Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne, Vol 67(2), May 2026, 170-179; doi:10.1037/cap0000471
It is an honour to receive the Gold Medal from the Canadian Psychological Association for distinguished lifetime contributions to Canadian psychology. One of my important career goals has been to have a positive impact on people’s sexual well-being. It is important to enhance our understanding of sexual well-being both because high sexual well-being is important to people and because it has been shown to be associated with a range of positive sexual, relationship, and mental health outcomes. In this article, I offer some reflections on my 46-year academic career and in retirement. My reflections include a summary of some of my key contributions related to sexual well-being, including identifying a number of findings we found surprising. They also include key aspects of my journey as well as important things I have learned along the way that might be useful to graduate students and early career scholars with respect to maintaining a work–life balance and a happy transition to retirement. I also point to threats to sexual well-being arising from the sociopolitical context. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)