Call for nominations for the IUPsyS Executive Committee for the positions of: President-Elect and Executive Committee Members. For further information about the positions and nomination process, click here (please ignore the deadline). If you are interested in being nominated for these positions, or have any questions, you can email the Canadian IUPsyS representative, Dr. Saba Safdar, at ssafdar@uoguelph.ca.

Electronic advance voting for the 2024 CPA Board Election is officially open and will close at the Annual General Meeting on Saturday, June 22nd, 2024 at 1pm (EDT). By now, you should have received an email with voting instructions and a unique one-time use ballot pin code.

To view the complete list of candidates along with their biographical statements please visit: https://cpa.ca/elections/board-nominations/

The CPA has created a new “Psychology Works” Fact Sheet on Workplace Mental Health.

May 21, 2024

The CPA recently sent a letter of support to Senator Marty Deacon and others calling for the adoption of Bill S-269, and for banning the practice of the advertisement of gambling more generally. Today, we released a press release on the subject.

Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of preventable deaths for children in Canada and the United States. Previous research has shown that engaging in physical risk taking increases injury risk for school-age children and a positive elevated mood state is associated with greater physical risk taking by children.

In an article recently published in the Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science (CJBS), Barbara A. Morrongiello, Mackenzie Seasons, Emily Weinberger, and Caroline Zolis examined whether exposing children to framed messages about safety could reduce risk behaviors when they are in a positive elevated mood state and playing in a situation with injury risks. Read the article spotlight here.

We have made some significant changes in our Continuing Professional Development pages, which has made some old links out of date.

In order to ensure that you do not miss any of the CPA’s growing list of educational opportunities, be sure to update your bookmarks:

The CPA/APA Course Bank: Updated Monthly

Vocalmeet: Home of high-quality Canadian CE courses

Captus Press: Home of the CPA’s most popular course, “Being an Ethical Psychologist”, with Dr. Carole Sinclair

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 International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) has announced the 2024 IUPsyS Quadrennial Awards Winners. Dr. John W Berry of Canada, and a CPA Honorary Life Fellow, was awarded the Lifetime Career Award! This award honours distinguished and enduring lifetime contributions to international cooperation and advancement of knowledge in the field of psychological science.

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 eighty-fifth Annual General Meeting of the members of the Canadian Psychological Association will be held on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 1:00 pm (EST) at The Westin Ottawa, for the purposes of:

1. receiving and considering the annual report of the President and Committees of the Association, and approving the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting;
2. receiving and considering the financial statements, the report of the Auditor and any change in Membership and Affiliation Fees;
3. appointing of an Auditor;
4. election of the Board of Directors

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, on the nineteenth day of April 2024.

Lisa Votta-Bleeker, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer

Annual General Meetings and Reports

The Education and School Psychology Section is the winner of the 2024 CPA Section Newsletter Award for the Fall/Winter 2023 issue of Morning Announcements.

The BMS Insurance Liability Program is the largest program of its kind for psychology practitioners in Canada. From its market leading coverage to its broker support to its association advocacy, the program has protected CPA/CPAP members with specialized Professional Liability Insurance for over 30 years. Learn more here.

Program Highlights

The CPA has created new “Psychology Works” Fact Sheets on the Benefits of Nature Exposure and on Giftedness in Children and Youth.

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.