Researchers

Research, practice and education directs CPA’s mandate. CPA participates in various advocacy activities, liaises with the granting councils, and seeks to develop various tools to foster research networks and collaboration among the membership.

News!

CPA keeps itself apprised of issues affecting the discipline and the membership, and regularly represents the membership at various events. See what issues are currently affecting psychology.

  • NEW (May 15, 2012): CPA meets with Senator Kelvin Ogilvie, Chair of the Health Research Caucus.

  • NEW (May 14, 2012): CPA attends Health Research Caucus on Brain Research at Parliament Hill.

  • NEW (May 14, 2012): CPA participates in response to CIHR's Proposed Changes to its Open Suite of Programs and Enhancements to the Peer Review Process. See Research Funding (below) to read the submission.

  • NEW (May 4, 2012): CPA organizes Town Hall Meeting with representatives from three national funding agencies at upcoming CPA convention (June 14-16, 2012 in Halifax). See Research Funding (below) for more information.

  • NEW (April 2012): CPA becomes a Charter Member of the Science Media Centre of Canada. Click here for more information.

  • (April 2012): The CPA would like to announce the formation of a new Section - Quantitative Methods.

  • (March 2012): CPA Elected to Chair of Canadian Consortium of Research (CCR).

  • (March 12, 2012): The CPA is excited to announce the 2nd Annual High School Science Awards, Sponsored by Scotiabank. Click here for more information.

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    Research Funding

    CPA regularly liaises with the Granting Councils regarding issues that affect psychological research.

  • NEW (May 14, 2012): CPA participates on a Blue Ribbon Panel of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS) responding to the CIHR Proposed Changes to its Open Suite of Programs and Enhancements to the Peer Review Process. Click here to read the CFHSS submission.

  • NEW CPA organizes Town Hall Meeting at upcoming CPA Convention (June 14-16, 2012 in Halifax) with representatives from three national funding agencies

  • CPA, as member of CCR, meets with SSHRC President, Chad Gaffield (October 2011)

  • CPA Meets with CFHSS, CIHR, SSHRC and Several University VPs of Research re: Funding of Social Determinants of Health (August 12, 2011)

  • NSERC rejects CPA's request that eligibility criteria for clinically-oriented research be changed (June 2011)

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    Advocacy for Science

    CPA is involved in a number of advocacy activities on behalf of psychology as a discipline and its members, including meetings with MPs, liaisons with the funding agencies, and having partnerships with various research-focussed associations, to name a few. More…

    Science Directorate

    In 2009, the Board approved the formation of the Science Directorate. Its function is to lobby for research funding and promote Canadian psychological research. More…

    Science Policy Roadmap

    What is science policy? What can we do to promote the science of psychology? More…