2011-2012 Committee / Comité
Chair / Président |
Janel Gauthier |
Members / Membres |
John Berry, secretary |
Contact the Committee / Contactez le comité |
The International Relations Committee (IRC) was struck by the Board of Directors to assist the Board, the Association and Canadian psychology in responding to international issues and opportunities that affect the discipline.
Goal
The goal of the IRC is to advise the Board of Directors and to take actions on behalf of the Association in international affairs.
Terms of Reference
Include the following roles:
- To give advice to CPA Board regarding International Relations and affairs.
- To organize activities at the CPA convention to promote awareness of international projects and issues, meetings and conferences and to encourage the attendance of Canadian psychologists at international meetings.
- To provide information about, and to carryout program development for international exchanges and attendance at meetings. This may be done through the identification of agencies or other sources that fund participation in activities within the international context.
- To take action in cases involving infringements of the rights of psychologists or abuse of psychological knowledge and techniques wherever in the world these may occur.
- To monitor any and all international accomplishments, recognitions and special activities of merit by CPA members
- To solicit nominations for the CPA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology to be submitted to the Committee on Fellows and Awards.
Accountability
The International Relations Committee reports to the Board of Directors through the Committee Chair. The Chair is appointed from the members of the Committee and on the recommendation of the Committee by the CPA President.
Membership
Membership on the International Relations Committee (ICR) shall consist of at least eleven persons: the Chair (appointed by the Board), a Board member who is designated as its representative to the committee, plus nine members each of whom serve for terms of three-years, rotating so that one-third of their membership is reconstituted each year. Terms of members may be renewable once.
Responsibilities of Committee Members
The IRC members are responsible for pursuing the vision and terms of reference of the Committee. To this effect, members participate in all discussions pertaining to the work of the Committee and work on projects or issues brought forward by the Committee, the Board of Directors, the sections, national and international bodies and CPA members as appropriate.
Membership Term
Membership on the Committee shall be reviewed annually and reconstituted at its annual meetings. All Committee meetings shall be open to CPA members. If not otherwise members of the ICR, elected Canadian delegates to the General Assembly of the International Union of Psychological Science shall be regarded as ex-officio members of the ICR for the duration of their term of office.
Meetings and Reporting
The IRC reports to the CPA Board on all matters conducted on its behalf. The Committee meets annually at the CPA Convention. Meetings are minuted. The Committee reports to the CPA membership through the Committee’s Annual Report to the Annual General Meeting and other available CPA communications vehicles and to the Board of Directors through a report to each Board meeting and to the President on an as needed basis.
News & Publications in Psynopsis
Psynopsis Winter 2011: pg 39
Psynopsis Winter 2011
Melbourne International Conferences 2010
(Janel Gauthier and John Berry)
Psynopsis Fall 2010: Pg 32-33
Psynopsis Fall 2010
Highlights of the 2010 General Assembly of the International Union of Psychological Science Melbourne, Australia, July 14-15, 2010
(John Berry and Janel Gauthier)
Psynopsis Summer 2010: Pg 34
Psynopsis Summer 2010
Launching an International Alliance for Organizational Psychology
(Gary Latham)
Psynopsis Winter 2010:Pg. 19
Psynopsis Winter 2010
Doing Psychology Internationally while on Sabbatical Abroad
(Randy Tonks)
Canadian Psychologists International Activities
Psynopsis 07 for a scan of the ICSU statement on the free circulation of scientists
CPA Convention
Next IRC meeting will be held during the CPA convention at World Trade & Convention Centre, Halifax, June 14-16, 2012.
International Conferences
2012
- 21st International Conference of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP)
Stellenbosch, South Africa, July 17-21, 2012 - XXX International Congress of Psychology, Capetown, South Africa, July 22-27, 2012
Over 120 speakers and 50 symposia have been invited, and over 600 submissions have been received.
In addition 60 emerging scholars (early career) will be supported.
2014
- 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology (IAAP) Paris, 8-13 July 2014
Recent Past Conferences
2011
- 33rd Interamerican Congress of Psychology, Interamerican Society of Psychology (SIP)
Medellín, Colombia, June 26 - 28th, 2011 - 12th European Congress of Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey, July 4-8th 2011
- European Regional Conference of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Istanbul Turkey,
International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) June 30 - July 3, 2011 - Carribbean Regional Conference of Psychology, Nassau, Bahamas, November 15-18, 2011. (co-sponsored by IUPsYS, IAAP and IACCP)
Involvement of CPA members in international psychology
(under development)
- CPA Section on International and Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Siem Reap Citizens for Health, Educational and Social Issues - Dr. Ian Lubec UoGuelph
- International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences.
- Elsevier [due 2015]. John Berry is the Editor responsible for Psychology entries.