lation of the counselling profession in New Brunswick. Our Quebec Anglophone Direc- tor, Kiraz Johannsen, is taking the ethics and record keeping course provided by the Order of Psychologists and is organizing a work group to support CCPA members in the psychotherapy application process.
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• Speaking of directors, our Ontario Franco- phone Director, Verdiane Bukumi has just returned from Burundi, East Africa where she was promoting mental health. Tracy Duffy, Director from Newfoundland, recently presented at the Newfoundland and Lab- rador Psychology and Counselling Associa- tion (NLPCA) conference on Compassion Fatigue in the Workplace. Margie Cain from PEI is committing her time to the Indigenous Circle Chapter, the Awards Committee, and the Northern Initiative project. Beth Robin- son has been the voice of CCPA on two radio shows in Nova Scotia, one on the role of CCPA counsellors in the aftermath of natural and manmade disasters and the other on ad- dressing the mental health needs of chil- dren and youth in Nova Scotia. Kim Landine from New Brunswick has put her energies into student rep recruitment and serving as the Career Counsellors Chapter liaison and working with the Awards Committee in developing and reviewing the current status of our CCPA awards.
• Heading west, Miriam Duff, director for Manitoba/Nunavut has been supporting the newly formed Manitoba Chapter and fa- cilitating the Northern Initiative’s outreach work to our members in the north. Gisèle Lalonde, Director in Saskatchewan, is busy connecting with students at the Univer-
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sity of Saskatchewan and the University of Regina while serving as the School Counsel- lors Chapter liaison. In Alberta/NWT, Sara Holland led the Awards committee through the process of creating the new Indigenous Practice Award. Natasha Caverley, President- Elect, is discussing with Anne Marshall (Lo- cal Organizing Chair for the 2014 CCPA Con- ference) regarding what is locally needed to put on an excellent conference in Victoria.
• Don’t forget that CCPA, in partnership with the Université de Moncton, is holding the second research conference at l’Université de Moncton in Moncton, NB, on February 28 and March 1, 2014. (
http://ccpa-accp.ca/research/index.html)
While CCPA continues to grow in member- ship, it remains your professional home and endeavours to maintain close relationships with its members. CCPA embraces a commit- ment to provide service to our members and advocacy for the profession. CCPA is your voice so please keep in touch and let us know how we are doing!
I look forward to meeting many of you in lovely Victoria, BC for CCPA’s Annual Confer- ence. For the first time, we will be partner- ing with the International Association for Counselling (IAC) to host the IAC Conference 2014, taking place May 3-7, 2014 in Victo- ria, BC. Following the IAC 2014 Conference, CCPA will be hosting the CCPA 2014 Annual Conference from May 7 to 9, 2014. Hope to see you there!
Blythe Shepard President, CCPA
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