"Practice is where we learn how our theories or ideas are implemented. Practice is where we improve our skills by adapting to the ever-changing environment."

"We are similar to archeologists, we try to understand the customs, norms and values within different contexts; we search for understanding by listening to people's lived experiences."

"We added a voice to communicate our field to an international audience, included new voices, and considered the cultural variables that would make the effort fair and impactful."

"The global journal helped define CP practice, and create an outlet for the contributions of practitioners that otherwise would never have told the stories of their projects."

"We try to understand collaborations with communities, and we have sought vehicles that value opportunities to take risks and are open to our unorthodox storytelling."

Featured Articles from Around the Globe

Settling in Quebec: Exploring the Latin-Americans' skilled worker's personal projects

Floryana Víquez, Stéphane Dandeneau, Hugues Leduc

Peer Reviewed

Inspired by the settlement framework, an analysis of the participants’ personal projects revealed three main spheres of life: economic, social, and political. According to the Everyday Racism Model, particularly the structural component, our findings reflect the limitations of Québec’s migration policies in terms of access to jobs, education, and proper housing.

Intervention in Schools promoting mental health and well-being: a systematic review

Gina Tomé, Adriano Almeida, Lúcia Ramiro, Tania Gaspar, Margarida Gaspar de Matos

Peer Reviewed

The main objective of this systematic review was identifying school context interventions that focus on students’ wellbeing and mental health. This review refers to papers focusing on young people ages 0 to 18 years old who attend school and had been the target audience for mental health and wellbeing promotion interventions. Results highlight the importance of the involvement of the whole school in order to better promote mental health and wellbeing.

An Examination of Community Psychology Values and Their Application to Community-Based Participatory Research

Joy Agner

Peer Reviewed

Conventional research involves participants primarily as sources of data (Wallerstein & Duran, 2006), relies upon a positivist tradition wherein researchers are seen as neutral, objective observers (Bhawuk, 2008), and is not necessarily concerned with the application of findings to improve the social conditions of those involved. In many places around the world, this has led to distrusting relationships between communities and researchers, and has also likely limited the potential for research to help ameliorate social problems (Smith, 1999). In this article, action research is presented as an alternative to conventional research practices, and is examined in relation to four community psychology values.

Exploring Community Psychology Value Congruence in Academic Settings

Olya Glantsman & Leonard Jason

Peer Reviewed

This study focused on the relationship of value congruence between the individuals who belong to the field of Community Psychology and their workplace in relation to the work-related outcomes in an academic setting such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and willingness to recommend one's workplace.