{"id":21478,"date":"2026-04-23T10:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/?p=21478"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:03:15","slug":"elections-to-cpbaos-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/elections-to-cpbaos-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Elections to CPBAO&rsquo;s Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2500\" src=\"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Voter-Turnout-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Voter-Turnout-2.png 2500w, https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Voter-Turnout-2-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Voter-Turnout-2-1600x1600.png 1600w, https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Voter-Turnout-2-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Voter-Turnout-2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Voter-Turnout-2-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Voter-Turnout-2-2048x2048.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Elections to CPBAO\u2019s Board were held on March 31, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following candidates were elected: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Andrew Bonner, <\/strong>Ph.D., R.B.A. (Ont.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sonya Dhillon, <\/strong>Ph.D., C.Psych.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>David Gold, <\/strong>Ph.D., C.Psych.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to a change in circumstances, Dr. Gold will no longer be able to serve on the Board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Kofi Belfon<\/strong>, Ph.D., C.Psych., who received the next highest number of votes in the election, has been elected to the Board and has accepted the position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank all candidates who put their names forward for their time, dedication, and enthusiasm to serve on the Board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also thank all registrants who took the time to participate in the voting process. This year, <strong>35% of registrants voted<\/strong>! Your engagement plays an important role in shaping the governance of the professions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term of office for these Board Members begins on June 19, 2026, and continues until the first Board meeting following the 2029 elections. CPBAO\u2019s next Board meeting is on <strong>Friday, June 19, 2026<\/strong>. Please check the <a href=\"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/about-cpbao\/board\/board-meetings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Board Meetings page<\/a> closer to the date for meeting materials and the livestream.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elections to CPBAO\u2019s Board were held on March 31, 2026. The following candidates were elected: Due to a change in circumstances, Dr. Gold will no longer be able to serve on the Board. Dr. Kofi Belfon, Ph.D., C.Psych., who received the next highest number of votes in the election, has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"headlines_issue":[679],"class_list":["post-21478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","headlines_issue-april-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21478"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21776,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21478\/revisions\/21776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21478"},{"taxonomy":"headlines_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/headlines_issue?post=21478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}