Known widely as a trailblazer in the field of ethnic minority psychology, Stanley Sue was a Distinguished Professor at UC Davis and Palo Alto University. His article in American Psychologist, “Science, Ethnicity and Bias: Where Have We Gone Wrong” is one of the most widely-cited publications in psychology. The article highlighted the importance of lived experience among People of Colour, and challenged much of the Western-centric science that had gone before.

Sue was a big proponent of cultural competence, the idea that psychologists and other mental health professionals must account for the cultural background of their client in order to provide effective services. In research conducted with his colleague Herman McKinney, Sue tracked more than 14,000 people accessing mental health services in Washington state. His 2001 publication, In Defense of Cultural Competency in Psychotherapy and Treatment, he pointed out many gaps in psychology when it came to the treatment of ethnic minorities, and declared cultural competence to be both a scientific and an ethical responsibility.

He co-founded the Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA), along with his brother and fellow psychology professor Derald Wing Sue, in 1972. This was one of the first official organizations dedicated to exploring the mental health of Asian-Americans, and it is still enhancing cultural understanding and psychological science today.

In 2020, the CPA’s podcast Mind Full spoke to Dr. Ben C.H. Kuo at the University of Windsor about the dual pandemic being faced by communities at the time – COVID and racism. Much of what he had to say remains relevant today, as we observe Asian Heritage Month here in Canada.

Electronic advance voting for the 2026 CPA Board Election is officially open and will close at the Annual General Meeting on Friday, June 5th, 2026 at 8am (EDT).

By the end of day on May 13^th, 2026, all current CPA Members should have received an email with their personal ballot code and directions on how to vote. If you did not receive an email, please contact membership@cpa.ca. Note that only CPA members are eligible to vote.

To view the complete list of candidates along with their biographical statements please visit: https://cpa.ca/board-nominations/

Kwok Leung was an influential social psychologist whose work changed the field of cross-cultural psychology. Kwok did his bachelor’s in biology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, then chose psychology for his graduate studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Drawing on Chinese culture, he sought to understand both cultural-specific and overarching trends.

Kwok was instrumental in advancing the notion that the ways people physically distribute their resources, time, and effort is heavily influenced by their culture. He also did groundbreaking work on social axioms – suggesting that it was beliefs, moreso than values, that shaped the way cultures are formed and expressed.

Kwok was an important player in the creation of the Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP), the International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology, and the Academy of International Business. He organized the inaugural AASP conference at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1995, and the impact of the work he and his colleagues did around that time is still being felt in both the field of psychology and in global culture itself.

The eighty-seventh Annual General Meeting of the members of the Canadian Psychological Association will be held on Friday, June 5, 2026 at 8:00 am (EDT) at Le Westin Montreal, for the purposes of:

1. receiving and considering the annual report of the President and Committees of the Association, and approving the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting;
2. receiving and considering the financial statements, the report of the Auditor and any change in Membership and Affiliation Fees;
3. appointing of an Auditor;
4. election of the Board of Directors

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, on the sixth day of May 2026.

Lisa Votta-Bleeker, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer

For more information: https://cpa.ca/aboutcpa/annualgeneralmeetingsandreports/

Congratulations to Johanna Peetz, Corey LeBlanc, Tayler Wells, Emily Zohar, and David M. Sidhu for their article, On top of the hour: Preference for scheduling and starting tasks at the beginning of the hour (advance online publication), which was selected as the winner of the 2025 Best Article Award in the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology (CJEP) / Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale (RCPE).

The CJEP Best Article Award is co-sponsored by the CPA and the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS). The CJEP Editorial team nominates articles for this award, and the articles are adjudicated by CPA and CSBBCS appointed members.

This article is now Free to Read, to access it, click here.

Congratulations to Amélie Vallée, Maude Turgeon-Arès, Noémie Beaulieu, Audrey Brassard, and Katherine Péloquin for their article, Depressive symptoms as a potential mechanism for the association between perceived autonomy support and optimal commitment in long-term couples (2025, Vol. 57, Issue 3, pp. 181-189), which was selected as the winner of the 2025 CPA Best Article Award in the Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science (CJBS) / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement (RCSC). 

The CJBS Editorial team nominates and adjudicates articles for this award.

This article is now Free to Read, to access it, click here.

Congratulations to Yao Zheng, Zachary Meyer, and Yiqun Wu for their article, Taking stock and moving forward: Synthesizing ethnic–racial diversity in Canadian social genomics research (2025, Vol. 66, Issue 3, pp. 247-263), which was selected as the winner of the 2025 CPA Best Article Award in Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne.

The CP Editorial team nominates articles for this award, and the articles are adjudicated by the CPA Board of Directors representing Science, Practice, and Education.

This article is now Free to Read, to access it, click here.

The CPA has created new “Psychology Works” Fact Sheets on Understanding Autism in Adulthood.

• Understanding Autism in Adulthood – PDF | HTML NEW 04/2026

You can find all of our “Psychology Works” Fact Sheets here

The CPA’s Board of Directors has approved a new policy statement on AI in psychology. For more information: https://cpa.ca/aboutcpa/policystatements/#AI

The CPA has created new “Psychology Works” Fact Sheets on Coping with Geopolitical Crises.

• Coping with Geopolitical Crises – PDF | HTML NEW 03/2026

You can find all of our “Psychology Works” Fact Sheets here

The Asian Psychology Section is the winner of the 2026 CPA Section Newsletter Award for their December 2025 Newsletter.

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.

This grant, valued at $500 per award, supports training, practice, and/or leadership-focused development in all areas of psychology.

Examples of activities that would qualify for this grant include:

• Course/workshop (in-person or virtual) through an existing Leadership Institute or recognized program
• Attending a conference with a specific focus on leadership development
• Course/workshop (in-person or virtual) on leadership development

For more information on the leadership grant including application requirements, eligibility criteria, and how to apply, click here.

The deadline to apply is Sunday, July 5, 2026

In a letter to the Hon. Lena Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada (IRCC), the CPA voiced their concern about the IRCC’s plan to introduce a copayment model for services provided under the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP).  The IFHP provides health services (including psychological services) to refugees and asylum-seekers in Canada, and the CPA argued that the introduction of a copayment model would equate to denying services to this vulnerable population.  You can read the letter here.