1st canadian conference on positive psychology capp
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Close to 300 people filled the Isabel Bader Theatre at the inaugural
conference of The Canadian Positive Psychology Association on
July 20 and 21 in Toronto
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The conference was held at the historic Victoria College, a unit
of the University of Toronto – a beautiful oasis within the hustle
and bustle of Toronto’s downtown.
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CPPA board member
and Conference Chair,
Lisa Sansom welcomes
the delegates the first
morning of the
conference.
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CPPA President, Louisa Jewell welcomes the crowd and
introduces Dr. Bob Vallerand
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Dr. Bob Vallerand, President of the International Positive
Psychology Association, delivered the first morning’s keynote
address in which he summarized his research on passion.
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An internationally renowned expert in appreciative inquiry, Maureen
McKenna helped make the conference an interactive event by, for
example, organizing a dream wall on which delegates wrote their visions
of the future of positive psychology in Canada.
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Our ever-present conference volunteers wearing bright green shirts
helped delegates register, find rooms, keep sessions on time, and
generally make the conference an overwhelming success.
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Surpassing our wildest expectations, the inaugural
conference brought delegates from around the world
including India, UK, Australia, Africa and Asia!
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Richard Miller, a former Wall Street investment banker who now runs
a London-based consulting firm, presented an enlightening talk on
wellbeing and the creative economy.
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Louis Alloro, one of the first graduates of the Masters of Applied
Positive Psychology Program at the University of Pennsylvania,
discussed his work on using positive psychology to help develop
leaders into change agents.
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In addition to global experts, the conference featured a small number
of promising students discussing their research in positive psychology.
Here, Sarah Bassett, a student from the University of Kansas studies
her notes before delivering a talk on happiness in pre-teen girls.
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Daniel Bowling, a Senior
Lecturing Fellow at Duke Law
School and a Visiting Scholar at
the University of Pennsylvania
Positive Psychology Center,
discussed the question of
whether happy lawyers make
better lawyers?
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Conference participants in discussion mode during one of the sessions
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Canadian Certified Counsellor Lara Cross answers the question
‘Where did theory come from?’ in her presentation on theoretical
perspectives in contemporary positive psychology
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Lunch continued our interactive theme. Groups made up of
attendees with shared interests were asked to discuss positive
psychology topics amongst each other.
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CPPA Board member, Dr. Greg Evans ponders a question from the
audience during his presentation on the success of the Applied
Positive Psychology Program
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Dr. Kate Hefferon, who runs the MSc. Program in Applied Positive
Psychology at the University of East London discussed the overlooked
role of the body in positive psychology
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The duo of Jan Sparrow and Scott Asalone explained how
positive psychology can be used to foster high performance teams
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CPPA honorary board member and co-founder of positive clinical
psychology, Dr. Tayyab Rashid enjoys some give-and-take with the
audience during his session on positive psychology interventions
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Dr. Itai Ivtzan, from the University of East London speaks with
delegates after his presentation on how mindfulness meditation
impacts the gap between people’s actual and ideal selves.
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The morning keynote address on the second day was delivered by Dr.
Gary Latham from the University of Toronto. Dr. Latham had the
audience members on the edge of their seats during his presentation on
unconscious processes in goal setting.
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One of the world’s leading experts on eudaimonic well-being,
CPPA board member Dr. Veronika Huta explained where the field
needs to go in the future.
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It’s standing room only before Louisa Jewell
and Shannon Polly’s session on building resilience
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Skyping in from the U.K. where he was covering the summer Olympics
for CTV, Dr. Greg Wells delivered the closing keynote address
on the topic of achieving peak performance.
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Conference participants enjoying some social time at our cocktail
hour at the end of the day
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CPPA board member, Dr. Tami
Kulbatski gives out raffle prizes during
the cocktail hour.
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We did it! At the end of the
conference CPPA President
Louisa Jewell holds up her
arms in celebration. The
inaugural CPPA conference
was an over-the-top success!
We’re looking forward to the
next conference which will
be held in Ottawa
July 16th to 18th, 2014!