IUPsyS is inviting nominations for membership in the following International Science Council Advisory Bodies (ISC Advisory Committees PDF):

• Committee for Science Planning: Nomination Form – Committee for Science Planning (Word Document)
• Committee for Outreach and Engagement: Nomination Form – Committee for Outreach and Engagement (Word Document)
• Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science: Nomination Form – Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science (Word Document)
• Committee for Finance and Fundraising: Nomination Form – Committee for Finance and Fundraising (Word Document)

Deadline for nominations is May 15th; please see respective documents for information on the committees and nomination procedures.

IUPsyS is inviting nominations for membership in the following International Science Council Advisory Bodies (ISC Advisory Committees PDF):

• Committee for Science Planning: Nomination Form – Committee for Science Planning (Word Document)
• Committee for Outreach and Engagement: Nomination Form – Committee for Outreach and Engagement (Word Document)
• Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science: Nomination Form – Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science (Word Document)
• Committee for Finance and Fundraising: Nomination Form – Committee for Finance and Fundraising (Word Document)

Deadline for nominations is May 15th; please see respective documents for information on the committees and nomination procedures.

The CPA is pleased to announce that Dr. Allison J. Ouimet is the new Editor for the Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science (CJBS) (2019-2021). The CPA extends its thanks to Dr. E. Kevin Kelloway for his work in this role.

A new issue of PSYence Update is now available. PSYence Update is a newsletter to keep you up-to-date on activities undertaken by the CPA on behalf of psychological science.

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Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science 2018 Best Article of the Year Award Winner
Debora D’Iuso, Keith S. Dobson, Leah Beaulieu, and Martin Drapeau (2018). Coping and Interpersonal Functioning in Depression, Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science (Vol. 50, No. 4, 248-255).

Click here to get a look at the schedules for CPA’s 80th Annual Convention, and for NACCJPC 4.

Note that this is the initial schedule, and may be subject to change.

Nominations are required for the positions of:

• Director Representing Science
• Director Representing Practice
• Director Representing Education
• 2 Directors-at-Large

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The eightieth annual general meeting of the members of the Canadian Psychological Association will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 8:00 am, in the Nova Scotia Ballroom (2^nd Floor) of the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront.
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The Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), the Ontario Psychological Association (OPA) and the Canadian Academy of Psychologists in Disability Assessment (CAPDA) write a letter to express their profound concerns over the September 2018 motion approved by the Council of the College of Psychologists of Ontario (CPO) to continue registration of psychology practitioners at the master’s level and, further, to grant them the title ‘Psychologist.’ This 2018 motion overturns a 2013 decision of the Council to stop registering master’s practitioners of psychology.

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Green, C. D., Abbas, S., Belliveau, A., Beribsky, N., Davidson, I. J., DiGiovanni, J., Heidari, C., Martin, S. M., Oosenbrug, E. and Wainewright, L. M. (2018). What Proportion of CPA Journal Articles Contain Errors in the Reporting of p-Values? Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne, 59(3), 203-210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cap0000139
Congratulations Christopher Green and co-authors!