Name: Dr. Anusha Kassan: How to help people dealing with racial trauma by Mind Full: The CPA podcast
Duration: 45 min 10 s
Description: Dr. Anusha Kassan is an Associate Professor at UBC. She helped launch an innovative program to increase diversity in the counselling psychology program when she was at the University of Calgary, and is carrying it over to her new location. We discuss the lack of diversity in mental health professionals, and what psychologists can do to be prepared to help people dealing with racial trauma.

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

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

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

Dr. Anusha Kassan is an Associate Professor at UBC. She helped launch an innovative program to increase diversity in the counselling psychology program when she was at the University of Calgary, and is carrying it over to her new location. We discuss the lack of diversity in mental health professionals, and what psychologists can do to be prepared to help people dealing with racial trauma.

Dr. Anusha Kassan: How to help people dealing with racial trauma

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.

Dr. Anusha Kassan: How to help people dealing with racial trauma

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