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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:

Indigenous;
a CPA student affiliate in good standing at time of application, and if successful for the duration of the scholarship length; and
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.

CLOSED for 2025 – Deadline for applications is May 10th, 2025.

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 Logo CPA2025 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 11^th. 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 Logo Congratulations 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;