The vision of the Academic Section is to promote high-quality emergency patient care by conducting world-leading education and research in emergency medicine. Through its four committees focused on leadership/administration, education scholarship and research, the Academic Section delivers the annual Academic Symposium as well as other initiatives. If you are interested in actively participating in any of these initiatives, contact Julia Beljo (jbeljo@caep.ca).
Vision and Mission
Vision
- To promote high quality emergency patient care through world-leading leadership, education, and research in emergency medicine.
Mission Statements
- To improve emergency care of patients by enhancing academic emergency medicine at Canadian hospitals.
- To foster and develop education, research and academic leadership among Canadian emergency physicians, residents, researchers, and students.
- To provide mentorship in academic emergency medicine (EM).
2023 Terms of Reference
Executive Committee Members
Eddy Lang
MD CCFP(EM)
Chair
Calgary, AB
Rod Lim
MD FRCPC
Vice Chair
London, ON
Judy Morris
MDCM FRCPC
Leadership Committee Chair
Montreal, QC
Laurie Morrison
MD FRCPC
NCER Chair
Toronto, ON
Kerstin de Wit
MBChB MD MSc FRCPC FRCEM MRCP
Research Committee Chair
Kingston, ON
MD MScHQ FRCPC
QIPS Chair
Saskatoon, SK
Tamara McColl
MD FRCPC
Education Scholarship Committee Chair
Winnipeg, MB
Will Pereira
Undergraduate Education Representative
Hamilton, ON
Vikram Sabhaney
MD FRCPC
Pediatric EM Education
Vancouver, BC
Three Members-at-Large (elected from West, Prairies, Ontario)
Aaron Johnston
MD CCFP(EM)
Calgary, AB
Shelley McLeod
Research Director
Toronto, ON
James Stempien
MD CCFP(EM)
Saskatoon, SK
MD, CCFP(EM)
Ottawa, ON
Ex-officio Members (non-voting)
Gurinder Sangha
MD FRCPC
Pediatric Section Chair
London, ON
Eric Clark
MD FRCPC
Continuing Professional Development Chair
Ottawa, ON
Cheryl ffrench
MD FRCPC
FRCPC Program Director Chair
Winnipeg, MB
MD MSc
Resident Section Representative
Toronto, ON
Fraser Mackay
CCFP(EM)
Rural & Small Urban Section Chair
Saint John, NB
Jeff Perry
MD CCFP(EM)
Academic Section Past Chair
Ottawa, ON
Aimee Kernick
MD
CAEP President
Victoria, BC
Victoria, BC
Lynn Garrow
BSocSc MBA
CAEP Executive Director
Ottawa, ON
Julia Beljo
Senior Lead, Academic and Research
Ottawa, ON
How to Join
All CAEP members are welcome to join and participate in the section.
Academic Section Executive Committee vacant positions will be posted in the CAEP Connects and on CAEP social media channels. Please refer to the “Executive Committee Members” tab for a list of the current vacancies.
Contact Julia Beljo for more information at jbeljo@caep.ca.
Activities
Academic Consultation Service
In order to address the variability across Canada’s academic emergency medicine departments and tap into the expertise of CAEP academic leaders, the Academic Section is providing an Academic Consultation Service. The goal of CAEP’s Academic Consultation Service is to improve emergency care of patients by enhancing academic EM at Canadian medical schools and teaching hospitals.
Academic Symposium
The Academic Symposium is hosted once every three years by the each committee to provide practical recommendations on improving EM. Each year, three panels are formed with the mandate to research their topic, create recommendations for Canadian Academic EM units and present at the Academic Symposium, and publish the recommendations in CJEM.
eScan
In 2016, the Academic Section conducted an adult environmental scan. Following its publication, a pediatric environmental scan has been conducted with the publication forthcoming.