Wesley Harrison Coons (1924-2015) was a Canadian psychologist who played an important role on the development of clinical psychology in Canada.
He enrolled in the University of Alberta but dropped out to join the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942.
After the war he returned to university and graduated with a BA in Philosophy and Psychology.
He then proceeded to Toronto where he began research at the Institute of Aviation Medicine and enrolled in the University of Toronto from which he was awarded a PhD in clinical psychology in 1955.
He was Chair of the Academic Panel of the Canada Council and Chair of the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies Appraisal Committee, President of the Ontario Psychological Association (OPA) (1957–58), Editor of the OPA Quarterly (1958–61), President of the Association of Psychologists of Nova Scotia (1962–63), Editor of the journal Canadian Psychologist (1963–66) and President (1967-68) and Honorary President (1983–84) of the Canadian Psychological Association.