Schedule

8:00 am – 4:30 pm

Registration Desk open

( Coffee and Tea service)

Foyer close to Science Atrium

9:00 am – 11:15 am

Opening Ceremonies: Opening Remarks and Welcome
Moderator: Ciann L. Wilson
Darren Thomas, Deborah MacLatchy, Jonathan Newman, Richelle Monaghan

Memorial Address for Isaac Prilleltensky
Manuel Riemer and Geoff Nelson

Opening Keynote Panel Discussion - 50 Years of CP in Canada - A Half Century in Review
Moderator: Konrad Czechowski
Panelists: Geoff Nelson, Ed Bennet, Francine Lavoie, Ed Pomeroy

N1001

11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Lunch (not catered)

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

WLU Alumni Association Opening

Alumni Keynote Panel Discussion: CP Practice in the Field
Moderator: Scott Neufeld
Panelists: Nick Kerman, Nora Whitfield, Maryann Roebuck, Darren Thomas, Devon Fernandes

N1001

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Collective Reflection Town Hall: Reinvigorating A Canadian CP Network Town Hall
Moderators: Ann Marie Beals and Emily Escoffery

Closing

N1001

Evening Gala and CP50 Celebrations

Paid Ticket

5:30 pm - 10:00 pm

MCs: Maritt Kirst, Alexis Buettgen

Music Performance: KW Sentro 
DJ: Ketan Shankardass

 

Schedule
5:30 pm: Arrival and Mixer 
6:00 pm: KW Sentro choir performance 
6:15 pm: Opening and Welcome 
6:30 pm: Dinner
7:30 pm: Dancing to the sounds of DJ Ketan

Fred Nichols Campus Centre, Turret

8:00 am

Registration Desk Open

Refreshments

Foyer/Science Atrium

Concurrent Session 1

9:00 am – 10:15 am

Session 1A:

Artistic Presentations (Please see specific room numbers beside title names)

• Recovery Game Cafe: Autobiographical Game Design as a Creative Practice for Exploring Opioid Addiction Experiences (N1042) 
• Arts of Resilience: Photovoice Insights on Cultural Identity and Coping Among Indigenous and Diaspora Communities (N1042)
• Understanding Filipino Canadian Identity and Thought to Combat the Polycrisis: Fascism, Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, and What We Can Learn From Their Tyranny (N1042)
• Perspectives Toward Liberation and Practical Implications (N1057)
• Misdiagnosis as Psychiatrist Harm: Black Autistic Youth, Polycrisis, and the Possibility of Hope (N1057)
• Where the Land Remembers Us (N1059)

N1042/N1057/N1059

9:00 am – 10:15 am

Thematic Overview: Health and Housing

Session 1B: Lightning Presentations

• A Point-in-Time Estimate of Client Opioid Use in a Community Mental Health Setting
• Addressing Organizational Stigma in Electronic Health Records for People Who Use Drugs
• Early Implementation of Shelter Diversion Program for Youth Experiencing Homelessness in Ottawa
• The State of Mental Health Rights Violations in Outaouais (Québec)
• The Free-Flowing Model of Faith and Spirituality: A Framework for Culturally Responsive Care 
• Between Support and Surveillance: The Care-Control Paradox in Transitional Housing for Youth
• Matrilineal Planning & Community Housing Alliances: Black–Indigenous Futures of Belonging and Care in a Time of Polycrisis
• The Promise of Community Ownership: Case Studies in collective ownership of land and property
• North American Chinatowns: Urban Perspectives on Social Coexistence
• Co‑Creating Knowledge: A Participatory Framework with Igorot (Filipino) Immigrants in Ontario

N1001

9:00 am – 10:15 am

Session 1C: Panel Presentation:From Participatory Action Research to Prioritizing Actions and Relationships – Transforming Community-based Researchers

N1002

10:15 am – 10:30 am

Morning Break

Concurrent Session 2

10:30 am - 11:45 am

Session 2A:

Panel Presentation: Connections in Precarity: Social Relationships Within Homelessness

N1001

10:30 am - 11:45 am

Session 2B:
Panel Presentation: Community Psychology in Canada at the intersection of climate change, sustainability, and social justice

N1002

10:30 am - 11:45 am

Session 2C:
Panel Presentation: About Us Without Us? Remedying Lived Expertise Exclusion With Community-Engaged Reviews of Research and Policy

BA111

10:30 am - 11:45 am

Session 2D:

Workshop Presentation: MERGED WORKSHOP HERE ELIZABETH AND FRANCOIS

BA110

11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Lunch

Science Atrium

12:45 pm - 1:45 pm

Poster Presentation Session A

Posters will be displayed for the entirety of the conference. Presenters will be available at their posters during the designated poster sessions. Please refer to Poster Session A and Poster Session B in the schedule to see which presenters will be available in each session.

• Relational Research through Indigenous Storywork: Principles and Practices
• Perceptions of Black Middle School Students' School Belonging: Exploring Related Factors and Influences
• The Role of Family Community Organizations in Shaping a Supportive Ecology Around English-Speaking Families in Quebec
• Equity in Every Cycle: Community Insights from a Menstrual Equity Pilot Program at Wilfrid Laurier University
• Preventative Care Through Psychology, Trauma and Oral Health 
• Learning Emotion Focused Therapy for Youth: Clinician Experiences Across A Two-Day Training
• Cognitive Accessibility of Health Resources
• “This is a Societal Issue Not Just a Womxn's Issue”- Addressing the Impact of Vicarious Trauma in in Womxn-Dominated Nonprofit Gender-based Violence Services
• The Perception of Mental Health Resource Accessibility Among Youth Convicted of an Offence in Canada and the United States: A Scoping Review
• Facing Climate Change in Canada
• Carrying the Past, Navigating the Present: Indigenous Youth Perspectives on Foster Care and Homelessness

Science Atrium

Concurrent Session 3

1:15 pm - 2:30 pm

Session 3A:
Panel Presentation: Solutions to Homelessness: Research on Housing First Program Adaptations

N1001

1:15 pm - 2:30 pm

Session 3B:
Panel Presentation: Advancing Social Prescribing in Canada: Evidence from Practice, Theory, and Policy

N1002

1:15 pm - 2:30 pm

Session 3C:

Workshop Presentation: Stories Across Space & Time:Reflections on Thirty Years of Community Psychology Practice in Canada, Ghana, & Trinidad and Tobago

BA110

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm

Afternoon Break

Science Atrium

Concurrent Session 4

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Session 4A:
Panel Presentation: Breaking Barriers: Community-Based Research for Disability-Inclusive Employment

N1001

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Session 4B:
Panel Presentation: Lived Expertise Engagement for Housing Justice

N1002

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Session 4C:
Workshop Presentation: Ecological praxis and the future of community psychology: strategies, competences and ways to incorporate ecological system in our practices, teaching and professional development

BA111

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Waterloo Community Organization Tabling

O:se Kenhionhata:tie Land Back Camp,

Social Development Centre Waterloo Region,

Centre for Community Based Research

Science Atrium

8:00 am – 9:00 am

Refreshments and Opening

Foyer/Science Atrium

Concurrent Session 5

9:00 am – 10:00 am

Session 5A:
Workshop Presentation: Workshopping World-Building: Abolitionist feminist pedagogical tools

BA110

9:00 am – 10:00 am

Thematic Overview:
International and Diverse Communities

Session 5B: Lightning Presentations

• Community Perspectives on Substance Use within the Caribbean population in the GTA
• An Arts-Based Process Evaluation of AFRO's Support Through the Generations Program
• Engaging Transformative Interdisciplinary and Intersectional Approaches in Community-Based Research in the African Diaspora
• Caregiver Engagement with the Culture of Sustainability at a Multicultural School
• Mental Health Experiences of International Students: The Effects of Status and Migratory Policy Change
• The Implications of Climate Change for the Learning and Development of Children and Youth Experiencing Poverty: Evidence from Educational Contexts
• Scholarship as Survival: Black Women Law Professors and Critical Interventions in Times of Crisis
• Schooling at the Margins: Anti-Racist Perspectives on Roma Youth, Exclusion, and Belonging

N1001

9:00 am – 10:00 am

Session 5C:
Panel Presentation: Studying Up and Fighting Back: Community-Engaged Research and Action Supporting People Experiencing Homelessness in St. Catharines, ON

N1002

10:00 am – 10:30 am

Morning Break

Science Atrium

Concurrent Session 6

10:30 am - 11:45 am

Session 6A:
Panel Presentation: Awareness to Action: Understanding employers' motivations for building disability confidence

N1002

10:30 am - 11:45 am

Session 6B: Panel Presentation: Working Alongside Peer Researchers for Epistemic Justice: Examples from the Research Chair on the Reduction of Social Inequalities in Health

BA110

10:30 am - 11:45 am

Session 6C:
Workshop Presentation: Opening Space for Applied Theatre in Community Research

BA111

10:30 am - 11:45 am

Thematic Overview:
Mics./Relationships and Sexual Diverse Communities

Session 6D: Lightning Presentations

• “I’m not gonna offer you 5 terms that can boil down the gender experience”: Terminology for Transgender and Gender Diverse People in Research
• How 2S/LGBTQ+ individuals experience talking about sexuality and gender with CisHet people
• Creating Affirming Spaces for Transgender and Non-Binary Individuals During In-Person Research
• Building Research Capacity in Community-Based Organizations: A case study with MAX Ottawa
• Navigating serious mental illness and the liminal space created by being a 'patient' and researcher
• Centring Survivor Voices: Intersectional Pathways to FGM/C and Mental Health Equity
• Whose Evidence Counts? Aligning Peer Support With Community-Based Research to Resist Co-optation
• Responding to Crises: What is the Value of Community-Based Research?

N1001

11:45 am - 12:45 pm

Lunch

Science Atrium

12:45 pm - 1:15 pm

Poster Presentation Session B

Posters will be displayed for the entirety of the conference. Presenters will be available at their posters during the designated poster sessions.

Please refer to Poster Session A and Poster Session B in the schedule to see which presenters will be available in each session.

• Understanding and Addressing Eco-Anxiety Among Youth: Insights from a Scoping Review and Community Psychology Perspective
• Where Community Meets Environment: Insights from a Preliminary Study of Sustainable Placemaking
• Using Community-Based Research to Kickstart Grassroots Organizing and Advocacy: A Niagara Case Study
• “I just want my kid to have a normal life”: paradoxes of care among providers and families of transgender and gender-diverse youth in Brazil
• “The world is really not built for everyone”: A qualitative investigation of suicide risk among autistic transgender and gender diverse adults and the essential role of health care providers
• Memes as Method: Exploring Alternative Tools to Engaging Youth in the Future of Sex Education
• Improving Indigenous self-government: A collaborative case study with Bǝdzı Ɂehdá First Nation

Science Atrium

Concurrent Session 7

1:15 pm -

2:30 pm

Thematic Overview: Youth/Education

Session 7A: Lightning Presentations

• Listening to Community Voices: Reframing University–Community Partnerships Through a Mixed-Methods Study in the National Capital Region
• Going beyond the transactional nature of community service-learning (CSL): Exploring relationships in community as a site of mutual learning and justice-doing
• A Narrative Review of School-Based Mental Health Interventions
• Reducing Barriers to Youth Mental Health Care Through a Brief, Community-Delivered EFFT Workshop
• Community-Driven Resistance: Reimagining Youth Justice in Challenging Times
• Identity Under Pressure

BA111

1:15 pm -

2:30 pm

Session 7B:
Panel Presentation: Newcomer Youth in Canadian Schools: Centering Voices and Building Belonging

BA110

1:15 pm -

2:30 pm

Session 7C:
Workshop Presentations: Raising critical consciousness of colonialism as First Peoples: An interactive workshop on the process and the results of a partnership study

BA112

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm

Afternoon Break

Science Atrium

2:45 pm –

4:00 pm

Collective Reflection II - World Cafe - Reinvigorating CP Network in Canada and Beyond

Leo Wilton, Rich Janzen, Geraldine Palmer

Science Atrium

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Information Session:  11th Annual International Conference of Community Psychology 

• Moshood Olanrewaju, 2026 ICCP Lagos Nigeria, Conference Chair

 Closing

Science Atrium