CAEP Annual Awards
On Tuesday June 4, 2013 CAEP handed out their Annual Awards for 2013 during the 2013 CAEP Annual Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. Scroll down below to see the winners of each award. A brief description of each award along with submission criteria can be viewed below the list of winners.
Anyone with any questions regarding the CAEP Annual Awards Program is asked to contact CAEP Manager of Communications and Marketing, Lee Arbon at larbon@caep.ca or 613.523.3343 ext. 15
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2013 Recipient: Douglas Sinclair, MD, CCFP(EM), FRCPC
Photo: Sinclair (l) with CAEP President Bruce McLeod |
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Dr. Helen Karounis Memorial Award for 2013 Recipient: Roberta Eby, MD, FRCPC
Photo: Eby with CAEP President Bruce McLeod |
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Dr. Richard Kohn Memorial Award for 2013 Recipient: Shirley Lee, MD, CCFP, CCFP(EM)
Photo: Lee with CAEP President Bruce McLeod |
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Penelope Gray-Allan Memorial CJEM Writing Award 2013 Recipient: Meira Louis, MD
Photo: CAEP President Bruce McLeod, Meira Louis, Doug Allan and Riyad B. Abu-Laban |
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CJEM Photography Award 2013 Recipient: Katherine Breen, MD, CCFP
Photo: Breen with CAEP President Bruce McLeod |
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CAEP Award for Medical Journalism 2013 Recipient: Pamela Cowan - The Regina Leader-Post
Photo: Cowan with the Co-Chairs of the CAEP Public Affairs Committee, Andrew Affleck (l) and Al Drummond. |
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Dr. Alan Drummond Advocacy Award 2013 Co-Recipient: Christian Vaillancourt, MD, FRCPC
Photo: Vaillancourt with the Co-Chairs of the CAEP Public Affairs Committee, Andrew Affleck (l) and Al Drummond. |
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Dr. Alan Drummond Advocacy Award 2013 Co-Recipient: Norman Epstein, MD, CCFP(EM) |
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Resident Leadership Award – CCFP (EM) 2013 Recipient: Laura Stone, MD
Photo: Stone with CAEP President Bruce McLeod and Resident Section Chair, David Migneault |
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Resident Leadership Award – FRCPC 2013 Recipient: Brent Thoma, MD
Photo: Thoma with CAEP President Bruce McLeod and Resident Section Chair, David Migneault |
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2013 Recipient: Ken Milne, MD, CCFP(EM)
Photo: Milne with CAEP President Bruce McLeod and Resident Section Chair, David Migneault |
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The Grant Innes Research Paper and Presentation Award 2013 Recipient: Simon Berthelot, MD
Photo: Berthelot (c) with CAEP President Bruce McLeod and Reseach Committee Chair, Paul Atkinson |
CAEP President's Award
Honorary Life Membership
CAEP Special Merit Award
Dr. Helen Karounis Memorial Award for Professionalism in Emergency Medicine
Dr. Richard Kohn Memorial Award for Mentorship in Emergency Medicine - New for 2013!
Penelope Gray-Allan Memorial CJEM Writing Award
Dr. Alan Drummond Advocacy Award
CAEP Award for Medical Journalism
Resident Leadership Award – CCFP (EM) and FRCPC
Teacher of the Year
CAEP President's Award
The CAEP Presidents award recognizes a CAEP member who has made a significant contribution to CAEP and its members. The individual will have demonstrated a commitment to the organization through activities that have had a direct impact on CAEP. Activities may include but are not limited to:
- Board activities
- Committee work
- Involvement with working groups
- Advocacy
- Research
- CME activities
- International work
To be eligible the individual must:
- Be a current member of CAEP
- Have made a significant contribution to CAEP and its members
- Has demonstrated a long term commitment to CAEP
- Current CAEP Board Members and Officers are not eligible for the award
The CAEP Board of Directors review the nominations and select an individual for the award. The President's Award will be presented at the Annual Conference each year. A plaque, travel, conference registration, and accommodations for 2 nights will be provided to the recipient. The award is presented at CAEP Annual Conference. The nomination is to be submitted in writing with the signatures of three (3) CAEP members to the Head Office. Electronic signatures are accepted. The award is a lifetime award and as such a recipient may receive the award only once.
Past Recipients
2012 - Ian Stiell MD, ABEM, CCFP, FRCPC
2011 - Grant D. Innes, MD, FRCPC, CCFP, ABEM
2010 - James Ducharme, MD, FRCPC, ABEM
2009 - Andrew Affleck, MD, CCFP(EM)
2008 - Timothy Allen, MD, FRCPC & Brian Rowe, MD, CCFP(EM)
2007 - Terry Sosnowski, MD, FRCPC
2006 (inaugural year) - Alan J. Drummond, MD, CCFP(EM)
Honorary Life Membership
In recognition of outstanding contributions and dedicated service to Emergency Medicine in Canada.
Past Recipients
David Walker, MD, FRCPC
Ronald Stewart, MD
Marilyn Li, MD, FRCPC (Peds)
CAEP Special Merit Award
In recognition of outstanding contributions and dedicated service to Emergency Medicine in Canada.
Past Recipients
2012 Recipient: Dennis Psutka, MD
Dr. Helen Karounis Memorial Award for Professionalism in Emergency Medicine
In recognition of a physician, resident or staff, who upholds the highest standards of professionalism in Emergency Medicine. Qualities include but are not limited to: Altruism; integrity, honesty, and ethical conduct; caring and compassion; competence and knowledge of one’s limits; openness; responsibility to the profession and society; ability to work within a team; an excellent role model, inspiring others to also uphold the highest standards of Professionalism; an excellent, patient, and responsive teacher; demonstrates a thoughtful approach to career-life balance while encouraging others to do so as well.
Nominations will consist of a letter from a colleague or learner (who is a CAEP member), outlining the characteristics of the nominee that make them worthy of the award. Examples and details are encouraged. Multiple nomination letters for the same individual are acceptable.
The award recipient will receive a plaque, travel to the CAEP conference, complimentary conference registration, and 3 nights' of hotel accommodations. The award is presented at CAEP Annual Conference.
Past Recipients
2012 - Raghu Venugopal, MD, FRCPC
2011 - Norman Bartlett, MD, CCFP(EM)
2010 (inaugural year) - Luella Smith, MD, CCFP(EM), CCFP
Dr. Richard Kohn Memorial Award for Mentorship in Emergency Medicine - New for 2013!
In October of 2012, Canadian emergency medicine lost one of its greatest and most loved mentors, Dr. Richard Kohn, who succumbed to cancer at the age of 49. Dr. Kohn was an award-winning educator and dedicated academic, serving as the Program Director for the CCFP(EM) program at McGill University for several years and integrally involved at both the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels of medical education. In over 20 years as a clinician educator and mentor at the SMBD Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, Richard influenced the career path of hundreds of trainees through role modelling excellence and compassion.
The Dr. Richard Kohn Memorial Award for Mentorship in Emergency Medicine will be awarded to a physician mentor and role model within emergency medicine who meets the following criteria.
Award Criteria
- Exemplary caring and compassion towards their patients;
- A strong track record of mentoring students, residents and junior colleagues in the clinical sphere of Emergency Medicine;
- Strong advocate of physician-nursing collaboration and multi-disciplinary teamwork in the ED
- Unequivocal support and devotion to ones colleagues and to the Emergency Department.
All entries will be evaluated and a recommendation will be made to the CAEP Board of Directors.
The award shall take the form of an inscribed commemoration presented at the CAEP Annual Conference. Travel to the CAEP conference, complimentary conference registration, and accommodations for two nights will also be provided.
Penelope Gray-Allan Memorial CJEM Writing Award
This writing award is open to any FRCPC or CCFP Emergency Medicine resident in Canada and the prize will be awarded for a Humanities in Emergency Medicine article submitted to CJEM by a resident. The paper should be no more than two finished pages. All of the submissions will be judged by either the CJEM Senior Editorial Board (SEB), or a committee established by the SEB.
The winning paper will be published in the CAEP Annual Conference edition of CJEM. The author of the winning paper will receive a plaque, travel to the CAEP conference, complimentary conference registration, and 3 nights' of hotel accommodations. The award is presented at CAEP Annual Conference.
The Penelope Gray-Allan Memorial CJEM Writing Award Call for Papers 2013! -Details Here!
Past Recipients
2012 - Sandra Jennesan, CCFP(EM)
2011 (inaugural year) - Michelle Tousignant, MD, CCFP
Dr. Alan Drummond Advocacy Award
The Dr. Alan Drummond Advocacy Award will be presented to a CAEP member who has demonstrated exemplary leadership, commitment and dedication to the cause of advancing the discipline at the regional, national or international level through advocacy efforts.
Award Criteria
- CAEP shall be under no obligation to present the award annually; it may be awarded to more than one person in a given year.
- Any possibility that an individual or organization could exploit winning a CAEP award for personal profit or commercial advantage will be taken into consideration.
- Any CAEP member currently sitting as an elected officer, a member of the Board of Directors or the Public Affairs Committee is not eligible for nomination unless under exceptional circumstances.
- Nominations may be submitted, accompanied by suitable documentation, by any CAEP member. Self-nomination is ineligible. Documentation will consist of a detailed letter of nomination with descriptions of advocacy activities accompanied by two letters of support and the nominee’s curriculum vitae. Nominations submitted electronically (e.g., fax or email) will be considered so long as the origin of the documentation can be verified. Handwritten submissions will not be accepted.
- A nomination may be re-submitted in a subsequent year.
The Public Affairs Committee will evaluate all entries and make a recommendation to the CAEP Board of Directors.
The award shall take the form of an inscribed commemoration presented at the CAEP Annual Conference. Travel to the CAEP conference, complimentary conference registration, and accommodations for two nights will also be provided.
Past Recipients
2012 - Adam Lund, MD, FRCPC
2011 (inaugural year) - Paul Parks, MD, FRCPC & Raj Sherman, MD, CCFP, CCFP(EM)
CAEP Award for Medical Journalism
The following guidelines and criteria will be the basis for judging submissions. CAEP reserves the right to withhold an award in any year if the judges determine that submissions are not of a sufficiently high standard in meeting the established criteria.
The primary focus of any submission must be emergency medicine. All entries will be judged on how well they tell an emergency medicine related story based on the following specific criteria:
- Fairness and balance (capturing multiple viewpoints, quality and depth of research, accuracy)Timeliness (first on the story, immediacy, relevance to audience)
- Insight (imparting clear perceptions of a complex situation; creativity in approach; human context or implications)
- Impact (contribution to society and to public understanding of issue)
- Quality of the writing and/or production (clear, compelling and interesting narrative; conciseness; accessibility; use of visuals and sound)
Reports from any journalistic media including print, TV, and Radio are eligible. The competition is open to journalists working for Canadian newspapers, magazines, television stations, radio stations, wire services and networks with the exception of specialty/trade publications. The competition is also open to freelance journalists whose submitted work has been published or broadcast in Canada.
- The work must have been published or aired within the twelve months preceding the date of the CAEP annual conference when the award is presented.
- The work must have been published, distributed, produced or aired by a Canadian media outlet.
- The subject matter of entries must be focused on emergency medicine/emergency services.
- Entries originally written, broadcast or produced in languages other than French or English are welcome. A transcript in either official language must accompany the submission.
- Work appearing in specialty or trade publications is not eligible for submission.
- Work must be aimed at the general public.
- Teams or individuals may submit work.
- The organizers reserve the right to disqualify any submission that is incomplete or that constitutes a real or apparent conflict of interest.
The Public Affairs Committee will evaluate all entries and make a recommendation to the CAEP Board of Directors.
The award shall take the form of an inscribed commemoration presented at the CAEP Annual Conference. Travel to the CAEP conference, complimentary conference registration, and accommodations for two nights will also be provided.
Past Recipients:
2012 - Andre Picard - The Globe and Mail
2011 (inaugural year) - Jodie Sinnema
CAEP Resident Awards
We are extremely fortunate in emergency medicine to have so many wonderful teachers and fellow resident leaders who mentor, instruct, encourage, and advocate for us... so this is our turn to give recognition and show our appreciation to those people whose efforts have made emergency medicine special.
Resident Leadership Award – CCFP (EM) and FRCPC
The nominee and nominator must be CAEP members in good standing. The Resident nominee must currently be in good standing in an accredited Canadian FRCPC, CFPC-EM, or Pediatric EM residency program, or enrolled in an EM-related fellowship. The individual must have made an outstanding contribution to the development of Canadian EM or the betterment of Canadian EM residents. Important qualities include leadership skills, effective teaching, contagious enthusiasm, innovation and role modeling. Previous recipients are not eligible.
A maximum of 2 letters per candidate will be accepted from EM residents or attending emergency physicians. The letter will identify the nominee, detail their eligibility and explain why they are deserving of the award in 750 words or less. Nominees may not self nominate. The Candidate must accept the nomination prior to the submission and must be indicated in the letter.
The recipient will recieve an inscribed plaque and $500 towards their flight to conference or conference registration.
- Resident Leadership Award – CCFP (EM)
- 2012 - Dr. Rachel Sheps
- 2009 - Dr. Jatina Lai, University of Alberta
- 2008 - Dr. Elizabeth Shouldice, University of Ottawa
- 2007 - Dr. Elizabeth Haney, University of Calgary
- 2006 - Dr. Brian D. Farrell, University of Alberta
- 2004 - Dr. Chantal St-Onge, Univeversity of Sherbrooke
Resident Leadership Award – FRCPC
2012 - Dr. Dennis Lefebvre
2011 - Dr. Ni Lam, University of Alberta
2010 - Dr. Hussein D. Kanji, University of Alberta & Dr. Chau Pham, University of Manitoba
2009 - Dr. Isabelle Bertrand, Université de Laval
2008 - Dr. Amelie Bourassa, Université de Laval
2007 - Dr. Aaron Sibley, University of Alberta
2006 - Dr. Robert A. Woods, University of Alberta
2005 - Dr. Rob Hall, University of Calgary
2004 - Dr. Shona MacLachlan, University of Alberta
2003 - Dr. Lisa Calder, University of Ottawa
2002 - Dr. James Thompson, Dalhousie University
2001 - Dr. Sunil Sookram, University of Alberta
Teacher of the Year
The nominee and nominator must be CAEP members in good standing. The nominee should be actively involved in teaching residents, and must have made an outstanding contribution to teaching or to the development of EM education in Canada within the last year. Previous recipients are not eligible.
A maximum of two letters will be accepted from the EM residents in good standing in an accredited FRCPC, CCFP(EM), or Pediatric EM residency program. The letter will identify the candidate and describe in 750 words or less their contribution to EM education within the last year.
The recipient will recieve an inscribed plaque and $500 towards their flight to conference or conference registration.
Teacher of the Year
2012 - Dr. Ian Rigby
2011 - Dr. Rob Woods, University of Saskatchewan
2010 - Dr. Terry Sosnowski, University of Alberta
2009 - Dr. Amanda Hanson, University of Alberta
2008 - Dr. Danielle Blouin, Queen's University
2007 - Dr. Paul Parks, University of Alberta
2006 - Dr. Marc Charles Parent, Université de Laval
2005 - Dr. Jason Frank, University of Ottawa
2004 - Dr. Eddy Lang, McGill University
2003 - Dr. Tim Allen, Université de Laval
2002 - Dr. Ivan Steiner, University of Alberta
2001 - Dr. John Ross, Dalhousie University
