CANPA:

• a regional network of national organizations and groupings of psychologists throughout the broader Caribbean, embracing all the linguistic and cultural diversity found in the region

• organized to advance psychological knowledge, research, skills, and practice in the service of Caribbean well-being and development, while addressing the professional interests of psychological practitioners, academics and researchers.

• sponsors regular regional conferences of psychology

• provides resources and guidance on the status, structure and development of psychology in the region.

CANPA works within the Caribbean psychology community to foster a strong discipline that is relevant to local issues and realities in the Caribbean

CANPA Member Associations are national associations of psychologists  in Caribbean countries/territories and an organization of individual psychologists in Caribbean countries/territories where there is no national association of psychology or in the Caribbean diaspora.

Call for Papers: Mental Health and Wellness in the Caribbean

The Journal of Black Psychology in collaboration with the Caribbean Alliance of National Psychological Associations' Publications Committee is issuing a call for papers on mental health and wellness in the Caribbean.

Read more: Call for Papers: Mental Health and Wellness in the Caribbean

CANPA in Guyana November 7-11

CANPA held sessions with the University of Guyana to celebrate the inauguration of a Masters Program

Photo: CANPA executives attending the Launch of the U. of Guyana Psychology Programs (L to R.: Dr. Ishtar Govia; Dr. Katija Khan, Dr. Zuri Amuleru Marshall, Dr. Omowale Amuleru Marshall, President CANPA, Dr. Ava Thompson, Founding president CANPA/Chair of the Education and Training Committee, Dr. Rita Dudley Grant.

Photo: University and Ministry officials celebrating the official launch (L-R) Dr. Amuleru Marshall, CANPA President, Ms. Sylvie Fouet, Resident Representative, UNICEF; Dr. Karen Cummings, Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Professor Ivelaw L. Griffith, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, U of Guyana; Professor Paloma Mohamed, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Office of Philanthropy, Alumni and Civic Engagement (PACE), Univ of Guyana.

CANPA participated in two symposia, held in collaboration with the University of Guyana and supported by UNICEF

Speakers at the Symposium, L to R.: Dr. Griffith, Ms. Fouet, Dr. Cummings, Dr. Amuleru Marshall, Professor Michael E. Scott, Deputy Vice-Chancellor; Academic Engagement.

and CANPA met with Guyanese psychologists