REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR THE
FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY IN CANADA CONFERENCE
APRIL 25-27, 2017, AT CARLETON UNIVERSITY
The Forensic Psychology Research Centre (http://carleton.ca/fprc/) at Carleton University is hosting a conference! The conference will bring together faculty and students from Canadian universities as well as people from various agencies (e.g., police, forensic, correctional); foster enthusiasm, cohesion, and collaboration; and showcase and celebrate Canadian contributions to forensic psychology in the year of Canada’s 150th and Carleton’s 75th anniversaries. We hope you will join us!
THE PROGRAM SO FAR:
Pre-Conference Workshop (April 25)
- Adelle Forth: Clinical and Forensic Applications of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)
Conference (April 26-27)
Wednesday April 26
- Plenary 1: Mark Olver from the University of Saskatchewan will speak about issues in risk assessment with indigenous forensic populations
- Symposia and paper presentations
- Plenary 2: Zoe Hilton from Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care will speak about domestic violence risk assessment
- Poster presentations
Thursday April 27
- Plenary 3: Angela Book from Brock University will speak about psychopaths as social predators
- Symposia and paper presentations
- Plenary 4: Paul Gendreau from the University of New Brunswick will speak about prisons
Click on the link to register: http://forms.carleton.ca/conferences/forensic-psychology-in-canada-conference/
- Pre-conference workshop (April 25): $200 ($100 for full-time students)
- Plenaries, symposia, papers, and posters (April 26-27): $50 ($25 for full-time students)
Registration closes April 14
Funding for the conference provided by
- Connection Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
- Department of Psychology, Carleton University http://carleton.ca/psychology/
- Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Carleton University https://carleton.ca/fass/
- Office of the Vice President (Research and International), Carleton University http://carleton.ca/about/university-executive/the-vice-president-research-and-international/
- Department of University Communications, Carleton University http://newsroom.carleton.ca/about/
- Pearson Canada http://www.pearsoncanada.ca/
For more information, contact Kevin Nunes, Director of the Forensic Psychology Research Centre kevin.nunes@carleton.ca