Awards are presented each year at the CACAP annual meeting.

The Paul D. Steinhauer Advocacy Award
The Naomi Rae-Grant Award
Excellence In Education Award
The Certificate of Special Recognition
Member-in-Training Travel Bursaries 
The Annual Meeting Awards for Scientific Presentations

The Paul D. Steinhauer Advocacy Award

Purpose

This award is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Paul D. Steinhauer and will be presented annually to a member of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry who has been an exceptional advocate for children, adolescents and their families at the regional, national, and international level.

Nomination

The nominees and the nominators must be members in good standing of the CACAP.
The nomination must include a statement by the nominator (no more than 500 words) outlining the individual’s contribution to advocating for children, adolescents and their families, and can be accompanied by supporting documentation illustrating or describing the nature of the nominee’s contribution.

Nominations will be kept in a pool of applicants for two years. This award will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy. The recipient will be asked to publish an account of their work in the Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Nominations are made by sending an e-mail to elizabeth.waite@cacap-acpea.org with the word AWARDS in the subject line.

Adjudication

The Awards Chair will strike a Committee of five members of the CACAP, one of whom will be Chair of the CACAP Education Committee and another, a member of the Advocacy Committee. This Committee will choose the recipient by consensus from among the nominations received in the last two years and submit the nomination to the Board of Directors.

Recognition

The recipient will receive a  suitably inscribed plaque. The CACAP will publish the name of the recipient in Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and maintain a record of all recipients at the National Office.

The Naomi Rae Grant Award

Purpose

This award is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Naomi Rae Grant and is presented annually to a member of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CACAP) who is a resident, fellow, or consultant who has done creative, innovative, seminal work on an aspect of community intervention, consultation, or prevention.

Nomination

The nomination must include a statement (no more than 500 words) concerning the individual’s contribution to community intervention, consultation, or prevention and be accompanied by supporting documentation illustrating or describing the nature of the nominee’s contribution.
The nominees and the nominators must be members in good standing of the CACAP.
Nominations must be received by June 30 of each year and will be kept in a pool of applicants for two years. Awards will be presented at the Annual General Meeting of the Academy and the recipient will be notified in advance so that he/she may be able to attend.

Nominations are made by sending an e-mail to elizabeth.waite@cacap-acpea.org with the word AWARDS in the subject line.

Adjudication

The Awards Chair will strike a Committee of five members of the CACAP, one of whom will be Chair of the CACAP Education Committee. This Committee will choose the recipient by consensus from among the nominations received in the last two years and will submit the nomination to the Board of Directors.

Recognition

The recipient will receive a suitably inscribed plaque. The CACAP will publish the name of the recipient in the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Review, and maintain a record of all recipients at the National Office.

Excellence in Education Award

Purpose

This award will be presented at the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CACAP) to a psychiatric educator who has made a significant contribution in undergraduate, postgraduate, continuing professional education or public education in child and adolescent mental health.

Nomination

The nomination must include a statement by the nominator (no more than 500 words) concerning the individual’s contribution to education in child and adolescent mental health and be accompanied by supporting documentation illustrating or describing the nature of the nominee’s contribution.  The nominee and nominator must be a member in good standing of the CACAP.

Nominations must be received by June 30 of each year and will be kept in a pool of applicants for two years. This award will be presented at the Annual General Meeting of the Academy. The recipient will be notified in advance so that he/she may be able to attend.

Nominations are made by sending an e-mail to elizabeth.waite@cacap-acpea.org with the word AWARDS in the subject line.

Adjudication

The Awards Chair will strike a Committee of four members of the CACAP, one of who will be the Chair of the CACAP Education Committee. This Committee will choose the recipient by consensus from among the nominations received in the last two years and will submit the nomination to the Board of Directors.

Recognition

The recipient will receive a suitably inscribed plaque. The CACAP will publish the name of the recipient in the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Review, and maintain a record of all recipients at the National Office.

The Certificate of Special Recognition

Purpose

This certificate is designed to recognize a person or an organization that has made outstanding contributions and provided important leadership in the field of child and adolescent mental health.

Nomination

The contribution must include a statement by the CACAP nominator (no more than 500 words) outlining the individual’s or organization’s outstanding contributions and leadership in the field of children’s mental health. Supporting documentation illustrating or describing the nature of the nominee’s contributions and leadership role is necessary.

Nominations must be received by June 30 of each year and will be kept in the pool of applicants for two years. Award winner will be recognized at the Annual General Meeting of the Academy and will be asked to publish an account of his or her work in the CACAP Review.

Nominations are made by sending an e-mail to elizabeth.waite@cacap-acpea.org with the word AWARDS in the subject line.

Adjudication

The Awards Chair will strike a committee of four members of the CACAP. This Committee will choose the recipient by consensus from the nominations received within the last two years and submit the nomination to the Board of Directors.

Recognition

The recipient will receive a framed certificate of Special Recognition signed by the President of the Academy. The CACAP will also publish the name of the recipient in the CACAP Review, and maintain a record of all recipients at the National Office.

Member-In-Training Travel Bursaries

Purpose

These bursaries are to encourage CACAP members-in-training to attend and present scholarly work at the Annual Meeting.

Description

Up to ten bursaries of $500 each will be awarded each year by the Research and Scientific Program Committee and Awards Committee.

Eligibility

CACAP Members-in-training who meet the following criteria are automatically considered for the Members-in-Training Travel Bursaries:

Have an oral session or poster accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting;

Are first author (poster), co-presenter (workshop), or speaker (symposium);

Are not receiving any industry support.

Consideration will be given based on the quality of the submission as well as residence of the trainee relative to the location of the Annual Meeting.

Process

The Chair of the Research and Scientific Program (RSP) Committee will compile a short list of residents whose abstracts are accepted for the Annual Meeting that fall. The Chair of the Awards Committee and Executive Director will receive this short list by the annual awards submission deadline. The Executive Director will ensure each resident on the short list is a member-in-training.  The names will then be ranked by the Awards Committee based on the quality of the submission as well as the geographical location of the resident.

Recognition

The Awards Committee Chair will inform recipients of the travel award 3 months prior to the Annual General Meeting. Recipients will be announced at the meeting.

Scientific Presentation Awards

Purpose

To recognize and promote the highest quality of presentations at the Annual Meeting, the CACAP may present the following oral and poster awards:

Four Best Oral Presentation Awards presented in the following categories:

• Dalhousie Award (full member certified more than five years)
• Early Career Award (member certified less than five years)
• Affiliate Early Career Investigator Award (for non-MD researchers in child and adolescent psychiatry who are either members-in-training or have been certified for less than 5 years)
• Member-in-Training Award

Four Best Poster Presentation Awards presented in the following categories:

• Full Member Award (full member certified more than five years)
• Early Career Award (member certified less than five years)
• Affiliate Early Career Investigator Award (for non-MD researchers in child and adolescent psychiatry who are either members-in-training or have been certified for less than 5 years)
• Member-in-Training Award

One Early Career Community Intervention/Access to Care Award

• oral presentation or poster by member certified less than five years

Awards are intended to recognize outstanding work. Therefore, each award is not necessarily awarded every year.

Eligibility

General Requirements:

• Members must be in good standing with the CACAP.
• The presenter speaks clearly, is concise and delivers a high-quality presentation.
• Throughout the presentation and during the question period, the presenter appears knowledgeable about the work and its relationship to current literature on the topic.
• In order for an oral or poster presentation to be considered for an award, it must present original research relevant to child psychiatry, and conclusions must be based on an accurate interpretation of the presented data, including appropriate acknowledgement of methodological limitations.

Best Scientific Oral Presentation

In addition to the criteria mentioned above under general eligibility, the following criteria apply:

• Trainees must be in training or have recently completed their training at an accredited educational institution with their work being completed during their traineeship.
• Presenters must be the first authors of the work, which in large part will have been designed, conducted, and analyzed by them.

Best Scientific Poster Presentation

In addition to the criteria mentioned above under general eligibility and best oral presentation, the following criteria apply:

• The presenter must be present for the poster session.
• The presenter answers questions appropriately and demonstrates a high level of understanding of the research material and the relevant literature.
• There shall be a visual balance between text, figures, and tables.

Adjudication

Prior to the start of the meeting, the Chair of the Research and Scientific Program Committee (RSPC) shall identify eligible presentations from the abstracts and shall assign two assessors to each of the oral presentations and two assessors to each of the poster presentations. Assessors shall privately identify any potential conflict of interest to the RSPC Chair. They shall independently assess the presentations, shall complete the marking sheets as provided and submit them to the RSPC Chair.

The collated results will be discussed with the Chair of the Awards Committee, following which the decision on the Awards will be made. The Awards shall be presented at the Awards ceremony on day 3 of the Annual Meeting.

Recognition

The Chair of the Awards Committee will announce the winners of the Awards at the Annual General Meeting.

The winner of each award will be given a certificate or suitably inscribed plaque. The winner of the Dalhousie Award will receive a cash prize of $500 provided by Dalhousie University. The winner of each trainee award will also be given a cash prize of $500.00 provided they have not already received a travel bursary.