Gina Wong (Yuk Tsing 黃玉清) is a second generation Canadian Chinese Canadian Cisgender (she/they) psychologist.  She was born in Montreal, Quebec and currently resides in Alberta. From a young age, Gina was fascinated about relationships and people. This interest inspired them to complete an MSc in Human Ecology & Family Practice, and then a Ph.D. in Counselling Psychology at the University of Alberta (2002). Gina became a Registered Psychologist in Alberta in 2003. That same year, they began an academic career in the Graduate Centre for Applied Psychology at Athabasca University as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Full Professor in 2019. She was Program Chair in the Graduate Centre for Applied Psychology for two years over the COVID-19. She also qualified as a Perinatal Mental Health Forensic Expert in 2019 in the Nunavut Court of Justice in Iqaluit, Canada.​​​

 

Gina is a proud recipient of awards such as the: 2024 Canadian Psychological Association Award for Public Community Service, Human Rights, and Social Justice; the 2023 Psychologists’ Association of Alberta ‘Media Award’ for bringing Asian mental health to the forefront of provincial and national media outlets. In 2022, she was honoured with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association Leadership Award for her work in racial justice and perinatal mental health; as well as the 2022 Psychologist of the Year from the  Psychologists' Association of Alberta