Mind Full: The Canadian Psychological Association podcast

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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.

  1. Mental health care and the federal budget with Glenn Brimacombe

    12/11/2025

    Mental health care and the federal budget with Glenn Brimacombe

    The Canadian federal budget has been released, and some changes to Canada's mental health landscape will happen as a result. Our resident economist, CPA Director of Policy and Public Affairs Glenn Brimacombe, joins Mind Full to look forward to what Canadians can expect over the next year.

    48 min
  2. Training standards for psychologists in Ontario with Dr. Lisa Votta-Bleeker

    12/03/2025

    Training standards for psychologists in Ontario with Dr. Lisa Votta-Bleeker

    As the College of Psychologists and Behavioural Analysts of Ontario (CPBAO) has proposed a number of changes to their entry-to-practice standards for psychologists, the CPA and other psychology organizations around Canada are raising concerns about those changes. Dr. Lisa Votta-Bleeker, CPA CEO, joins Mind Full to lay out those concerns, and what she sees as the dangers inherent in reducing entry-to-practice standards. CPA's response to CPBAO: https://cpa.ca/docs/File/Press%20Release/CPA%20Response%20to%20CPBAO%20Consultation%20-%2025Nov2025_Final.pdf Share your thoughts with the CPBAO: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BZ5SB8Q The full text of the Psychology and Behaviour Analysis Act, 2021 and Ontario Regulation 193/23 Registration with the proposed amendments (in tracked changes), and a three-column chart which shows the proposed revisions to the Registration Regulation can be viewed here: https://cpbao.ca/wp-content/uploads/Consultation-Amendmenhttps://cpbao.ca/wp-content/uploads/Consultation-Amendments-to-Registration-Regulation-under-the-Psychology-and-Behaviour-Analysis-Act-2021-5.pdf

    35 min
  3. Why we need to stop gambling ads in Canada: Bruce Kidd and Dr. Steve Joordens

    11/13/2025

    Why we need to stop gambling ads in Canada: Bruce Kidd and Dr. Steve Joordens

    In the wake of the NBA gambling scandal, and with Canadians watching televised sports more often, now is the time to curtail the ads that normalize gambling - especially for children. Bruce Kidd and Dr. Steve Joordens from the University of Toronto return to the podcast to reiterate their warnings about the harms inherent in advertising gambling. Bruce is a Canadian Olympian and a recipient of the Lou Marsh award as Canada's top athlete. Steve is a psychologist and professor who has written about the "weaponization of psychology" in encouraging addictive gambling behaviour. Ban Ads For Gambling website: https://unbetgamblingads.com/about Senator Marty Deacon's Bill S-211: S-211 https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/45-1/s-211 Get involved: https://unbetgamblingads.com/send-a-letter-you-to-mp-mpp

    38 min
  4. Resilience, culture, and living with war - Tomas Vanderkam and Ukraine

    10/30/2025

    Resilience, culture, and living with war - Tomas Vanderkam and Ukraine

    The world is paying attention to the current war between Russia and Ukraine. While it is devastating and horrific for the Ukrainian people, it is just the latest in more than a century of war, occupation, oppression, and resilience. What makes a person resilient? What makes a people resilient? And how does that come through in a country where violence and threats from all sides have been ongoing for lifetimes? Tomas Vanderkam's research into resilience is informed by his Ukrainian heritage, and he joins the podcast to explore both. Tom's presentation from the CPA convention in June: https://youtu.be/YfiYZq44qF8?si=Ntl6XApWsmCeAAHa Free Ukrainian history lecture playlist from University of Toronto: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGDWF-S8Wt4XVNFMHOt1UvlMwg_HlP9Ov Link to Tomas' full paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/384562816_Voices_of_Resilience_in_Ukraine_Psychological_Predictors_of_Resilience_in_Survivor_Narratives Some Ukrainian resources: A Survey of Ukrainian Historiography by Dmytro Doroshenko: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Ukraine/_Topics/history/_Texts/DORSUH/home.html The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25255053-the-gates-of-europe Contemporary media: The Kyiv Independent: https://kyivindependent.com/ Zaborona: https://zaborona.com/en/ Donate to help Ukraine: https://u24.gov.ua/

    38 min
  5. Correspondence with killers - in conversation with Jeffrey Smalldon

    10/10/2025

    Correspondence with killers - in conversation with Jeffrey Smalldon

    Forensic psychologist Jeffrey Smalldon spent decades corresponding, conversing, and probing the minds of some of America's most notorious killers, from John Wayne Gacy to the Manson family. Why are we, as a society, so fascinated with history's most violent and depraved acts and events? Are Canadians different from Americans in our fascination with such horror? Jeffrey Smalldon's book, 'That Beast Was Not Me: One Forensic Psychologist, Five Decades of Conversations With Killers': https://www.blacklyonpublishing.com/product-page/that-beast-was-not-me-one-forensic-psychologist-five-decades-of-convers Jeffrey Smalldon's website: https://jeffreysmalldon.com/ An additional note for today's episode. Early on, we discuss the difference between Canada's recollection of historic political assassinations and America's. That Americans (and Canadians, thanks to our proximity and our consumption of American culture) know locales like Ford's Theatre where Lincoln was assassinated, Dealey Plaza in Dallas where JFK was shot, or the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, the site of the killing of Martin Luther King. I suggested that Canadians were less likely to know that kind of detail about similar events, even though political assassinations are much rarer here. I wondered how many Canadians knew about events that had happened in their own city - the biggest political assassination in Canadian history was that of D'Arcy McGee, on of the Fathers of Confederation, on Sparks Street in Ottawa. Another was that of Pierre Laporte, murdered during the FLQ crisis in 1970. And a third was the assassination of Atilla Altıkat, a Turkish diplomat gunned down on Island Park Drive in Ottawa in 1982. Curious after discussing these things, I mentioned them to my boss later in the day after recording this episode. While she was sort of familiar with Laporte, the other two events came as a surprise. Then I went to dinner with my mom and asked her - she was also unfamiliar with D'Arcy McGee. But more surprisingly to me, she had almost no recollection of the murder of Altıkat. I would have been a baby or toddler, and the event took place about eight blocks from where we lived at the time.

    1h 2m
  6. Before the budget: Federal considerations with Glenn Brimacombe

    10/02/2025

    Before the budget: Federal considerations with Glenn Brimacombe

    The 2025 federal budget will be delivered November 4th. Glenn Brimacombe, Director of Policy and Public Affairs at the Canadian Psychological Association, joins Mind Full to discuss the advocacy approach to the budget process. We know many things that Canadians and mental health professionals want - parity between healthcare and mental health care, for example. How are we doing in advancing those priorities, and what can the rest of us do?

    53 min
  7. Indigenous culture and community in St. John's - First Light with Stacey Howse

    09/18/2025

    Indigenous culture and community in St. John's - First Light with Stacey Howse

    Every year at the CPA convention, we sell orange T-shirts designed by Betty Albert to raise money for an Indigenous-led charity. In 2025 the convention was held in St. John's, Newfoundland, and the recipient of the T-shirt proceeds is First Light, an organization that works with urban Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the city. Stacey Howse is the Executive Director of First Light, and she joins Mind Full to tell us about the organization, their wraparound services, and the unique challenges facing urban Indigenous people in St. John's today. September 30th Rally for Reconciliation in St. John's: https://firstlightnl.ca/community-events/orange-shirt-day/ First Light website: https://firstlightnl.ca/our-organization/ Email: info@firstlightnl.ca Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FirstLightNL/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/firstlightnl/ Mind Full episode with artist Betty Albert: https://soundcloud.com/user-389503679/podcast-betty-albert?si=1dceb9c0cf4a49d4bfb2e8b74aa599f3&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

    26 min
  8. Criminal profiling on TV and in real life with Dr. Alexandra Zidenberg

    09/04/2025

    Criminal profiling on TV and in real life with Dr. Alexandra Zidenberg

    Criminal profiling, in the sense that we see it on TV, has less than a 50% success rate. As a tool of law enforcement, it is the equivalent of a coin flip. But seeing law enforcement use it successfully on television gives us, the viewers, a sense that these methods yield tremendous results in real life. And, maybe, makes us believe that we would be successful should we be given a similar task. Dr. Alexandra Zidenberg from the University of Montreal joins Mind Full to talk about a recent study she did with undergraduate student Vivian Mullins in RMC's Department of Military Psychology and Leadership. How much does binge-watching Criminal Minds enhance our ability to profile a suspect? Do true-crime podcasts (which usually deal with crimes that have been solved) skew our beliefs about the effectiveness of law enforcement? Dr. Zidenberg's study with Vivian Mullins, written up in the CPA Criminal Justice Section’s Crime Scene newsletter: https://cpa.ca/docs/File/Sections/Criminal%20Justice%20Psychology/Crime%20Scene_SpringSummer2025_correction.pdf Other articles of note: Taking Stock of Criminal Profiling: A Narrative Review and Meta-Analysis https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0093854806296925 Do We Mistake Fiction for Fact? Investigating Whether the Consumption of Fictional Crime-Related Media May Help to Explain the Criminal Profiling Illusion https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21582440221091243 Expertise in Psychological Profiling: A Comparative Assessment https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/088626000015003006 Media Effects and Criminal Profiling: How Fiction Influences Perception and Profile Accuracy https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1205&context=fse_etd/ The Hunting Warhead podcast (which really is VERY good): https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/387-hunting-warhead

    37 min
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