The CPA is committed to promoting and bringing attention to the science of psychology among and outside of the membership. To do this, it has and continues to embark on a number of activities:
- In 2009, the CPA Board approved the formation of the Science Directorate to increase the senior staffing for science and advocacy.
- CPA continues to find ways to promote psychological science by facilitating research, networking and collaboration among the membership. We have and continue to develop a number of tools such as the R2P2 (Recruit Research Participants Portal) and the Research Hub (under development),
- CPA has a number of partnerships with organizations that are committed to science and research activities such as the Canadian Consortium for Research and the Canadian Federation for Humanities and Social Sciences. Through these partnerships, the CPA has participated in a number of advocacy activities such as meetings with Members of Parliament to increase the research profile in Canada.
- CPA commits much time to liaising with Canada’s three federal Granting Councils. Many of the decisions made by the Councils impact the membership; CPA endeavours to inform the membership of these decisions and advocate for changes in decisions on behalf of the membership.
- CPA invites its members to view CPA’s position paper on the recent restructuring impacts of the granting councils and write a letter to the respective granting councils expressing your concerns about the decisions (click on Granting Councils to access the paper and letter templates).
- We also aim to keep you apprised of new issues and opportunities.
- 2010 Budget Responses
- Science in Canada: Call for Bigger Vision
- Join the Society for Psychotherapy Research
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We also aim to provide you with links to various resources of interest that may be of interest and value to you in your work.
We invite you to click on any of the links above or in the panel to the left and see the range of work CPA is doing to promote the science of psychology.
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