Awards

Current Committee

Chair:
Dr. Claude Bergeron, Secretary

Current Committee Members:
Dr. Yvon Gauthier

Dr. Wade Junek

Dr. Pippa Moss

Dr. Mary Kay Nixon

Dr. Aidan Stokes

Dr. Chris Wilkes

Operational authority:

Standing Committee of the Board of Directors.

Mandate

To coordinate present awards and develop new awards to recognize members of the Academy.

Reports to The Board of Directors.

Number and type of meetings per year

The committee does not meet formally. Committee materials are provided to members and the chair uses various communication methods (post, fax, e-mail, telephone) to arrive at the consensus of recommendations that will be provided to the Board of Directors.

Length of time for appointments and number of terms

Two-year terms for chair and members, renewable once.

Scientific presentation awards at Annual General Meeting

Evaluation Committee. There shall be a panel of members jointly appointed by the Chair of the Research and Scientific Program Committee and the Chair of the Awards Committee. The panel shall be chaired by the Chair of the Research and Scientific Program Committee.

Presently, four awards are made at the Annual General Meeting to recognize and promote the highest quality of presentations at the meeting.

Best presentation by a CACAP member (other than Member in training).
Best presentation by a trainee (not necessarily in Psychiatry)
Individual Recognition Awards
There are three individual awards that may be given each year, the first of which existed prior to the creation of the present standing committee. In addition, the Board of Directors allows for the presentation of Certificates of Recognition.

Individual Recognition Awards

Naomi Rae-Grant Award

Excellence in Education Award

Paul Steinhauer Award

Certificate of Special Recognition

These awards support the importance of the work done by members of the Academy and give recognition to those who have done exceptional service for the Academy and the mental health of children and youth.
The main task each year is to seek nominations for these awards, each of which have terms of reference, and select the winners to be announced at the Annual General Meeting.
Letters are sent out to members of the Academy each year in the spring/summer to request nominations and an announcement is placed in the Journal. The nominations and supporting materials are distributed to the committee members who develop the consensus decisions.
Any Full Member of the Academy my make nominations by sending an e-mail to contact us with AWARDS COMMITTEE in the subject line.

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