Ongoing professional development is important for psychologists in all fields of the discipline. For registered psychologists, ongoing professional development on an annual basis, is in fact a requirement of registration with the number of hours required varying by province.

The CPA actively supports knowledge exchange and life-long learning through our continuing education approval programme and by offering educational opportunities tailored to the needs of psychologists across the country. These opportunities include:

• Online professional development workshops
• Half-day or full-day pre-convention workshops
• Professional development workshops offering during convention
• Sponsored workshops
• Half or one-day seminars

In this area of the CPA’s website, you’ll find the following information:

• continuing professional development offerings offered by the CPA
• the CPA’s continuing education approval program
• a list of the clinics, institutes, societies, associations and individuals that have received approval from the CPA’s Continuing Education Sponsor Review Committee to be sponsors of continuing education activities
• the standards, criteria and application forms required by the CPA to be approved as a provider or sponsor of continuing education activities for psychologists in Canada
• templates for annual report outlines for approved sponsors and providers
• answers to the most frequently asked questions about the CPA’s CPD portfolio