Students play an active role in the CPA’s infrastructure:
- sitting on the CPA’s Board of Directors
- being a member of a CPA Committee
- serving on the Executive of the Section for Students
- serving as Editor for the Students’ publication (MindPad)
- creating the Student Section Newsletter
- submitting articles to the CPA’s quarterly magazine (Psynopsis) and student publications
- serving as a Campus Representative
- developing and running programs for students such as the Student Mentorship program
- developing resources for students
- being an active member in one of the CPA’s other Sections
- contributing to the CPA’s annual national convention program – just to name a few.
As one of the CPA’s 32 Sections, the Section for Students in Psychology crosses all section boundaries and provides a forum in which students may learn from each other and begin to prepare for their careers in psychology. The principal objective of the Student Section is to help students participate within the CPA. The Section provides a forum in which students can learn from each other, more fully experience their postsecondary and postgraduate journeys, and begin to prepare for their careers in psychology. It recognizes the need to have a strong voice in the psychological community and thus sustains communication between students in psychology across the country.
Find out more about the Section for Students.
Student News
Congratulations to the Recipients of the 2023 Leadership Grant sponsored by BMS towards training, practice or leadership-focussed development (e.g., registration in course/workshop, conference, rationalized activities) in all areas of psychology;
– Amy MacQuarrie, University of New Brunswick Saint John
– Kaitlyn Mahon, Memorial University
The CPA is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Student Research Grants. These grants recognize exceptional student research in all areas of psychology. This year, grants were provided by the CPA, jointly by the CPA and CSBBCS, and by BMS Canada.
A full list of this year’s recipients can be found here.
The CPA Convention Handbook is a guide to our Annual National Convention. This guide provides helpful tips on preparing for your Convention experience, highlights student-specific programs, events, and resources available at the Convention, offers a tool to help you plan your Convention schedule, and informs you of local sights and attractions not to be missed during your stay in Ottawa.
The CPA would like to congratulate the recipients of the 2023 Indigenous Student Award, which recognizes excellent Indigenous students in the field of psychology;
– Trinity Stephens
– Maureen Plante
– Malcolm Disbrowe
– Brittany Pratt
For more information about this Award, please visit the posting on the Funding page.
Dear Students,
We are very happy to distribute the Fall Newsletter of the CPA Section for Students. CPA Student Newsletter, Fall 2023
Kind regards,
The CPA Student Section Executive Team
Student Spotlight
Marjolaine Rivest-Beauregard and Justine Fortin
Montréal psychology students Marjolaine Rivest-Beauregard and Justine Fortin created the podcast Sors de ma tête to combat disinformation and to make science accessible for non-scientists toward the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. They joined the CPA podcast Mind Full to discuss their work, which has branched out a little bit as they get ready to launch their third season.