2026 SPA Workshops & Convention
March 25–March 29, 2026 | Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel | Toronto, Ontario
If you work with or are a student of personality or psychological assessments, the SPA Annual Workshops & Convention is where your peers, mentors, and thought leaders gather to advance the field. This is the only event dedicated entirely to assessment—offering in-depth sessions on tools like the MMPI, Rorschach, PAI, and performance-based methods, along with cutting-edge research, case-focused presentations, and practical applications. Whether you’re a student, clinician, or researcher, you'll walk away with insights you can immediately apply—and a network of people who share your passion for understanding personality in all its complexity.
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Call for Proposals
The abstract submission process for proposals is opening VERY SOON!! We have answered some of the most common questions we receive within this Presenter FAQ document. If you have a question that is not listed in the FAQ, please contact our office at info@personality.org.
Workshop Dates
- August 12: Submit Proposals
- September 18–22: Notifications Sent
- September 30: Submission Confirmations
Paper, Case Discussions, Roundtable Discussions
- October 6: Submit Proposals
- November 26: Notifications Sent
- December 12: Submission Confirmations
Submit Your Abstract Here (Link Pending)
The Society for Personality Assessment is responding to the call for action from our membership to foster equity, inclusion, and social justice in our work as assessment psychologists. Our goal is to encourage work that applies to groups who are not typically represented in assessment research, presentations, and dialogues. This special track will be a home base and a launchpad for infusing the entire conference with energy and momentum towards these goals. Please be prepared to present and/or attend with a curious, positive and non-shaming attitude. All are welcome to participate.
Programs requested will be proposals that include systematically oppressed groups in their study, that extend the application of a test to other populations such as through translation to another language or establishment or new/updated norms, theoretical programs based on assessment with non-dominant groups or proposals that foster discussion of equity, inclusion, and social justice values and issues as they apply to assessment psychology.
Equity means that everyone gets what they need to succeed (Project READY, 2021). Inclusion is reflected in “organizational strategies and practices that promote meaningful social and academic interactions among persons and groups who differ in their experiences, their views, and their traits” (Tienda, 2013, p. 467). Social justice “is the virtue which guides us in creating those organized human interactions we call institutions. In turn, social institutions, when justly organized, provide us with access to what is good for the person, both individually and in our associations with others. Social justice also imposes on each of us a personal responsibility to collaborate with others...[and] to design and continually perfect our institutions as tools for personal and social development” (Center for Economic and Social Justice, 2021).
Hotel Information
123 Queen Street West Toronto, ON M5H 3M9 Canada
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Embrace the energy of Toronto during your stay at Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, located in the financial district, steps from the entertainment district and all major attractions. The recent transformation of our downtown Toronto hotel brings a new arrival experience, a lobby with open and collaborative workspaces and world-class culinary experiences. Enjoy the unbeatable comfort of our pet-friendly rooms and suites, work out in our 24-hour fitness centre or enjoy a refreshing swim year-round in our heated indoor-outdoor pool. Upgrade to a room providing access to our stunning 43rd-floor Sheraton Club Lounge with sweeping views of downtown Toronto, complimentary breakfast, evening appetizers, and free Wi-Fi. Collaborate and connect in style at Canada’s largest conference hotel in downtown Toronto, Ontario, featuring 130,000 sq. ft. of meeting space including our 2.5-acre outdoor waterfall garden. Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel is dedicated to exceeding your expectations.
The Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. SPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Society for Personality Assessment is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0218.