Chair: |
Jennifer Veitch |
Members: |
Gary Latham Lindsay McCunn Saba Safdar Don Saklofske Josephine Tan TBD – CPA Board Liaison to IRC Lauren Thompson – CPA Staff |
Purpose: |
The International Relations Committee is a CPA Management Committee that reports to the CEO, who provides updates to the Board. |
Goals: |
Promote an international perspective within Canadian psychology.
Actively encourage the use of psychological knowledge internationally. |
Webpage: |
https://cpa.ca/aboutcpa/committees/internationalrelations/ |
Contact: |
science@cpa.ca |
Terms of Reference
- Terms of Reference: International Relations Committee (IRC)
- Terms of Reference: Canadian National Panel for the International Union of Psychological Science: A Body under the CPA International Relations Committee (CNP-IUPsyS) .
Accountability
The International Relations Committee reports to the Board of Directors through the Committee Chair. The Chair is appointed from the members of the Committee and on the recommendation of the Committee by the CPA President.
Membership
Membership on the International Relations Committee (ICR) shall consist of at least eleven persons: the Chair (appointed by the Board), a Board member who is designated as its representative to the committee, plus nine members each of whom serve for terms of three-years, rotating so that one-third of their membership is reconstituted each year. Terms of members may be renewable once.
Responsibilities of Committee Members
The IRC members are responsible for pursuing the vision and terms of reference of the Committee. To this effect, members participate in all discussions pertaining to the work of the Committee and work on projects or issues brought forward by the Committee, the Board of Directors, the sections, national and international bodies and CPA members as appropriate.
Membership Term
Membership on the Committee shall be reviewed annually and reconstituted at its annual meetings. All Committee meetings shall be open to CPA members. If not otherwise members of the ICR, elected Canadian delegates to the General Assembly of the International Union of Psychological Science shall be regarded as ex-officio members of the ICR for the duration of their term of office.
Meetings and Reporting
The IRC reports to the CPA Board on all matters conducted on its behalf. The Committee meets annually at the CPA Convention. Meetings are minuted. The Committee reports to the CPA membership through the Committee’s Annual Report to the Annual General Meeting and other available CPA communications vehicles and to the Board of Directors through a report to each Board meeting and to the President on an as needed basis.