CPA Awards
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Purpose
Dedicated to the memory of Dr. CA Roberts, this award is presented annually to a psychiatrist-clinician who has made a significant contribution to the improvement of patient care.
Award Criteria
The award is meant to recognize outstanding clinicians who have been instrumental in the development of new treatment approaches, creative program design or administrative innovations, or who have been recognized as consistently providing superior quality psychiatric care to patients.
Recipients – C.A. Roberts Award for Clinical Leadership
Eligibility
Nominees must be members in good standing of the CPA and must be:
- a clinician who has been instrumental in developing new treatment approaches, creative program design or administrative innovations; or who has been recognized for consistently providing superior quality psychiatric care to patients
Nomination Process
Nominations must be received electronically by the annual deadline and include:
- A statement by the nominator (500 words maximum) concerning the nominee’s contribution to improving psychiatric care.
- Supporting documentation illustrating or describing the nature of the nominee’s contribution. This documentation must not exceed 10 written pages.
Review & Adjudication
The Professional Standards and Practice Committee shall choose the recipient by consensus from among the nominations, and notify the Board of Directors of its decision. Adjudication shall take place in camera, and the committee has the option to not confer the award in a given year. The CPA will notify the recipient in advance of the annual conference in order that he or she may attend.
Recognition
The recipient will receive a suitably inscribed plaque in recognition of the accomplishment to be presented during the annual conference. The CPA will maintain an official record of recipients online and at head office.
Application
Deadline for receipt of nominations is February 1 of each year.
Inquiries
All inquiries, questions and submissions should be directed to awards@cpa-apc.org. Paper submissions will not be accepted.
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Purpose
This award is dedicated to the memory of Dr. John Cleghorn, an early neuroendocrine researcher and the first Chair of the Research Committee (orginally known as the Scientific Council). This award recognizes a CPA member for excellence in clinical psychiatric research or leadership in advancing clinical psychiatric research in Canada.
Award Criteria
The award is meant to recognize outstanding psychiatrist-researchers who have demonstrated excellence in clinical psychiatric research, or have shown leadership in advancing psychiatric research.
Recipients – J.M. Cleghorn Award for Excellence and Leadership in Clinical Research
Eligibility
Nominees must be members in good standing of the CPA. Current members of the Research Committee are ineligible for consideration.
The nominee must:
- have achieved excellence in psychiatric research; and
- have demonstrated leadership in advancing psychiatric research.
Nomination Process
Nominations must be received electronically by the annual deadline and include:
- a statement by the nominator (500 words maximum) concerning the nominee’s contribution to clinical psychiatric research; and
- A curriculum vitae for the nominee that does not exceed five pages.
- Three manuscripts that capture the accomplishments of the nominee.
Review & Adjudication
The Research Committee shall choose the recipient by consensus from among the nominations, and notify the Board of Directors of its decision. Adjudication shall take place in camera, and the committee has the option to not confer the award in a given year. The CPA will notify the recipient in advance of the annual conference in order that he or she may attend.
Recognition
The recipient will receive a suitably inscribed plaque in recognition of the accomplishment to be presented during the annual conference. The CPA will maintain an official record of recipients online and at head office.
Application
Nominations must be received no later than February 1 of each year.
Apply OnlineInquiries
All inquiries, questions and submissions should be directed to awards@cpa-apc.org. Paper submissions will not be accepted.
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This award is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Paul Patterson, who was a child and adolescent subspecialist with a strong interest in the education of the general psychiatrist. He was a mentor who practiced community-based care and was an early advocate of reciprocal education and practice at the family medicine-psychiatry interface. Dr. Patterson led and contributed to a broad range of CPA educational initiatives with wisdom, creativity and a warm, gentle sense of humour.
This award is presented annually to a psychiatric educator who, in responding to change or leading in new directions, makes a significant innovative contribution to undergraduate, postgraduate, continuing professional, or public education.
Terms of Reference – Paul Patterson Innovation in Education Leadership Award
Recipients – Paul Patterson Innovation in Education Leadership AwardCriteria
The nominee must:
- have made an innovative contribution that arises in response to specific educational issues, or creative leadership in new educational directions, such as system changes, curriculum developments, evaluation procedures and public education approaches (national, provincial or regional); and
- be a CPA member in good standing.
Nomination Procedure
The nomination must include:
- a statement by the nominator (500 words maximum) concerning the innovative merit and educational impact of the nominee’s contribution;
- supporting documentation illustrating or describing the nominee’s contribution. Supporting documentation is not to exceed 10 written pages. Video or audio support must be no longer than 10 minutes in total duration. It is strongly encouraged that supporting documentation include an educational dossier if available.
Deadline for receipt of nominations is February 1 of each year.
Adjudication
The Education Committee shall choose the recipient by consensus from among the nominations.
Note: This award is not to conflict with the Association of Chairs of Psychiatry of Canada (ACPC) Award for Excellence in Education given annually to an individual who has made a significant and sustained contribution to psychiatric education or the Joint CPA-Council of Psychiatric Continuing COPCE Awards given annually to an individual or group to recognize the most outstanding continuing education activity in psychiatry in Canada.
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Purpose
This award is presented annually to an outstanding early career psychiatrist in the first five years of practice following certification in psychiatry.
Terms of Reference – Early Career Achievement in Psychiatry Award
Recipients-Early Career Achievement in Psychiatry AwardAward Criteria
Nominees must have demonstrated exemplary dedication, commitment and leadership in one or more of the following domains:
- Clinical practice
- Research
- Education
- Advocacy
Eligibility
Nominees must be members in good standing of the CPA, and be in the first five years of practice as recognized by the CPA.
Nomination Process
Nominations must be received electronically by the annual conference deadline and include:
- A nomination letter (500 words maximum) and two letters of support that illustrate or describe the nominee’s contribution to the field of psychiatry. The nomination letter and at least one of the letters of support must be from a CPA member in good standing.
- An up-to-date copy of the nominee’s CV.
Adjudication
The Membership Affairs Committee shall choose the recipient by consensus from among the nominations, and notify the Board of Directors of its decision, Adjudication shall take place in camera, and the committee has the option to not confer the award in a given year.
Application
Deadline for receipt of nominations is February 1 of each year.
Inquiries
All inquiries, questions and submissions should be directed to awards@cpa-apc.org. Paper submissions will not be accepted.
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Purpose
This award is presented annually to an outstanding early career psychiatrist who has excelled in the area of research.
Terms of Reference – Early Career Psychiatrist Research AwardAward Criteria
Nominees must demonstrate leadership in and dedication to research through high-quality research contributions in psychiatry with potential for clinical impact. Rankings will be based on the originality, volume and quality (e.g., methodology, impact factor of the journal, importance of the result) of research contributions.
Nominees must also demonstrate involvement with CPA through having either:
- Presented at a CPA annual conference, or
- Submitted an abstract to the current year’s conference, or
- Participated in CPA’s Junior Investigator Research Colloquium, or
- Been published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
Eligibility
The nominee must be a member in good standing of the CPA, and be in the first five years of practice after completion of training, as recognized by the CPA.
Nomination Process
Nominations must be received electronically by the annual deadline and include:
- A letter from the applicant describing their research accomplishments (500 words maximum).
- Two nomination letters (500 words maximum), one from each of two nominators. One of the nominators must be a CPA member in good standing.
- An up-to-date copy of the nominee’s CV (10-page maximum).
Review and Adjudication
The Research Committee and the Membership Affairs Committee (MAC) shall choose the recipient by consensus from among the nominations. Adjudication shall take place in camera, and the MAC will then notify the Board of Directors of the decision. The MAC has the option to not confer the award in a given year.
The CPA will notify the recipient in advance of the annual conference in order that he or she may attend.
Recognition
The recipient will receive a suitably inscribed plaque in recognition of the accomplishment to be presented during the annual conference. The CPA will maintain an official record of recipients online and at head office.
Application
Deadline for receipt of nominations is February 1 of each year.
Inquiries
All inquiries, questions and submissions should be directed to awards@cpa-apc.org. Paper submissions will not be accepted.
