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Welcome to the Predoctoral Residency Program in Clinical Psychology at The Royal (Royal Ottawa Health Care Group). The Royal has a long history of offering high quality, accredited Psychology residency training across its various clinical programs.
The Royal’s residency program has evolved from a consortium with The Rehabilitation Centre (until 2005) and was accredited by the Canadian and American Psychological Associations (CPA and APA) in 2006 to span the period of 2005 (its inception) to 2013. A CPA accreditation site visit occurred in the summer of 2013. CPA re-accreditation was granted for a period of seven years from 2012-13 until 2019-2020. In the fall of 2019, we entered the CPA re-accreditation cycle. A site visit was scheduled for spring 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A virtual site visit was completed in January 2021. In June 2021, The Royal received formal notification from CPA that the residency program secured a six-year reaccreditation term from 2020-21 to 2026-27.
For more information on CPA accreditation, please contact the accreditation office. The CPA head office is located at 141 Laurier Avenue West, Suite 702, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5J3.
Please review this site for an overview of our program, the application procedure, and frequently asked questions. If after your review you have further questions, please feel free to contact me at philip.grandia@theroyal.ca or contact our program coordinator at 1-613-722-6521 ext. 7135.
Thank you for your interest in our program.
Philip Grandia, Ph.D., C. Psych.
Director of Training (on behalf of the Training Committee)
Land acknowledgement
The Royal is located on the traditional territories of the Algonquin Anishinabe, Wendat, Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee Nation, and Mohawk nations.
Members of the Psychology Training Committee
Philip Grandia, Ph.D., C.Psych. - Director of Training
Jacky Chan, Ph.D., C.Psych. – Assistant Director of Training
Jessie Lund, Ph.D., C.Psych. – Training Committee Representative
Jonah Nadler, PsyD., C.Psych. -Training Committee Representative
Psychology Residents – Training Committee Resident Representatives
Kelsey Collimore, Ph.D., C.Psych. – (Psychology Professional Practice Leader, Ex-Officio member)
Overview
The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre (ROMHC; hereafter The Royal) provides a full range of mental health services to the residents of the Champlain region and other areas of Eastern Ontario, Western Quebec, and Nunavut.
Services and training opportunities are available across The Royal’s three campuses, including the main campus (Ottawa), Carlingwood, and the Brockville Mental Health Centre (BMHC). The Royal provides generalist predoctoral training in a tertiary mental health care setting. The residency program adheres to the scientist-practitioner model of training and practice.
EDII mission statement:
With humility, we acknowledge psychology’s contributions to systemic oppression and inequity. We commit to developing an understanding of our role in discrimination and to identifying and eliminating barriers to training by educating our psychology residents and faculty about equity, diversity, inclusion and indigeneity. Furthermore, we pledge to take meaningful action as we strive for social justice in all aspects of psychology student and resident training.
The Royal’s residency program uses a multi-track system.
For the 2025-26 residency year, The Royal is offering three unique tracks with one position available (a total of three positions).
Applicants are welcome to apply to as many tracks as they would like, indicating their tracks of interest in one cover letter (please do not include your rank order preference of tracks). All positions in The Royal’s psychology residency program are filled in accordance with the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers' (APPIC) process and policies. Our residency program agrees to abide by the APPIC policy that no person at this training facility will solicit, accept, or use ranking-related information from any applicant.
The Royal is welcoming applications to the following three tracks for the 2025-2026 residency year:
- Operational Stress Injury Clinic (APPIC Number 183911): 1 position
- Community Mental Health Program (APPIC Number 183912): 1 position
- Mood and Anxiety Program (APPIC Number 183914): 1 position
Please see the application procedure section below or the brochure for details regarding how to apply to The Royal’s residency program.
NOTE: Our residency program will be using NMS Interview to facilitate the process of scheduling interview activities. Interview notifications and scheduling will begin shortly after 11 a.m. EST on Friday, December 6. Please watch for email(s) related to interview notifications and scheduling at that time.
*Applicant interviews will be between January 13 – 24, 2025.
2025-2026 brochure
The 2025-2026 brochure is available here.
Content
Application Procedure
List of Rotations
Stipend & Benefits
Public Disclosure Table
Frequently Asked Questions
Meet our newest residents!