10th Critical Multicultural & Diversity Counselling & Psychotherapy Conference
About the Conference
Registration is now closed for the conference.
The 10th Critical Multicultural & Diversity Counselling & Psychotherapy Conference (June 20–23, 2023) aims to advance EDI (equity, diversity, inclusion) and social justice in counselling and psychotherapy in locally, nationally, and globally. The conference will provide an in-person platform for OISE faculty and students, and indeed Canadian and international scholars, students, and practitioners to share their research on cutting-edge issues related to critical multicultural and diversity issues in psychology, counselling, and psychotherapy.
The conference is hosting presentations from across several faculty at OISE (e.g., APHD, SJE), and from across the university (e.g., social work, theology), and from universities across Canada and the U.S., as well as from other countries, including India and the United Kingdom. Knowledge is mobilized in different ways, including through keynote presentations, experiential workshops, and poster sessions hosted throughout the 4-day conference. In particular, the keynote panel presentations foster connections between diverse scholars with similar research interests, each panel features discussion between the panelists about a timely and innovative multicultural and diversity topic, synthesizing knowledge across social scientific disciplines. Audience members will have the opportunity to participate in post-panel experiential seminars to engage with theory and research in more practical ways.
Sponsored by the Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development, OISE.
Event Location
Ground Floor, OISE Library
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5S 1V6
Getting to OISE
Subway
St. George subway station, Bedford Rd. exit.
Parking
Green P Parking is available underground, with access from Prince Arthur Ave.
Conference Program
The Conference Program is still being finalized.
| Time | Programme |
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| 2:00 - 2:45 Library |
Registration (coffee) |
| 2:45 - 3:00 Library |
Opening Ceremony |
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3:00 - 3:30 |
Introduction: Roy Moodley & Jenny Hui |
| 3:30 - 5:00 Library |
Critical Social Justice in Psychology: Are we truly decolonizing the discipline? Respondents: Deone Curling & Naseem Rine-Reesha |
| 5:00 – 5:45 |
Keynote Address: Edwin J. Nichols (Founder of Association of Black Psychologists) Chair: Roy Moodley |
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6:00 – 7:30 |
Reception Award Presentations to Alvin Curling & Lana Stermac |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration (coffee) | ||
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9:00 - 9:15 |
Welcome: Becky Chen |
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9:15 - 10:00 |
Decolonizing Mental Health Practices: Insights from Indigenous and Black/African Communities Chair: Becky Chen |
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10:00 - 10:45 |
Decolonizing Eurocentric Psychology & Resisting Pathology Chair: Alex Pieterse |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 | Break | ||
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
Seminar (group 1) Library |
Seminar (group 2) Room: 9-105 |
Seminar (group 3) Room: 12-199 |
| 12:00 - 12:45 |
Break and Poster Session |
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| 12:45 - 2:00 |
Honouring the Life and Legacy of Clemmont Vontress Chair: Roy Moodley |
Bereavement and Suicide: Multicultural Research and Interventions Chair: Roy Gillis |
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| 2:00 - 3:15 |
Resilience Among People of African Descent Across the Diaspora: Intervention and Considerations for Multicultural Counselling Professionals Chair: Deone Curling |
DisAppearances of DisAbled Selfhood Chair: Sophie Yohani |
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| 3:15 - 3:30 | Break | ||
| 3:30 - 5:00 |
Trauma-Informed Care in Clinical Practice Chair: Olga Oulanova |
Mental Health at Intersections of Culture, Gender, and Sexuality Chair: Rob Bedi |
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9:00 - 10:00 Parallel Papers |
Collectively Dreaming Toward Indigenized School, Clinical, and Counselling Psychology Education and Training An Invitation to the Infinity Room: Exploring Intersubjectivity, Identity, and the Right to Humanity within the Therapy Space Liberation Psychology and Social Change: An Introduction to Ignacio Martín-Baró Chair: Deone Curling |
Racial Trauma, Spirit Injury and the Deskilling of Foreign Educated Racialized Immigrant Women (FERIW) in Canada Beyond Resilience: An intersectional analysis of posttraumatic growth in the lives of immigrant, refugee and non-status people living with HIV/AIDS Romantic Relationship Satisfaction in Second-Generation South Asian Immigrants: Investigating the Role of Acculturative Stress and Attachment Chair: David Paul Smith |
Relaxation of Birth Control Policy and Its Impact on Postpartum Well-being in China A Narrative Investigation of Asexual Identity Development and Well-Being Shades among Shades: A Critical Poetics of Effeminacy Chair: J. Roy Gillis |
Let’s Get Curious Together: Fostering Autistic Mental Health and Well-Being Interactive Experiential Workshop Kai Forcey-Rodriguez |
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| 10:00 - 10:15 | Break | ||||
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10:15 - 11:30 |
Cultural Competence in Counselling a Multi-Ethnic, Pluralistic, and Linguistically Diverse Population Chair: Anusha Kassan |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony (Dr. Edwin J. Nichols) Interviewing Dr. Edwin Nichols
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| 12:30 - 1:00 Library |
Break and Poster Session |
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| 1:00 - 2:15 |
Telling the Story of the Self: Wisdom, and Blindness as Culture Chair: Carla Grey |
Cultural Humility and Competency in Psychotherapy Chair: David Paul Smith |
Culturally Competent Moments in Psychotherapy: An Experiential Workshop Chair: Ellie Gutowski |
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| 2:15 - 2:30 | Break | ||||
| 2:30 - 3:45 |
Beyond Interracial and International: Celebrating Interracial Relationships and Families in Canada and the United States Chair: Roy Moodley |
The Impact of COVID-19 on African/Black People's Mental Health Race, Animality and Violence in Fanon and Coetzee Chair: Andre Marseille |
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| 3:45 - 4:00 | Break | ||||
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4:00 - 5:00 Parallel Papers |
Privileging Clients’ Phenomenological & Subjective Experience of Identity Healing Beyond Description – Undoing Fragmentation in Multicultural Counselling & Psychotherapy Cultural & Spiritual Meanings of a Harmony-Seeking Self: Implications for Counselling People of Indigenous and Diverse Ethnic Backgrounds Chair: Olga Oulanova |
Creating Circles of Belonging Shauna Moore |
Self-Care Practices & Motives in Practicing Therapists The Rashomon Effect and Social Identity in the Clinic Chair: Ellie Gutowski |
Beyond Black Lives Matter: Exploring Cultural Responsivity with Adolescent Sexual Offending Elizabeth Evans & Lisa Bertin- |
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| Time | Programme | ||||
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9:00 - 9:15 |
Welcome: Abby Goldstein |
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| 9:15 - 10:30 Library |
African Traditional Healing Practices & Energy Healing Chair: Alex Pieterse |
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10:30 - 11:45 |
East Asian and South Asian Traditional Healing Practices Chair: Marguerite Lengyell |
Awareness and Compassion in Action: A Contemplative Solution for Promoting Trust and Accessibility in Psychotherapy Chair: Deone Curling |
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11:45 - 12:00 |
Break | ||||
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Seminar (group 1) Library |
Seminar (group 2) Room: 9-105 |
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| 1:00 - 1:30 | Break | ||||
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1:30 - 2:30 Parallel Papers |
Enhancing Psychotherapists’ Awareness of Privilege Chair: Roy Moodley |
When Yoga Met Psychotherapy Room: 9-105 |
De-Stigmatizing Mental Health within the Canadian Somali Diaspora Unveiling the Mental Health Impacts of Gendered Islamophobic Violence on Canadian Muslim Women Chair: Anusha Kassan |
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| 2:30 - 2:45 | Break | ||||
| 2:45 - 4:00 |
Inclusivity and Anti-Racism in Healthcare: From Clinics to Communities and Beyond Chair: Rob Bedi |
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