What’s Brewing Ottawa-Gatineau!

Join the free virtual networking events hosted each month by local CSAE Network Councils and take part in facilitated conversation about a current topic relevant to association professionals. All are welcome to this event at no charge (both members and non-members).

When

Tues. February 23, 2021 at 8:00 – 9:00 am EST

What We Will Talk About

Our next What’s Brewing Ottawa-Gatineau session will be focus on:

• Stress, stressors and how to cope – coping with the lockdown during the Canadian winter.
• Juggling homeschooling and working from home. How not to feel like mediocre parents/employees. How to help kids and families best cope.
• Maintaining relationships – how to care and connect with others.
• Helping your staff best cope with the pandemic and a changed work environment.
• How to know when you or someone else needs professional mental health help and where to access it.

Speaker

Dr. Karen Cohen is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), a position she has held since 2008. Dr. Cohen is a psychologist, registered in Ontario. She completed her baccalaureate at McGill University and her masters and doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology at the University of Windsor. She went on to complete a post-doctoral fellowship in rehabilitation psychology and neuropsychology at the Ottawa Rehabilitation Centre where she worked for 9 years with persons living with a range of chronic health conditions and disabilities.

As CEO of CPA, Dr. Cohen’s responsibilities revolve around the association’s mandates to promote the science, practice and education of psychology across Canada and internationally. She holds and has held leadership roles on many health and science-related alliances such as the Health Action Lobby, the Canadian Alliance of Mental Illness and Mental Health, and the Canadian Consortium of Research. She has prepared and presented briefs to standing committees of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada on matters pertaining to health and mental health.

At the invitation of the Minister of Revenue, Dr. Cohen currently serves as co-chair of the Disability Advisory Committee, a committee whose mandate is to advise the Minister on the administration and interpretation of tax measures for persons living with disability. Dr. Cohen has written and presented widely across Canada and internationally on the science, practice and education of psychology and on psychology’s contributions to public policy.