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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. This is Psychology: Children, domestic violence, and the COVID carryover

    2D AGO

    This is Psychology: Children, domestic violence, and the COVID carryover

    Our Psychology Month series continues with a look at how the effects of COVID are still being felt by children in schools, particularly in rural settings where incidents of family violence remain elevated. Remember the COVID-19 pandemic? It wasn’t that long ago, but many of us have kind of memory-holed the entire traumatic experience. That said, just because we don’t think about it any more doesn’t mean that the effects aren’t still being felt today. For example, rates of gender-based violence, including femicide, remain elevated above pre-pandemic levels. This is particularly the case in rural communities, and is evident in the attitudes and behaviours of kids in schools. Strained Systems, Escalating Needs: Service Provider Perspectives on the Rural Landscape of Sexual- and Gender-based Violence in the Five-years post-COVID: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394321057_Strained_Systems_Escalating_Needs_Service_Provider_Perspectives_on_the_Rural_Landscape_of_Sexual-_and_Gender-based_Violence_in_the_Five-years_post-COVID Space, place, and the politics of access: Service provider perspectives on health system responses to sexual- and gender-based violence in rural communities: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829225001625 Family Transition Place: https://familytransitionplace.ca/

    38 min
  2. This is Psychology: Pee, poop, and pre-teen problems with Dr. Jen Theule

    FEB 5

    This is Psychology: Pee, poop, and pre-teen problems with Dr. Jen Theule

    Psychology Month is recognized throughout February. This episode kicks off our special Psychology Month series, highlighting the ways psychology contributes to our lives in ways we might not realize. Just about every little kid has accidents from time to time. But more than one poop accident in a month (encopresis) or more than two pee accidents per week (enuresis) might be cause for concern. Dr. Jen Theule helps explain what signs to look for, how best to potty-train kids, and how psychologists help resolve problems that might occur as children get a little bit older. "Psychology Works" fact sheet on enuresis and encopresis: https://cpa.ca/psychology-works-fact-sheet-enuresis-and-encopresis-in-children/ Enuresis and encopresis fact sheet video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5XlyIf1Nmo

    38 min
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
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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.

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