Join us for a conversation with Dr. Peter Suedfeld, a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of British Columbia.
On November 9–10, 1938, Nazi leaders unleashed a series of pogroms against the Jewish population in Germany and recently invaded territories. This event came to be called Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass) because of the shattered glass that littered the streets after the vandalism and destruction of Jewish-owned businesses, synagogues, and homes.
Dr. Suedfeld’s research focuses on the strengths of people as they cope during and after experiencing extreme, unusual, challenging, and traumatic events and environments. He has also engaged in a series of studies on survivors of genocide and persecution. Peter has received many awards, among them the Canadian Psychological Society’s Donald O. Hebb Award, its highest award for distinguished scientific contributions, as well as the Society’s Gold Medal for distinguished and enduring lifetime contributions to Canadian psychology. In 2016, Peter was awarded the Canadian Honours Polar Medal. He was also invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada for his groundbreaking research on the psychological impacts of extreme environments.
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