Honorary Awards Program
Canadian Public Health Association 2010 Awards
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), health professionals, researchers, and policy-makers from across the country and around the world will meet in Toronto to celebrate a century of achievements. Each year CPHA has the opportunity to recognize individuals/groups and/or organizations that have made a significant contribution in the area of public health. We are now accepting nominations for the following awards and honours:
- R.D. Defries Award
- Honorary Life Membership
- Certificate of Merit
- CPHA International Award
- Ron Draper Health Promotion Award
- Public Health Human Resources Awards
- National Public Health Hero Award
- CPHA-Amgen Award for Innovation in Family Health
- National Collaborating Centres for Public Health Knowledge Translation Graduate Student Awards
This year’s nominations should be submitted following the guidelines provided and forwarded to the CPHA Awards Committee no later than April 2, 2010.
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R.D. Defries Award
The R.D. Defries Award is the highest award of the Canadian Public Health Association. Instituted in 1965, the Award is presented annually in the form of a medal and citation for outstanding contributions in the broad field of public health, preference being given to Canadian contributions and individuals who have substantially supported the objectives of CPHA. Robert Davies Defries, CBE, MD, DPH, LLD (Sask), DrPH (Montreal), for whom the award is named, devoted a lifetime to the interest of public health in Canada and particularly to the Canadian Public Health Association of which he was an Honorary Life Member. The first presentation of the Award took place at the Association’s 1966 Annual Meeting. The Defries Award carries with it an Honorary Life Membership.
Honorary Life Membership
Honorary Life Membership is awarded for exceptional excellence as an educator, researcher or practitioner in the field of public health, as demonstrated by achievements, valuable and outstanding research or distinguished service in the advancement of public health knowledge and practice.
Certificate of Merit
The Certificate of Merit provides CPHA with an opportunity to give official recognition to individuals/groups/associations who have given especially noteworthy services to public health and whose contribution furthers CPHA in achieving its objectives. These individuals/groups/associations do not necessarily need to be directly associated with CPHA.
CPHA International Award
This award provides CPHA with the opportunity to recognize contributions to international public health. The Awards Committee will consider nominations for those individuals or organizations who have made a contribution to promoting public health in resource-poor societies through the development of healthy public policy, strengthening of primary health care services, promotion of the value of equity in access to health-promoting environments, and/or the enhancement of community participation.
Ron Draper Health Promotion Award
The Ron Draper Health Promotion Award is presented to an individual, group or organization engaged in community work who has made a significant contribution to health promotion by working in the community to: build healthy public policy, create environments that support health, enable community action, enhance personal skills, and/or re-orient health services.
Public Health Human Resources Awards
With the support of the Public Health Agency of Canada, awards for innovation in public health practice recognize the efforts of one individual and one organization to translate research or knowledge into a new product, practice, or strategy for public health workforce development or program delivery, including the preparation of individuals for practice. The individual award recipient must be a member of the CPHA; the organization recipient must be associated with the practice of public health in Canada, and may include government programs and local health jurisdictions.
National Public Health Hero Award
The CPHA National Public Health Hero Award was created to broaden awareness and understanding of public health by recognizing members of the Canadian public for their significant contributions and exceptional commitment to promoting and protecting the health of Canadians. This award recognizes an individual in a community of any size and composition from across the country, whose efforts have resulted in a positive difference for the public’s health at the national level.
CPHA-Amgen Award for Innovation in Family Health
The purpose of the CPHA-Amgen Award for Innovation in Family Health is to encourage new and better ways to promote family health and promote the uptake of these new approaches by relevant organizations across Canada. CPHA recognizes that, regardless of structure, legal sanction or biological relationship, the family is a fundamental social unit of society. It provides the framework for the emotional, financial and material support essential to the growth, development, care and support of its members, throughout the life course. The CPHA-Amgen Award for Innovation in Family Health recognizes and promotes the achievements of district/regional health authorities, local health integration networks (LHINs), and public health units in demonstrating innovation in family health-related programs, projects and initiatives.
Dr. John Hastings Student Award
The Dr. John Hastings CPHA Student Award, formerly the CPHA Student Award, is renamed in honour and memory of Dr. John Hastings and his commitment to and belief in students as the future of public health in our country. This award is given at the time of the CPHA Annual Conference for the best abstract/poster as determined by the CPHA Honorary Awards and Recognition Committee based on the recommendation of the Scientific Review Committee.
Population and Public Health Student Awards
Sponsored by CIHR-Institute of Population and Public Health, Canadian Public Health Association, Canadian Institute for Health Information-Canadian Population Health Initiative and the Public Health Agency of Canada
The purpose of this award program is to recognize excellence in the next generation of population and public health researchers, policy-makers and practitioners. Up to four awards (two at the Masters level and two at the PhD level) will be presented to successful student applicants.
National Collaborating Centres for Public Health Knowledge Translation Graduate Student Awards
The NCCPH Knowledge Translation Graduate Student Awards are being offered for the first time this year by the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health. The purpose of the awards is to recognize the work of graduate students (current or within 12 months of completion) regarding knowledge translation (KT) in public health in Canada. Up to three awards will be given at the CPHA Annual Conference.
