On behalf of the Association of Canadian Psychology Regulatory Organizations (ACPRO), the Canadian Council of Professional Psychology Programmes (CCPPP), and the Canadian Psychological Association Accreditation Panel (the CPA Panel): The global COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on individuals, communities, our health care systems and on health providers themselves.
We, ACPRO, CCPPP, and the CPA Accreditation Panel also recognize that this pandemic has had, and continues to have, a significant impact on the operation of professional psychology training programmes, and on their faculty, staff, and students.
Attached, you will find a statement from ACPRO containing their response to licensure concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as a statement from the CCPPP and CPA Accreditation Panel regarding their responses to accreditation- and training-related concerns. With these statements, our organizations want to communicate our commitment – to the extent possible – to minimize the disruptions that the pandemic has on students’ training, on programme operations, and ultimately on the availability of competent practitioners to meet the public need for mental health services at this time, while also maintaining the highest levels of integrity in our training, licensing, and accreditation processes. We also want to reassure our stakeholders of our commitment to maintaining an open dialogue among our organizations as this situation unfolds to ensure that we continue to be responsive to all of your needs.
Should you have any questions about the content of these statements, please do not hesitate to contact us at the coordinates below.
Wishing you all good health.
Sara Hagstrom, President, CCPPP, hagstros@tbh.net
Catherine Costigan, CCPPP, costigan@uvic.ca
Karen Messer-Engel, Chair, ACPRO, registrar.skcp@sasktel.net
Stewart Madon, Registrar of Accreditation, CPA, smadon@cpa.ca