The CAP Monitor

"I am very pleased to report that 98 percent the College of Alberta Psychologists’ (CAP) membership had fully or partially completed their 2022-2023 practice permit renewal by fiscal year end. This included completing the first...

"It is two years to the day on March 11, 2022 that COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic.  The College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP) continues to be extremely pleased on how regulated members are navigating the pandemic. As noted...

"The College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP) is pleased to report that we continue to successfully monitor and navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. We are closely following all recommended COVID-19 mitigation strategies and tracking new...

“Professional psychologists are entrusted with the responsibility for providing their services to the public with the highest degree of care, competence and quality, often across the course of careers that span several decades”...

"Approximately one year ago (May 2020) a Nanos poll conducted on behalf of the Mental health Commission of Canada, revealed that more than four in 10 Canadians reported feeling stress regularly (33%) or all the time (13 %) in the preceding...

"The preceding article by Dr. Lisa Votta-Bleeker suggests that psychologists are increasingly uniquely equipped in both research and practice to prevent, assess, and treat suicide risk. This view is shared by Dr. Kirsten Weir (2019) in her...

"College of Alberta Psychologists Stands Against Racism and Stands for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. The College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP) has adopted both a Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice that prohibit discriminatory...

"This issue of The CAP Monitor is dedicated to supervision. Increasingly supervision is being viewed as a competency that requires specific knowledge, training, and skills. CAP recognizes this by allowing supervision training to form part of...

"This issue of The CAP Monitor is dedicated to private practice. The majority of CAP’s regulated members are in private practice either full or part-time. Notwithstanding, few have specific training in the legal, financial, personnel...

"The timing of this issue of The CAP Monitor could not have been better. The theme was planned well before the pandemic arrived. I need to find out the brand of the crystal ball that the staff have at the CAP office."