Canadian Psychoanalytic Society Elects President

Andrew Brook, chancellor’s professor of philosophy, has been selected as president-elect of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society. Dr. Brook is the only person to be both president of this society and of the Canadian Philosophical Association.

The Canadian Psychoanalytic Society is the national organization of psychoanalysts in or from Canada who are members of and thereby licensed by the International Psychoanalytic Association. The IPA was founded by the British members of Freud’s group in 1910. Most Canadian psychoanalysts are physicians or clinical psychologists. Some are social workers and a small number are members of faculty in the humanities and social sciences. 

The president-elect is selected by National Council every two years according to a complex formula designed to ensure that both official languages and all regions are represented over the space of a number of years. The term is two years as president-elect, two years as president, and two years as past-president.