Chris Webster

Chris Webster received his PhD in experimental psychology from Dalhousie University in 1967. After a few years as a research scientist at the Addiction Research Foundation in Toronto (now part of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health), he moved to the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry and coordinated research and clinical programs for children with severe developmental and conduct problems. In 1975, he was appointed professor and director of the School of Child and Youth Care at the University of Victoria. Returning to Toronto in 1977, he was again appointed a research scientist at the Clarke Institute and also professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Criminology. He was also head of psychology at the Institute between 1986 and 1992. In 1993, he was appointed professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. At Simon Fraser University he is professor emeritus of psychology, and at the University of Toronto, he is professor emeritus of psychiatry.