{"id":3645,"date":"2017-06-07T11:48:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T15:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/internationalandcrossculturalpsychologyhistory\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T10:08:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T14:08:01","slug":"internationalandcrossculturalpsychologyhistory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/sections\/internationalandcrossculturalpsychology\/internationalandcrossculturalpsychologyhistory\/","title":{"rendered":"About the International and Cross-Cultural Psychology Section"},"content":{"rendered":"

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History<\/h2>\n

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CPA History<\/h3>\n

The Canadian Psychological Association began as an idea and was nursed into being over the year of 1938-1939. Following a preliminary meeting in Ottawa in 1938 the first official meeting was held in Toronto in April 1939.\u00a0 At that meeting a working group of Ned Bott, Roy Liddy, George Humphrey, Nelson Morton, John MacEachern was formed who , along with many others, began the process of making CPA into what it is today.<\/p>\n

CPA began its foray into international psychology in\u00a0\u00a01954 when the International Congress of Psychology was held in Montreal. This was not the originally planned meeting place for this prestigious event. Initially this 1954 congress was planned for New York city, however, because of the passing of the\u00a0McCarran Act in the United States, all “known communists” were prevented from setting foot on American soil. This US loss was Canada\u2019s gain as the re-scheduled meeting enabled an full international field of participants, including Keynote Addresses from: Wilder Penfield, Jean Piaget, Frederick Bartlett, E.C. Tolman, & E.A. (Ned) Bott.<\/p>\n

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Section History<\/h3>\n

Beginning in the late 1960 there was some recognition of “Special Interest Groups” within the Canadian Psychological Association. According to John Berry, the first of these was one that he organised on Environmental psychology. As time progressed, well into the late 1970s this group, and the field of environmental psychology moved towards the examination of specific factors in the physical environment while interest in the cultural environment was neglected. In the fall of 1980, following a meting of CPA in Vancouver, Geraldine Schwartz became the first chair of this section on International \/ Cross-Cultural psychology. At that time the section was described as “CPA-Interest group on International Cross-Cultural Psychology” and shortly afterwards all sections were numbered and Section 10 was our designation. In the late 1990s the numbering system was dropped for the current system that includes only the name (with Punctuation added).<\/p>\n

The Founding Members<\/b>\u00a0of the section were: Geraldine Schwartz (Chair), Hank Janzen, Francois Desrosiers, John Berry, Don McEachern, Tim Hogan, Giles Aussant, George Small, Michel Pierre Janisse, Ada Dihllon, RS MacArthur, Jack Sikand, Bruce Bain, Mark Sandilands, John Fentness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mandate<\/h2>\n

Beginning in 1980 the Section was formed under the Applied Division of CPA. Our own mandate began with an initial agenda for the 1981 conference considering the following activities:<\/p>\n

1) Presentation of Current Cross-Cultural Research , in symposia or seminars by Canadian Psychologists currently engaged in these activities
\n2) Conversation hour led by some prominent people in the field
\n3) Business-Membership meeting
\n4) Social Hour in conjunction with the International Council of Psychologists, the International Association of Cross-Cultural & the Inter-American Psychology Association
\n5) It was also suggested that this interest group (Section) might be able to host colleagues from abroad who visit our country.<\/p>\n

Currently we still take an active role in the annual convention where we typically have a full agenda across the three days. These include Symposia, poster presentations, conversation hours, workshops and Keynote Speeches.<\/p>\n

We currently have several members on the International Relations Committee, a CPA committee that addresses the association\u2019s activities and contacts with international organisations, scholars and practitioners.<\/p>\n

We have a section e-mail list to\u00a0 foster communication among our members along with this website that has been designed to provide a hub of information and contact for our members and others who may be interested in our activities.<\/p>\n

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People<\/h2>\n

Join our section through the\u00a0section executive<\/a>\u00a0or through CPA\u2019s\u00a0Membership Page<\/a><\/p>\n

Section Email<\/b>\u00a0List-serve is available to members of the section through the Section Executives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Section Activities<\/h2>\n

Currently the the section on International & Cross- Cultural psychology is actively engaged in the annual CPA convention proceedings, the CPA sub-committee on international affairs, fostering student scholarly development, and providing a forum and vehicle for the communication and collaboration of research and practice on psychological issues pertaining to international and and cultural affairs.<\/p>\n

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Each Year at the Annual Conference recognise the excellence of our student presenter with two\u00a0awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0John W. Berry Award<\/b>\u00a0is given to the best student paper presentation in a symposium or paper session.
\nThe\u00a0Francis E. Abound Award<\/b>\u00a0is given to the best student poster presentation.
\nThe\u00a0Marta Y. Young Award\u00a0<\/b>is geven to the best student short presentatation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Past Activities and Gallery<\/h3>\n

At each annual meeting of the CPA we have several sectoin activities including a featured speaker, a student symposium, a section dinner and our section business meeting. Here is a list of past events and some photos (Gallery<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Members of this section are currently involved in a wide variety of activities. Please let us know of your current projects and publications to add to our section listings. Contact us through our\u00a0executive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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International Associations<\/h4>\n

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Student Resources<\/a>: Canadian Universities teaching culture and Psychology<\/h4>\n

Teaching Resources: \u00a0Handbooks & Textbooks<\/a><\/h4>\n

International and Cross-Cultural Psychology Journals<\/h4>\n