Karen L. Blair, PhD

Karen Blair is the director of the Trent Social Relations, Attitudes and Diversity Lab in the Psychology Department at Trent University. She previously held an Associate Professorship in Psychology and a Jules Léger Research Chair in Humanities and Social Sciences at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia where she received the Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award in 2019. Dr. Blair is an adjunct member of the Department of Psychology at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, is the President of LGBTQ Psychology Canada, and Chair of the Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Issues (SOGII) Section of the Canadian Psychological Association. Dr. Blair is an accomplished and sought after public speaker for academic and public events. 

Speaking topics

 

  • COVID-19: LGBTQ Experiences, Mask Wearing Attitudes, Coping with Isolation

  • Approval & Disapproval of Romantic Relationships

  • Holocaust Education & Holocaust Study Trips

  • Incorporating Holocaust Education into University Curricula outside of the History Department

  • In-Group Discrimination within LGBTQ Communities

  • Predictors of Anti-Gay Hate Crimes & Prejudice

  • LGBTQ Health - for health professionals and trainees

  • What can mixed-sex couples learn from same-sex couples?

  • Sexual Satisfaction in diverse relationship types

  • Experiences of sexual pain in sexual minority women

  • LGBTQ Inclusive Research Methods

  • Online Research Methods

  • Crowdfunding for Academic Research

  • Technology in the Classroom

  • Health Implications of Public Displays of Affection

  • Prejudice & the 2016 US Presidential Election

  • LGBTQ Psychology

  • Collective Grief Responses to Mass Shootings (Pulse Nightclub, Pittsburgh Synagogue, Christchurch Mosques, NS Shooting)

  • Online Teaching Techniques

  • Video Abstracts

  • Green Posters & Creative Methods of Presenting Research in Poster Sessions

Upcoming Talks & workshops

  • Femmephobia 101 - Canadian Psychological Association - June 23, 2023

Past Invited talks and keynote addresses

  • March 31, 2023 - University of Guelph - Femmephobia 101

  • Keeping the Spark Alive: LGBTQ+ Relationships - Sexual Health Alliance Online Sexceptional Weekend CE Event

  • Opening Pride Gala: Texas Tech University, October 11, 2021

  • Keynote Address, International Congress of Psychology, Prague, July 2021

  • Keynote Address: New Friends for Psychology: How Interdisciplinary Collaborations and Diverse Voices can Accelerate the Process of Discovery. Interdisciplinary Conference in Psychology (ICPCIP), University of Ottawa, 2021

  • Holocaust Education Provides the Roadmap We Need for Navigating Uncertain Times. Bishop’s University Up for Debate TEDx Talk.

  • Why We Need More Research at the Nexus of Sexualities, Relationships and Families. Keynote Address at the SMF Research Symposium in Waterloo, Ontario

  • International Congress of Applied Psychology - Montreal, Quebec

  • University of Guelph Annual Sexuality Conference, Guelph, Ontario

  • StFX LGBTQ Speaker Series, Antigonish, Nova Scotia

  • Mount Allison Psychology Department Colloquium, Sackville, New Brunswick

  • University of New Brunswick Psychology Department Colloquium, Fredericton, New Brunswick

  • Acadia University Psychology Department Colloquium, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

  • LGBTQ Health Lectures for the Rankin School of Nursing, Antigonish, Nova Scotia

  • StFX Faculty of Arts Lecture Series, Antigonish, Nova Scotia

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Sexuality Colloquium

Dr. Karen Blair discusses the future of Holocaust Education in this UBishops TEDx talk for the Fall 2019 Bishop's University Up For Debate Weekend. In her talk, Dr. Blair explores what students do and do not know about the Holocaust and suggests four necessary elements of Holocaust education that will help ensure that future generations continue to understand and appreciate the full weight of the Holocaust and its universal lessons for humanity.

 

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