Glenn Brimacombe is the CPA’s Director of Policy and Public Affairs, and a registered lobbyist. Glenn advocates for mental health funding and parity (to get mental health coverage on par with physical health coverage), and joins the CPA podcast Mind Full with some ideas about how to keep mental health at the forefront of the issues as an election looms.
Podcasts and Profiles

A full list of the 2025 Fellow & Award recipients can be found on the CPA Awards page.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!

In January 2025, the Federal Minister of Health issued a letter of interpretation on the Canada Health Act that identified certain regulated professions (nurse practitioners, midwives and pharmacists) as providing “physician equivalent services” and should be publicly insured by the provinces and territories. However, psychology was specifically not recognized, see CPA’s response.

CPA2025 will take place from June 12-14, 2025, at the St. John’s Conference Centre in St. John’s, NL. Pre-convention Professional Development Workshops to take place on June 11^th. This is an event not to be missed!

CPA Student Affiliates who identify as Indigenous can obtain a registration fee waiver if registering by June 3rd.

(http://convention.cpa.ca/registration/)

Knowing that a federal election is around the corner, the CPA recognizes the importance and need to continue to invest in our collective mental health; which brings with it a number of health, social and economic dividends that benefit individuals, families, communities and the country as a whole. With the objective of contributing to the country’s public policy-making when it comes to mental health, the CPA has developed a policy primer entitled The Federal Government & Mental Health Policy…Preparing for the Next Federal Election. The CPA has focused on a select number of policy issues where the federal government can play a strong leadership role: (1) improving and expanding publicly funded access to psychological services; (2) improving employer-based coverage for psychological services; (3) increasing the number of practicing clinical psychologists, and (4) increasing investment in psychological research.

The CPA has created new “Psychology Works” Fact Sheets on Narcissism and on Family Building for Gender Diverse Individuals.

Narcissism – PDF | HTML
Family Building for Gender Diverse Individuals – PDF | HTML

You can find all of our “Psychology Works” Fact Sheets here

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We look forward to supporting, promoting, and advocating for you in 2025.

The Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) released it 3^rd annual mental health-substance use health report card. It is clear that there remains a gap between what the people of Canada expect from their governments and what they are delivering. More must be done to ensure people in need of support for their mental health and substance use health get the care they need, when they need it. See news release and survey.

While completing her psychology PhD, Sommer Knight is busy putting everything she learns to use. She co-hosts a radio show and has now written a children’s book to advance the conversation about mental health in Black families and Black communities. She joins the CPA podcast Mind Full to talk about Today is a Rainy Day.

Podcasts and Profiles

The CPA has signed a statement published by the GPA, Democratic Systems and Psychological Science: A Collective Statement and Call to Action. The members of the GPA have recognized the profound impact of social and political determinants on mental health and call upon psychologists worldwide to advocate for the protection and promotion of democratic systems as a means to enhance health globally.

The Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH), of which the CPA is a founding member, released a report Take the Money and Run which reviews how the provinces and territories are spending the $25 billion that was part of the 2023 ten-year health agreements with the federal government. The report notes that while the provinces and territories have taken the money, many of them need to up their game in terms of investing these resources to improve timely access to mental health and substance use health care services. See the news release and report.

The purpose of this program is to encourage and support Indigenous (Inuit, First Nations, or Métis) students entering psychology undergraduate and graduate programs in Canadian universities. This is an academic merit-based award that also takes into consideration life factors such as motivation to excel in the field of psychology and level of need in overcoming barriers to attending university. Application requirements include: official transcript, CV or resume, personal statement, and one letter of support. Recipients of the bursary will be required to be CPA student affiliates in good standing for the duration of the bursary.

Deadline for applications is November 28th.

Click here to apply: https://cpa.ca/machform/view.php?id=93738

Click here for full instructions: https://cpa.ca/docs/File/Funding/Indigenous_Student_Award_Instructions-EN-NOV2024.pdf

The Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology (CJEP) / Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale is issuing an open call for special issue proposals, to be considered with three deadlines per year by the senior editorial team—September 15, December 31, and June 15. We invite you to send your proposal.

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