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Dr. Hill is a Registered Psychologist in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with practice in the areas of Clinical and Forensic Psychology. He earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from Pacific University in Oregon and completed his predoctoral internship at Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Florida. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in forensic psychology at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in British Columbia, in partnership with Simon Fraser University. He has provided expert testimony in the Provincial Court and Court of Queen’s Bench in Manitoba, as well as Criminal Code Review Board hearings in Manitoba and British Columbia. Dr. Hill’s areas of expertise include fitness to stand trial evaluations, criminal responsibility assessments, violence risk assessments, psychopathy, and malingering. Dr. Hill specializes in conducting forensic psychological assessments for lawyers, individuals, and organizations involved in the legal system in criminal or civil proceedings.

In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Hill is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Health Psychology at the University of Manitoba. This role includes providing teaching to psychology and psychiatry residents, along with clinical supervision of psychology residents. Dr. Hill’s research interests include malingering, forensic psychology practice issues, violence risk assessment, and forensic mental health systems. He has been involved in several grant funded research projects and has published research in peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Hill is also actively involved in service and advocacy activities in provincial and national organizations. He is a member of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Criminal Justice Task Force, which authored a position paper to advocate for changes to the Criminal Code of Canada to include psychologists in fitness to stand trial and criminal responsibility assessments. He has presented at national and international conferences on advocating for forensic psychologists. He is a co-chair of an oversight committee related to mental health court and forensic mental health services in Manitoba. In addition, he serves on the board of the Manitoba Psychological Society and the executive of the Criminal Justice Section of CPA.