The Canadian Psychological Association would like to thank
the American Psychological Association for generously granting permission to CPA to
reprint sections of their documents Advancing the Science: A Psychologist’s Guide
to Advocacy and The Federal Advocacy Handbook: A Guide to Grassroots Lobbying. In
addition, CPA is also indebted to the Canadian Consortium for Research and the Health
Action Lobby upon whose documents some of this material is based. Finally, CPA would like
to thank the Canadian Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, the Council of
Canadian Departments of Psychology, and the Council of Provincial Associations of
Psychologists for their financial and editorial support of this project. To everyone who
reviewed earlier drafts of this manuscript and offered comments and suggestions. Thank
you.
