Vocational Training Specialist 
o	Soruba@saaac.org

Autism and social enterprise: Goodness Gift with Soruba Easwarakumar

Kids in school face bullying - we all know this. Dr. Wendy Craig and Dr. Deinera Exner-Cortens say that much of the bullying in school is connected to power imbalances in society writ large. They join Mind Full to talk about societal structures, bullying, and what parents and educators can do.

Article in The Conversation by Dr. Craig, Dr. Exner-Cortens, and Dr. Liz Baker 'Too many kids face bullying rooted in social power imbalances — and educators can help prevent this':
https://theconversation.com/too-many-kids-face-bullying-rooted-in-social-power-imbalances-and-educators-can-help-prevent-this-237613

Psychology Month: Bullying in school and society with Dr. Wendy Craig and Dr. Deinera Exner-Cortens

Climate change is worsening, and producing an existential dread in many of us. Just as none of us are immune to the effects of climate change, we are also all susceptible to the mental health issues that accompany it. Mind Full host Eric Bollman and psychologist Dr. Amy Green discuss their own difficulties in wrapping their heads around a future that will look much different than the present.

Anxiety and climate change with Dr. Amy Green

While completing her psychology PhD, Sommer Knight is busy putting everything she learns to use. She co-hosts a radio show and has now written a children's book to advance the conversation about mental health in Black families and Black communities.

The book is called Today Is a Rainy Day, and if you're in the Ottawa area Saturday March 1st, join Sommer and her co-authors and illustrators from 1-5pm at Indigo Rideau, 50 Rideau St, for a book signing event!
https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/store-locator/ottawa-indigo-rideau.html

Sommer:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5192-1737
Twitter (X): @Sommer_K12

Today is a Rainy Day:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DPGRN2ML
Instagram: @todayisarainyday

A PhD, a radio show, and now a children's book with Sommer Knight

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

Le Mois de la psychologie : la santé sexuelle avec Sophie Bergeron, Ph. D.

Madeline Springle is a second-year Ph.D. student at the University of Calgary, who is winning awards for her ability to mobilize knowledge. Specifically, she is taking the research she has done into one-way video interviews, and using it to help people who might use this knowledge to better prepare for their own job search.

As we close out Psychology Month, we wanted to highlight knowledge translation (explaining the science for a more general audience) and knowledge mobilization (putting new findings into practice such that they help those they were designed to help) because without those, science exists in a vacuum!

Madeline's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MasterYourInterview
Madeline's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madeline-springle/
 
SSHRC Storytellers Competition Phase 1 (Top 20 video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LypE_9vk4o
SSHRC Storytellers Competition Phase 2 (Live presentation, first place): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUPmPIKBWco
 
Conversation Canada Piece: https://theconversation.com/the-rise-of-the-irate-customer-post-pandemic-rudeness-and-the-importance-of-rediscovering-patience-200740
 
UToday Articles on Knowledge Mobilization Work:
April 15, 2024: https://grad.ucalgary.ca/news/urban-space-transformation-alien-world-plants-image-competition-entries-take-us-journey-through-grad
May 17, 2024: https://www.ucalgary.ca/news/ucalgary-graduate-students-transform-complex-research-compelling-stories
Oct. 23, 2024: https://grad.ucalgary.ca/news/calgary-national-stage-phd-students-journey-canadas-top-academic-speaking-competition

Psychology Month: Knowledge mobilization and video interviews with Madeline Springle

Dr. Jillian Roberts is a Professor at the University of Victoria, a registered psychologist in B.C., and an author who has written a string of successful children's books in the Just Enough and The World Around Us series. Her latest book, The Friendship Guide, is a book that helps kids learn how to make friends and how to be a good friend.

Pre-order The Friendship Guide: https://www.orcabook.com/The-Friendship-Guide

The Just Enough series, World Around Us series, and other books: https://www.drjillianroberts.com/books/

Dr. Roberts' website: https://www.drjillianroberts.com/

Mindkey Health: MindKeyHealth.com

The Friendship Guide with Dr. Jillian Roberts

Dr. Liisa Galea is a scientific lead for the CAMH (the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) program womenmind™. It’s a community of philanthropists, thought leaders and scientists dedicated to tackling gender disparities in science, and to put the unique needs and experiences of women at the forefront of mental health research.

womenmind: https://www.camh.ca/en/get-involved/join-the-cause/womenmind
Women's Health Research Cluster: https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/
Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/frontiers-in-neuroendocrinology
Organization for the Study of Sex Differences: https://www.ossdweb.org/
Canadian Organization for Gender and Sex Research: https://www.cogsresearch.ca/

Improving representation in science and in research: womenmind with Dr. Liisa Galea

Glenn Brimacombe is the CPA's Director of Policy and Public Affairs, and a registered lobbyist. Glenn advocates for mental health funding and parity (to get mental health coverage on par with physical health coverage), and has some ideas about how to keep mental health at the forefront of the issues as an election looms.

CPA's Policy Primer 'The Federal Government & Mental Health Policy…Preparing for the Next Federal Election': https://cpa.ca/docs/File/Advocacy/CPA%20Policy%20Primer%20Final%20December%202024.pdf

Psychology, mental health, and the federal election with Glenn Brimacombe

With just under two weeks until the federal election, we spoke with our director of policy and public affairs Glenn Brimacombe (again!) about public health, mental health, and what we can all do to keep those topics top of mind as we approach April 28th.

Policy Primers: https://cpa.ca/docs/File/Advocacy/CPA%20Policy%20Primer%20Final%20December%202024.pdf

Ten questions for candidates:
https://cpa.ca/docs/File/Advocacy/2025%20Federal%20Elections%20Questions%20Final%20April%208%202025.pdf

Mental health, healthcare, and the federal election with Glenn Brimacombe

The federal election is over, and it looks like a Liberal minority. We speak with the CPA's Director of Policy and Public Affairs Glenn Brimacombe for the third time in our election series about the results, the reshaping of the federal government, and the path forward for advocacy. What is the current outlook for the health system in general? What are the possible scenarios for achieving parity between mental health coverage and physical health coverage? And what's next for Pierre Polievre and the NDP?

The 2025 federal election: a look back and a look ahead with Glenn Brimacombe

Dr. Katy Kamkar, the newly-elected Chair of the Traumatic Stress section at the CPA, talks about resilience in the wake of the Nova Scotia shooting. She also discusses the power of social media to engender a sense of community following such a tragic event.

Nova Scotia shooting tragedy with Dr. Katy Kamkar

E.L. Adams II is a psychologist based in Kingston who has started a podcast to connect music with mental health. To listen to his podcast Mental Health, Mood, and Music, click here: https://vimeo.com/elapsychology

Music and anxiety with E.L. Adams II

Dr. Helen Ofosu is a Work and Business Psychologist who runs I/O Advisory Services, a HR Consulting, Career and Executive Coaching firm. She has spent a lot of time solving problems in the workplace and joins us to discuss the dual crises of COVID-19 and anti-Black racism.  The blog articles referred to can be found on https://ioadvisory.com/

Racism in the workplace with Dr. Helen Ofosu

The Canadian Psychological Association's podcast Mind Full speaks with experts across Canada and the world on a variety of subjects. We frame current issues through the lens of the science of human behaviour, and focus on important topics related to the mental health of Canadians.

Mind Full: The CPA podcast

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