Emeritus and Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Mary Caravias
m.caravias@utoronto.ca
Dr. Mary Caravias joined the Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development (APHD) at OISE in 2005 as Acting Director of Clinical Training for the School and Clinical Child Psychology (SCCP) program. A graduate of OISE, she initially became involved with the program as a clinical supervisor while working as a school psychologist and maintaining a private practice.
Dr. Caravias later served as Director of Clinical Training and Clinic Director for the OISE Psychology Clinic, where she led clinical training and service delivery grounded in evidence-based practice, cultural humility, and equity-informed care. Throughout her tenure, she has been dedicated to supporting the development of future school and clinical child psychologists and fostering strong relationships with students, faculty, and staff.
Dr. Suzanne Hidi
suzanne.hidi@utoronto.ca
Dr. Hidi received her Ph.D. (Educational Psychology, OISE) in 1976 and has worked at OISE as a Research Associate and a Principal Investigator, (Center for Applied Cognitive Science). Dr. Hidi was also an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning (CTL) from 1994 until 2007, and continued her research, editing in the field and publishing. She is also a founding member of the Senior College at the University of Toronto in which she continues to participate. Based on her continued research and publications, she became an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development (APHD) and the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning (CTL).
Dr. Hidi teaches a course on motivation every year for APHD.
Dr. Lana Stermac
l.stermac@utoronto.ca
Dr. Lana Stermac is Professor of Counselling and Clinical Psychology in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at the University of Toronto. Professor Stermac’s research focuses broadly on the health and educational impacts of violence against women. She has served recently as an advisory member on the Presidential and Provostial Committee on Prevention and Response to Sexual Violence at the University of Toronto and as a member of the Expert Panel on Education and Prevention of Sexual Violence (2017). She has consulted on these topics with various agencies and is currently collaborating with scholars across Canada and internationally. Professor Stermac received the 2018 Distinguished Contributions to Women and Psychology award from the Canadian Psychological Association. Professor Stermac's research is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Dr. Judith Silver
judy.silver@utoronto.ca
Professor Judith Silver is a clinical and counselling psychologist and Associate Professor, Teaching Stream in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Prof. Silver serves as the Director of Clinical Training for the Clinical and Counselling Psychology Programs, teaching graduate practicum and internship courses, and provides clinical supervision to clinical and counselling psychology students. She also serves as the Clinic Director, Adult Services, for the OISE Psychology Clinic, our in-house training clinic.
Dr. Judith Wiener
judy.wiener@utoronto.ca
Professor Emeritus/Emerita, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development.
Judy Wiener is Professor Emerita of School and Clinical Child Psychology in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at OISE/University of Toronto. Dr. Wiener has done research on self-perceptions, family and peer relationships of children and adolescents with ADHD and learning disabilities and the efficacy of school-based and mindfulness interventions for these youth. Her primary clinical expertise is assessment and psychosocial interventions with children and adolescents with learning disabilities and ADHD, and immigrants and refugees. Dr. Wiener was previously President of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities and Chair of the Educational and School Psychology Section of the Canadian Psychological Association. She has received several teaching awards from the University of Toronto and Life Time Achievement Awards from the Canadian Psychological Association and the Section for Psychologists in Education of the Ontario Psychological Association. She has published over 100 book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals. She co-authored a book published by Springer Publishers entitled Psychological Assessment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children and Adolescents: A Practitioner’s Guide and is authoring an edited volume on family and peer relationships of children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders to be published by Springer Nature.
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Academic Positions: Professor Emerita, University of Toronto, Toronto Canada, 2018 - Present
Dr. Debby Zweig
debby.zweig@utoronto.ca
Debby Zweig is a clinical psychologist registered with the College of Psychologists of Ontario since 1985. Dr. Zweig was granted her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1984. She is also a member of the Canadian Psychological Association, the Ontario Psychological Association, the Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, and the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.
Dr. Zweig, until 2017, was a staff psychologist at Mackenzie Health Hospital’s Shaw Clinic, Child and Family Services, which she headed for 20 years until 2012. In that role, she also served as a clinical supervisor for doctoral students in clinical psychology programs. From 2012 to 2024, Dr. Zweig worked at OISE/University of Toronto, where she was a faculty member in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development and served as Director of a doctoral psychology residency training program.
