Canada’s psychology regulatory organizations exist to advance public protection through promotion of competent, safe, and ethical practice of psychology. Their mandates are established by, and proscribed by, legislation. Their focus is establishing and evaluating standards for entry to the profession, establishing standards for ethical and professional practice, and addressing complaints about registrants’ competence and professional […]
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ACPRO MOU Regarding Interjurisdictional Telepsychology
All ACPRO member jurisdictions agree that access to appropriately regulated telepsychology services, including across jurisdictional boundaries, is in the public interest. Three jurisdictions (Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick) have determined that telepsychology services provided to their residents by psychologists outside their jurisdictions can be appropriately regulated by the psychologists’ home jurisdictions, which would be responsible […]
Read moreACPRO Supports Equity, Diversity and Inclusion through the Promotion of Health Equity and Cultural Humility
The Association of Canadian Psychology Regulatory Organizations (ACPRO) supports equity, diversity and inclusion and invites all regulated members of the profession of psychology in Canada to stand up, speak out and to work collaboratively to eradicate all forms of racism and discrimination. We advocate that all psychology regulatory bodies commit to identifying regulatory practices that […]
Read moreAn Apology to Indigenous People and a Pledge to Be Anti-Racist
As the Association of Canadian Psychology Regulatory Organizations (ACPRO), an association of organizations that regulate the profession of psychology in Canada, we apologize to the Indigenous people (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) and communities who have experienced racism while engaging with the individual psychology regulatory organizations or with the psychology professionals we regulate. As regulators, […]
Read moreStatement by Association of Canadian Psychology Regulatory Organizations regarding New Brunswick’s Bill-35
The Association of Canadian Psychology Regulatory Organizations (ACPRO) represents the legislatively established Colleges and Boards established to enhance public protection through regulation of entry into and practice of the profession of psychology. ACPRO invites New Brunswick legislators to take the following matters into account in reconsidering the substance of Bill-35. Interpretation of psychological tests is […]
Read moreACPRO Statement on COVID-19
The member jurisdictions of the Association of Canadian Psychology Regulatory Organizations (ACPRO) are aware that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted graduate training in psychology.
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