Scientific Program
Convention Theme
Spanning three days from June 12th – 14th, and organized around 12 thematic areas and the CPA’s 34 Section subject matter areas, the CPA’s 2025 Annual National Convention will provide many opportunities for personal and professional growth, and highlight the many ways in which the science, practice, and education of psychology can benefit society, improve lives, and advance the discipline.
Thematic areas to be covered in the scientific program include:
| Theme Sub-Areas | Description |
|---|---|
| Understanding and improving the workplace | Understanding what contributes to a successful workplace; what impact the workplace has on our lives and well-being |
| Understanding the mind and the brain | Understanding what contributes to how the mind and brain works – or doesn’t work |
| Improving and promoting health | Helping people make healthy lifestyle choices, facilitating peak human performance, and improving the treatment of complex human problems. |
| Creating a healthy(ier) planet | Working to change human behavior to restore our environment. |
| Serving communities | Strengthening communities by seeking to understand and address the specific needs of a given community |
| Understanding society and the world around us | Helping people understand the world and improve our interactions within society and the people in our lives. |
| Examining what, where, when, why and how we learn and perform | Examining how people learn and helping facilitate peak performance in the classroom, on the playing field, and in other situations that require physical and mental execution. |
| Human Rights and Social Justice | Exploring the ways in which psychology – from the lenses of practice, science and education – can, does or should promote equity, diversity and inclusivity |
| Exploring life stages | Exploring development across the lifespan from infancy, childhood, adolescence, adults, older adults and through to retirement |
| Professional and training issues | Examining issues related to our discipline as a profession including accreditation, ethics, funding, training |
| Exploring intellectual roots | Examining our discipline and various psychological constructs from a theoretical, historical and/or philosophical lens |
| Informing public policy | Highlighting the ways in which psychology can and does inform public policy |
| Improving psychological research | Highlights the ways in which psychological research – methods, analyses, design – can be improved and better used to inform the science, practice and education of psychology |
Professional Development (PD) Workshops
CPA2025 will feature various opportunities for professional development both preceding and during the convention.
On June 11th, this year’s convention will feature various 3-hour and 6-hour CE creditable pre-convention workshops. Click here for more information on these workshops. Note that these workshops will have a fee that is over and above the registration fee for the convention itself.
Throughout the convention, various 85-minute workshops, some of which will qualify for CE credit, will be offered. Registration for these workshops will be included as part of one’s convention registration and convention registration fee. Check back here in March for a listing of all these workshops.
Continuing Education Credit Certificates
Certificates of completion for eligible workshops will be issued to participants following the convention.
Section-Featured Speakers/Symposia
Section Featured Speakers, Chair Addresses, or Symposium Organizers.
Presentation Formats
The CPA’s Convention Committee is pleased to offer a wide range of presentation formats for consideration in the scientific program. Click here to view the list.
Other Pre-Conference Events
https://convention.cpa.ca/scientific-program/pre-conference-events/