- Home/Accueil
- Anti-Racism/Antiracisme
Working Group Against Racism & Discrimination
in Canadian Psychology Training and Practice
The CCPPP Working Group Against Racism and Discrimination in Canadian Psychology Training and Practice was formed to meet the commitments outlined in the CCPPP's Statement Against Racism and Discrimination. This working group was composed of psychology students, faculty, and professional psychologists from across Canada and met regularly between August 2020 and March 2026. The CCPPP remains committed to continuing this work.
Accomplishments
Graduate Student and Resident Survey In 2023 the Canadian Psychological Associated (CPA) released the revised Accreditation Standards for Doctoral and Residency Programs (6th revision). The working group surveyed graduate students across the country regarding this change and its potential impact. Student perceptions of training programs' implementation of foundational competencies of ‘individual, social, and cultural diversity’ and ‘Indigenous interculturalism’.. Results were shared at the 2026 CCPPP Trained in Canada conference in Montreal. |
Graduate Student's Experiences of Microaggressions A survey titled "Racial Justice in Clinical Psychology" was developed and distributed by a team psychology graduate students and professors at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. They were looking at the racial justice initiatives and also experiences of microaggressions and racism by IBPOC (Indigenous, Black and People of Colour, including mixed-race/multi-racial) graduate students in their program. Our working group is helping disseminate this data - stay tuned! This study was run by (then) graduate students Fanie Collardeau, Debra Torok, Cara Samuel and Drexler Ortiz and supervised by Dr. Gunderson and Dr. Woodin. |
Photo: Adventure Stock Photo by Vecteezy
British Columbia
Canadian Resources
Psychology Training Programs Co-Supervision in Canada
Co-supervision experiences allow psychology graduate students to receive professional training in areas where psychologists may not be regularly employed, but where members of historically under-served and under-represented groups are often accessing services. Our Recommendations and Guidelines for Establishing and Maintaining Co-Supervision Arrangements in Graduate Level Psychology Training is the first set of recommendations and guidelines designed for Canadian psychology programs to help facilitate co-supervision. See Page 12 for discussion with the APPI Coordinator about counting these hours! |
Downloads:
- "What do you fight for and what makes it so hard?" Canadian psychologists' engagement in social justice