Students

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Mind Pad
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Students play an active role in the CPA’s infrastructure:

As one of the CPA’s 32 Sections, the Section for Students in Psychology crosses all section boundaries and provides a forum in which students may learn from each other and begin to prepare for their careers in psychology. The principal objective of the Student Section is to help students participate within the CPA. The Section provides a forum in which students can learn from each other, more fully experience their postsecondary and postgraduate journeys, and begin to prepare for their careers in psychology. It recognizes the need to have a strong voice in the psychological community and thus sustains communication between students in psychology across the country.

Find out more about the Section for Students.


Student News

2025 CPA Student Research Grant Winners Announced

The CPA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 CPA Student Research Grants. These grants recognize exceptional student research in all areas of psychology. This year, grants were provided by the CPA, jointly by the CPA and CSBBCS, and by BMS Canada.

Congratulations to all!


CPA’s Indigenous Student Award: Scholarship in Psychology

The purpose of this program is to encourage and support Indigenous (Inuit, First Nations, or Métis) students in psychology 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.

This year, the CPA welcome applications for one (1) graduate scholarship. Eligible students must be:

  1. Indigenous;
  2. a CPA student affiliate in good standing at time of application, and if successful for the duration of the scholarship length; and
  3. entering graduate studies or be a current graduate student at a Canadian university.

Value of the scholarship is $4000.00 per year, renewable for up to five additional years.

Deadline for applications is May 10th, 2025.

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

Click here for full instructions: Instructions_Indigenous Bursary Application_April2025.pdf


2025 Section Newsletter Award Winner

congratulations!

The Student Section is the winner of the CPA Section Newsletter Award for their Fall 2024 newsletter (PDF).
version francais (PDF)

The CPA recognizes the efforts that the Sections put into creating and maintaining their newsletters. Section newsletters serve as an important communication tool to help keep members informed and involved in the Section and in CPA.


Registration is Now Open for CPA2025: 86th Annual National Convention

CPA2025 Convention LogoCPA2025 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 11th. 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/)


Fall 2024 Newsletter of the CPA Section for Students

Dear Students,

We are very happy to distribute the Fall Newsletter of the CPA Section for Students.  CPA Student Newsletter, Fall 2024

Kind regards,
The CPA Student Section Executive Team


BMS Student Leadership Scholarship

BMS LogoCongratulations to the Recipients of the 2023 Leadership Grant sponsored by BMS towards training, practice or leadership-focussed development (e.g., registration in course/workshop, conference, rationalized activities) in all areas of psychology;

– Amy MacQuarrie, University of New Brunswick Saint John
– Kaitlyn Mahon, Memorial University

New Issue of Mind Pad now available!

Mind Pad Winter 2023 – Volume 11, Issue 1. Full Issue:

Mind Pad - Winter 2023 or (PDF)



Student Spotlight

2024 CPA Indigenous Psychology Student Award – Maureen Plante

Maureen Plante, 2024 CPA Indigenous Psychology Student Award

Maureen Plante was the recipient of a 2024 CPA Indigenous Psychology Student Award for her work at the University of Calgary studying disrupted orders of eating from an Indigenous perspective.


2024 CPA Indigenous Psychology Student Award – Trinity Stephens

Trinity Stephens, 2024 CPA Indigenous Psychology Student Award

Trinity Stephens was the recipient of a 2024 CPA Indigenous Psychology Student Award for her unconventional work as an undergrad at UBC.