Chair: |
Lauren Thompson (CPA Staff) |
Members: |
Sean Kidd Lindie Liang Andrea Howard Audrey Brassard Shahnaz Winer Chris Dabbs Lindsay McCunn Lisa Hawke Valery Chirkov Ping Ying Choo (Student Member) Annie Roy-Charland Donald Saklofske Debra Titone Ben Dyson Vina Goghari (Board Laison) |
Purpose: |
The Scientific Affairs Committee’s purpose is to advance psychological science by working on matters of importance to the psychological research community, CPA members and affiliates, and groups of researchers. It is also responsible for the policies and practices of the CPA’s journals and other publications. |
Goals: |
To promote scientific values and to advocate for and protect academic freedom.
To work to increase research funding in general and to increase research funding in post-secondary institutions. To promote a synergy between research, education/training, and practice and between different areas of psychological research. To promote publications of high-quality research and scholarship in psychology. To provide advice to the Board in support of its decision-making about policies and practices related to science and the CPA’s journals and other publications. To provide advice and support to the Editors and Managing Editor of the CPA’s journals. |
Webpage: |
https://cpa.ca/aboutcpa/committees/scientificaffairs/ |
Contact: |
science@cpa.ca |
Read the full Terms of Reference here.