This year’s convention has an impressive slate of keynote speakers. Here is a list of our CPA Invited Keynote Speakers,

Keynote Speakers (Plenary Session) 

			CPA Presidential Address Martin Antony, Ph.D. CPA President "Recent Advances in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders" Abstract: Over the past several decades, evidence-based treatments have emerged for each major anxiety disorder. These include primarily behavioural, cognitive, and pharmacological approaches. In addition, researchers continue to develop new ways of treating anxiety disorders and to improve upon existing treatments. This presentation will discuss new and emerging treatments for anxiety disorders, including psychological approaches (e.g., mindfulness and acceptance-based strategies, motivational enhancement, attentional training), biological approaches (e.g., deep brain stimulation), and combined approaches (e.g., the use of cognitive enhancers, such as d-cycloserine, to facilitate learning during exposure-based treatment). In addition, recent findings on early intervention and dissemination of anxiety disorders treatments will be discussed. Finally, emerging data that challenge the effectiveness certain popular anxiety treatments will be presented.
			CPA Honorary Presidential Address Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins Hospital "A Professional , Public, and Personal Life in Moods" Abstract: The lecture will focus on the complexities of thirty years of research, teaching, clinical practice, public advocacy, and personal experience in the field of mood disorders, especially manic-depressive disorder (bipolar illness). The difficulties of functioning within a professional world---especially one with clinical privileges and teaching responsibilities---and at the same time, early in one's career, experiencing manic and depressive episodes, will be discussed. So too will the predictable and not so predicable consequences of writing a memoir about a psychotic illness while a professor of psychiatry. The advantages and disadvantages of studying and treating an illness that is of personal as well as professional interest will be presented, as will the issues of dealing with impaired clinicians and others in the public trust. Finally, the experience and regrets and pleasures of living a life in moods will be reviewed. Bio: Kay Redfield Jamison is Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center. She is also Honorary Professor of English at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.   She is co-author of the standard medical text on manic-depressive illness, which was chosen in 1990 as the most outstanding book in biomedical sciences by the American Association of Publishers, and author of Touched with Fire, An Unquiet Mind, Night Falls Fast, and Exuberance. Dr. Jamison has written more than 100 scientific articles about mood disorders, suicide, creativity, and lithium. Her memoir, An Unquiet Mind, which chronicles her own experience with manic-depressive illness, was cited by several major publications as one of the best books of 1995. It was on The New York Times bestseller list for five months and translated into twenty languages. Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide was a national bestseller and selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of 1999. Her book, Exuberance: The Passion for Life, was selected by The Washington Post, The Seattle Times,and The San Francisco Chronicle as one of the best books of 2004 and by Discover magazine as one of the best science books of the year. Her most recent book is Nothing Was the Same: A Memoir. Dr. Jamison is the recipient of numerous national and international scientific awards, including a MacArthur Award.
			The Family of Psychology Keynote Address  Robert Sternberg, Ph.D., Tufts University "Why so Many Leaders in Society are Rotten and What We Can Do about It, If We Really Want To" Abstract: Many leaders in society—whether Canadian, American, or wherever—are rotten. People often wonder how these people got into positions of leadership, or even how they live with themselves from one day to the next. What are the forces that create rotten leaders, and what can society do to create much better leaders? In this talk, I will first demonstrate that bad leaders have been and continue to be tremendously costly to the world: They destroy companies and countries, kill careers and even people, and use their positions for self-aggrandizement. Second, I will describe some past theories of bad leadership, including those of Kellerman, Finkelstein, and Lipman-Blumen. Third I will describe my own theory of how leaders go bad. I will discuss the cognitive fallacies that bad leaders commit, why it is that bad leaders tend to act unethically, and why bad leaders often view themselves as good. I will analyze particular leaders in terms of the theory and discuss how organizations and political entities, even countries, inadvertently sometimes reward leaders for their rottenness. I will then discuss what we could do in order to create better leaders. Bio: Robert J. Sternberg is Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Psychology, and Adjunct Professor of Education at Tufts University. He was previously IBM Professor of Psychology and Education in the Department of Psychology, Professor of Management in the School of Management, and Director of the Center for the Psychology of Abilities, Competencies, and Expertise at Yale. Sternberg was the 2003 President of the American Psychological Association, is President-Elect of the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology, and Chair of the Publications Committee of the American Educational Research Association. He is the author of about 1200 journal articles, book chapters, and books, and has received over $20 million in government and other grants and contracts for his research, conducted in five different continents. The central focus of his research is on intelligence, creativity, and wisdom, and he also has studied love and close relationships as well as hate. Sternberg has been listed in the APA Monitor on Psychology as one of the top 100 psychologists of the 20th century, and is listed by the ISI as one of its most highly cited authors in psychology and psychiatry.
			Science & Application Keynote Address  Edward A Connors, Ph.D., Onkwatenro 'Shon:'A Health Planners "First Nations 'Psychology' Is Alive and Well" Abstract: I have lived and worked within our First Nations communities in rural and urban centres across this land since I registered as a psychologist over 25 years ago. During my travels and learning I have been immersed in the indigenous worldview of north american First Nations. In particular my learning has been focused on the philosophies, beliefs and ethics that underlie our First Nations healing and wellness practices. As a healing practitioner who is of First Nations ancestry, I have developed my indigenous worldview and conducted appropriate healing practices. As a psychologist who is of Irish ancestry I have adopted a eurowestern worldview to accommodate the needs of more highly assimilated First Nations clients. This capacity to utilize both perspectives has enabled me to translate healing knowledge between two worlds and by doing so, to forge more effective healing and wellness models for people of First Nations ancestry. I look forward to sharing with you my understandings about these experiences as they have been revealed to me. An important discovery during my journey has been that First Nations 'psychology' is alive and well within the growing practices of First Nations healing. Bio: Ed is a Psychologist registered in the Province of Ontario. He is of Mohawk and Irish ancestry and is a band member of Kahnawake Mohawk Territory. He has worked with First Nations communities across Canada since 1982 in both urban and rural centres. His work over this time has included Clinical Director for an Infant Mental Health Centre in the city of Regina and Director for the Sacred Circle, a Suicide Prevention Program developed to serve First Nations communities in Northwestern Ontario. While developing the latter service, Dr. Connors worked with Elders and apprenticed in traditional First Nations approaches to healing. Today his practice incorporates traditional knowledge about healing while also employing his training as a Psychologist. He and his wife Donna, manage Onkwatenro’shon:’A, a health planning firm which provides health consultation and psychological services to First Nations communities throughout the Georgian Bay Muskoka region. Dr. Connors was a board member and vice-president of the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention between 1990 – 1998. He is currently on the advisory council for the Ontario Suicide Prevention Network. He also serves as an elder/advisor for Enaahtig Learning and Healing Lodge and the Native Mental Health Association of Canada. Some of his current work includes consultation and community training to assist First Nations in the development of Restorative Justice and health programs. He has also provided psychotherapy and traditional healing experiences to native inmates at Fenbrook Medium Institution, Correctional Services Canada. Dr. Connors is presently serving on the Mental Health Commission and is a board member of the Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene, Ontario.