Below is a listing of Scientific Program events for the current academic year to be presented by the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society and its seven branches across Canada.
Listings for each branch are indicated by colour as follows:
- CPS – Canadian Psychoanalytic Society
- OPS – Ottawa Psychoanalytic Society
- QEB – Quebec English Branch
- SPQ – Société psychanalytique de Quebec
- SPM – Société psychanalytique de Montreal
- SWOPS – Southwestern Ontario Psychoanalytic Society
- TPS – Toronto Psychoanalytic Society
- WCPS – Western Canada Psychoanalytic Society
September 2024
September 12 – Montreal, SPM
LE “BABY TALK”, LE MEILLEUR LANGAGE AU MONDE
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September 19 – Montreal, QEB
THE CREATION OF THE SUBJECT THROUGH BABY TALK
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September 28 – Vancouver, WCPS
Bion’s Emotional Links: Love, Hate and Knowledge
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October 2024
October 16 – Toronto, TPS
Mothering Alone: A Plea for Opportunity
Hybrid Event
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October 17 – Montreal, SPM
LA PART D’OMBRE DE L’IDÉAL. RÉFLEXIONS À PARTIR D’UN CAS CLINIQUE
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October 24 – Montreal, QEB
IS ANTI-DEMOCRATIC POLITICS EQUIVALENT TO ORGANIZED CRIME? DEMOCRACY, THE RULE OF LAW’ AND PSYCHOANALYSIS
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November 2024
November 9 – Toronto, TPS
57th ATPPP Scientific Session: The Disabling Object
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November 9 – Vancouver, WCPS
The Psychomythic Dimension: Psychosexual Development and Cultural Evolution
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November 14 – Montreal, SPM
LE GENRE HUMAIN DANS TOUS SES ÉTATS: TRANSITION DE GENRE OU TRANS-SCISSION DU MOI?
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November 20 – Toronto, TPS
How We Interpret: Clinical Moments and The Modern Kleinian Model
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November 21 – Montreal, QEB
FACING LOSS: REVERSING AND DENYING THE OBJECT
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November 23 – Toronto, TPS
POLIPHONIES OF SEXUALITY AND GENDER. Confrontation with binary logic: the challenge of heterogeneity
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December 2024
December 11 – Toronto, TPS
Understanding and interpreting the patient’s dreams during psychoanalytic supervision
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December 12 – Montreal, SPM and QEB
Soirée conjointe SPM-QEB : Titre à venir
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December 12 – Montreal, QEB and SPM
QEB/SPM Joint Meeting – TBD
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January 2025
January 18 – Ottawa, OPS
Bion’s Key Concepts and Their Relevance to Clinical Work
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January 18 – Montreal, SPM
Colloque organisé par l’IPM sur le thème de La présence
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January 23 – Montreal, QEB
EXPLORING HUMAN-AI INTERACTION FROM A PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE
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January 25 – Toronto, TPS
Arnold D. Richards Discusses his Memoir, Unorthodox: My Life In and Outside of Psychoanalysis
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February 2025
February 13 – Montreal, SPM
CHOISIR, ÊTRE CHOISI. À PROPOS DE LA NOTION DE CHOIX D’OBJET EN PSYCHANALYSE.
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February 19 – Toronto, TPS
Collective Wounds and the Symbolising Crowd: Reconsidering the Social Bond
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February 20 – Montreal, QEB
Panel: LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY: DOCUMENTARY AS EXPOSURE THERAPY
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February 22 – Ottawa, OPS
Expressions of Psychopathy in the Films of Patricia Highsmith: How Social Media Contributes to the Modern Expression of Psychopathic Traits.
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March 2025
March 13 – Montreal, SPM
RÉSISTANCE, ÉCOUTE ANALYTIQUE, INTERPRÉTATION (TITRE À CONFIRMER)
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March 20 – Montreal, QEB
ANALYTIC WORK: THE ESSENTIAL AND THE ACCIDENTAL IN PSYCHOANALYSIS
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March 22 – Toronto, TPS
The Contribution of Creative Responses to the Experience of Shame in Couple Psychotherapy and Exploring the Role of Blame in Couple Relationships within the Triangular Setting of Couple Psychotherapy
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April 2025
April 10 – Montreal, SPM
CLAUDE BARAZER, PSYCHANALYSTE DE L’APF, CONFÉRENCE EN INTRODUCTION AU COLLOQUE ANNUEL DE LA SPM
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April 12 – Montreal, SPM
Colloque (public) de la SPM
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April 12 – Toronto, TPS
58th ATPPP Scientific Session: Wild Psychoanalysis
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April 17 – Montreal, QEB
THE UNPAST CORE OF DEPRESSION
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April 26 – Ottawa, OPS
Understanding the Change Process Over the Length of Analyses: A Clinical Perspective
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April 26 – Toronto, TPS
30th Annual Day in Psychoanalysis
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May 2025
May 15 – Montreal, SPM
RÉFLEXIONS SUR LA CONSCIENCE
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May 21 – Toronto, TPS
After a 45 year long journey through psychoanalysis: Where am I now?
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May 22 – Montreal, QEB
A CONFUSION OF TONGUES: THE INTERTWINING OF THE INFANTILE AND THE ADOLESCENT EROTIC
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June 2025
June 12 – Montreal, SPM
L’ANALYSE DES ENFANTS ET DES ADOLESCENTS (TITRE À VENIR)
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