On behalf of the Southern Alberta Chapter of the Canadian College of Health Leaders, we invite you to join us for our upcoming Virtual Annual General Meeting.
When: May 26, 2026, at 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Mountain Time
Leadership Under Pressure: A Psychiatrist’s Perspective
Health leaders are expected to bring clarity and stability in complex, high pressure environments. Few conversations focus on what that pressure does to leaders themselves. In this compelling session, Dr. Kaitlin Chivers-Wilson offers a rare inside look at the science of leadership under sustained stress. Drawing on her work as a trauma psychiatrist and medical director within Alberta’s health system, Dr. Chivers-Wilson explores how chronic organizational stress shapes decision making, communication, and behaviour.
She introduces the concepts of moral injury and sanctuary trauma and highlights the unique role leaders can play in interrupting these cycles. Grounded in neuroscience and lived experience, this session invites leaders to reflect on how their internal state influences the environments they lead. Attendees will gain practical insights to lead with greater awareness, resilience, and sustainability.
Featured Speaker:
Dr Kaitlin Chivers-Wilson MD, MSc, FRCPC
Dr. Chivers- Wilson is a Medical Director of the Carewest Operational Stress Injury Clinic, where she leads an interdisciplinary team providing care to Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans and RCMP with complex trauma-related conditions. She has worked as a Consulting Psychiatrist here for the past decade, bringing a clinical perspective on occupational trauma to her leadership work. Her practice is grounded in a trauma-informed approach and spans both psychopharmacology and evidence-based psychotherapies, with a focus on stress-related disorders and workplace mental health.
Dr. Chivers-Wilson holds a Master’s degree in psychiatry from the University of Alberta, where her research examined neuroendocrine responses to trauma. She has presented and published in the areas of traumatic stress, mood disorders, neuromodulation, and occupational psychiatry, and has delivered invited addresses for Veterans Affairs Canada, the RCMP, Bell Let’s Talk Day, and health system leaders across Alberta. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine, where she is involved in teaching, research, program development, and resident supervision. She also serves on the Provincial Practice Supports Accreditation Committee for Recovery Alberta.
Fees: $5.00
