Continuing Education

Continuing Education Committee

Chair: Dr. Amir Sepehry

Meetings: monthly, 3rd Monday from 3:30PM-4:30PM

Description: Members of this committee are responsible for recruiting prospective workshop presenters, evaluating past workshops, and supervising changes to the Continuing Education program, with the goal to increase the number of members who regularly attend workshops organized by BCPA.

Summary of activities from fiscal 2021-2022:

The continuing education committee continues to provide virtual CE credits and has organized the second of the renewed annual conference series. This conference (next month, Nov 17 to Nov 19) is hybrid, with some speakers presenting virtually and some in-person. 

Speakers for the 2021/2022 cycle, CE credit talks have included:

  • Dr. Gordon Reid: Psychedelic assisted psychotherapy

  • Dr. Amir Sephery: Psychopharmacology

  • Dr. Claire Sira: ADHD assessment

  • Dr. Elisa Lacerda-Vandenborn: Decolonizing psychological practice

  • Dr. Shira Maguen: Moral Injury

We thank the following speakers for joining us at our annual convention in November 2021.

  • Omeasoo Wahpasiw, Ph.D: Keynote Presentation - Save Yourself: A Life in Passing

  • Dr. Marty Klein: When Porn is an Issue: Couples in Conflict and People Who Watch Too Much

  • Dr. Karen Cohen: Advocating for the Practice of Psychology in Canada

  • Dr. Paul Hewitt: Perfectionism