1981 CPA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Profession.

Presents a citation for the 1981 CPA Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology as a Profession recipient, Park Olof Davidson. While Dr. Davidson's contributions to academic clinical and community psychology were significant, it was the leadership, wise counsel and guidance he provided for professional psychology and psychologists across the nation that set him apart from his confreres. For example, in Alberta and British Columbia, he was President and Member of the Board of Directors of the respective provincial associations. Nationally, Dr. Davidson served CPA as President, ACPAP as Chairman, and both initiated and acted as the Coordinator of the Canadian Counsel of Clinical Program Directors. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

CPA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science (SCP Prix honorant une contribution hors-pair a la psychologie en tant que science): 1983.

Presents a citation for Endel Tulving, recipient of the 1983 CPA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science. Dr. Tulving's writing and experimentation in the field of human memory has had a major impact on experimental psychology, and a brief personal and professional biography is presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Letter to the Editor.

This letter is a comment on Dr. P. O. Davidson's report to the Science Council of Canada on "Graduate training and research funding for clinical psychology in Canada" (see record 2007-02137-003). The comments are extracted from a letter that was written to the President of the CPA raising some questions for consideration by the Board of Directors. With regard to the Davidson report, it must be realized that anything a reputable psychologist says as a result of a survey conducted at the request of the Science Council is likely to be taken seriously by the Council and to affect its attitudes and policies materially. On the other hand, the recognition that the CPA should speak for psychology on matters of research funding means that what it says on the same topic will also be taken seriously. More than that, it means that a great responsibility devolves on the Association, since failure to speak up on any matter when it has what amounts to a permanent invitation to do so can only be construed as assent. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

1992 CPA award for distinguished contributions to psychology as a profession--Prix 1992 de la SCP honorant une contribution remarquable à l'avancement de la psychologie comme profession.

The Canadian Psychological Association presented Dr. Barbara Wand the 1992 CPA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Profession for her outstanding contributions to the development of Psychology as a profession and a discipline in Canada. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychology and the law: A shared vision for the 21st century.

Traces how the interface between psychology and law has emerged as a unique speciality within psychology, and notes initiatives by the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) on regarding legal issues. James Ogloff, president-elect of the CPA, has launched an initiative, "Taking Psychology and Law into the 21st Century," which includes a focus on "Law and Psychology: A Bridge to the Future." This project will review the field, with the goal of determining where areas of research have been, are now, and should head. The APA presidential initiative started with the appointment of a working group that is planning for the first APA miniconference on Psychology and Law at the annual convention in 2000. The conference theme will be "Law and Psychology in the Workplace." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Prix de la SCP 1985 honorant une contribution hors-pair à la psychologie en tant que profession.

Announces that the recipient of the 1985 CPA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Canadian Psychology as a Profession is Professor Emeritus Dr. David J.L. Belanger of the University of Montreal in recognition of his creativity and innovative skills employed in the service of psychology, for his ambassadorial service to psychology internationally, and in recognition of his commitment and contributions to Canadian psychology as a profession. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychology in Canada: 1939-1945.

Discusses the origins of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) and the contribution of its members to Canada's role in World War II 1939–1945. The war provided the motivational context for the creation of the Association and greatly affected the lives of many of its members. Psychologists who created the CPA and those who served Canada during the war were individuals of large vision, frequently with a humanitarian outlook. They believed that psychology had much to contribute to society and its institutions, and to human well-being. They believed that psychology, as a social science, had social responsibilities and that their own actions and initiative could bring about change and a better Canada. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Feminist psychology in Canada: Early days.

Several of the events that marked the origins of feminist psychology in Canada are discussed in this paper beginning with an account of the "Underground Symposium" which took place in Montreal in 1972. Four other influential events from the early days are described--the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Task Force on the Status of Women in Canadian Psychology, the founding of the CPA Interest Group on Women and Psychology in 1976, the implementation of an Institute on Women and Psychology in 1978, and the establishment of the CPA Status of Women Committee. Parallels with comparable events in the American Psychological Association are identified. The paper concludes with a forecast of the future of the psychology of women as a specialization within the discipline. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

1984 CPA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Profession.

This article presents a citation of an address given for the announcement of the recipient of the 1984 Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Profession, Charles Roger Myers. The article provides a biographical account of Myers' career in professional psychology, including positions held, awards won, and contributions made to the field. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Prix de la SCP 1988 honorant une contribution hors-pair à la psychologie en tant que science.

Announces that the 1988 recipient of the CPA award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science is Dr. Philip Bryden, Professor of Psychology at the University of Waterloo. One of Dr. Bryden's major contributions was to tackle the difficult issue of reliability of measures and to design and execute careful and meticulous experiments; experiments that are in large part responsible for the widespread acceptance of this technique as a tool in cognitive psychology and neuropsychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Canadian feminist psychology: Where are we now?

Reviews the current status of the psychology of women field within Canadian psychology as revealed in the feminization of psychology in Canada, psychology of women courses in academic psychology, research publications in Canadian journals, papers presented at Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) conventions, and doctoral dissertation projects. The paper concludes with an insider's view of some of the general characteristics of the Canadian variant of feminist psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Defining the field of industrial-organizational psychology.

The Canadian Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (CSIOP), as a Section of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), has developed a defining statement for Industrial-Organizational Psychology. This definitional statement was passed by CSIOP in June of 1995, and by the Board of Directors of CPA in August, 1996. This article presents the rationale for the definitional statement, how it was developed, and a copy of the statement itself. The statement includes the general principles of industrial-organizational psychology; ethical, professional, and legal standards; activities and training and competencies of industrial-organizational psychologists; and knowledge and competency base. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Specialty designation in psychology: Developing a Canadian model.

The Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) and the Council of Provincial Associations of Psychologists created a task force in 1986 to study the issue of specialty designation in Canada. As part of fulfilling its mandate, the task force surveyed 41 CPA sections and 237 Canadian psychologists and reviewed the status and history of specialty designation in the US, UK, and Australia. Based on that data, the task force concluded that it was timely for Canadian psychology to implement a specialty designation system that would be voluntary and certify minimal competence. The rationale for the development of a Canadian specialty designation system is presented. (French abstract) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Review of Ethics in psychology: Professional standards and cases.

Reviews the book, Ethics in psychology: Professional standards and cases by Patricia Keith-Spiegel and Gerald P. Koocher (see record 1985-97634-000). This well written and interesting book offers comprehensive coverage of how the American Psychological Association (APA) Ethical Principles of Psychologists (1981) apply in any setting where psychologists are involved. This book should be of special interest to Canadians who are interested in the new Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Code of Ethics. The CPA Code organized the areas of concern covered by the APA code, plus new and emerging issues, under an umbrella of four general principles and many associated standards of conduct. Both the book and the CPA Code attempt to raise the level of consciousness about ethical issues and ethical decision-making. The result? They complement each other and together provide a useful combination of philosophy, standards, and concrete examples of unethical or questionable behaviour by a psychologist. All who read this book will become aware of the complexity associated with ethics in the practice of psychology. The authors are to be congratulated on providing a scholarly work, long needed by the public and psychologists alike. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Foreword: "The Science Council and Psychology in Canada."

In 1966, the Science Secretariat, part of the Privy Council Office, commissioned the Canadian Psychological Association to undertake a study of psychology in Canada. The study was executed for the Association by Drs. M. H. Appley and Jean Rickwood and their report was published, in early 1968, as "Science Secretariat Special Study No. 3, Psychology in Canada, by Appley and Rickwood". In November 1968, the Science Council established a Committee, composed of 3 members of Council and 5 psychologists and 1 psychiatrist, to review Special Study No. 3 and to draft recommendations for consideration by Science Council. As a result of its discussions the Council believed that it should have an additional report commissioned to provide a deeper analysis of clinical psychology than was required by the terms of reference of the original (1966) study. Soon after the receipt by Science Council of Dr. Davidson's report in February 1970, a request was received from the editors of The Canadian Psychologist for permission to publish Dr. Davidson's work. The Science Council has complied with this request in the hope that publication of this document will contribute to a lively and effective discussion of the future of psychology within the psychological community. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Founding the Canadian Psychological Association: The perils of historiography.

Addresses the question of when and where the decision was made to form the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA). The purpose of this article is 3-fold: (1) to document the sequence of events that led to the decision to form the CPA, (2) to highlight some of the ambiguities contained in the literature regarding the beginnings of the association, and (3) to explain how and why these ambiguities may have arisen. This article illuminates a number of historiographical issues that may be of importance for those writing the history of Canadian psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Prix de la SCP honorant une contribution remarquable à la psychologie en tant que profession.

Announces that the 1991 Canadian Psychologial Association Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Profession is presented to Dr. Kenneth D. Craig for his outstanding research contributions in understanding the experience and expression of pain, and for his outstanding contributions to the practice of psychology as a profession in British Columbia and in Canada. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Lois Barclay Murphy (1902-2003).

Presents an obituary for Lois Barclay Murphy, psychologist and child development scholar who passed away on December 24, 2003. Dr. Murphy received numerous awards for her work, including the G. Stanley Hall Award from the American Psychological Association for her multifaceted contributions to developmental psychology, and was a researcher and author of numerous books on social and child psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)