{"id":3992,"date":"2015-10-02T12:54:41","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T16:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/sections\/socialandpersonality\/social-and-personality-section-awards\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T14:56:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:56:53","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/sections\/socialandpersonality\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Social and Personality Section Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brendan Gail Rule Award and the Kenneth Dion Awards recognize student excellence. These awards, named to honour the memory of two Canadian social & personality psychologists who made outstanding contributions to the field during their careers, recognize the best undergraduate (the Kenneth Dion Award) and the best graduate student (the Brendan Gail Rule Award) submissions. The Social & Personality section executive adjudicates the competition, selecting a winner for each award. Each winner received a $200 cash prize.<\/p>\n

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2025<\/h1>\n
\"2025<\/p>\n

Kenneth Dion undergraduate student award winner<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Renee Pi, undergraduate student, University of CalgarySupervisor, Dr. Kibeom Lee
\nTuned In: Music Preferences, Music Listening Duration, and Personality<\/em>\n<\/div>\n

\"2025<\/p>\n

Brendan Gail Rule graduate student award winner<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Tayler Wells, graduate student, University of Toronto
\nSupervisor, Dr. Penelope Lockwood
\nPublic displays of affection: Relationship-relevant posting predicts positive outcomes<\/em>\n<\/div>\n

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2024<\/h1>\n

The Brendan Gail Rule Award and the Kenneth Dion Awards recognize student excellence. These awards, named to honour the memory of two Canadian social & personality psychologists who made outstanding contributions to the field during their careers, recognize the best undergraduate (the Kenneth Dion Award) and the best graduate student (the Brendan Gail Rule Award) submissions. The Social & Personality section executive adjudicated the competition, selecting a winner for each award. Each winner received a $200 cash prize. The 2024 winners are listed below. <\/p>\n

\"2024
\nKenneth Dion Award winner: Saghar Shadabi (Carleton University)<\/div>\n
\"2024
\nBrendan Gail Rule Award winner: Erin White (University of Manitoba)<\/div>\n

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2023<\/h1>\n

In 2023 we brought back the Brendan Gail Rule Award and the Kenneth Dion Award to recognize student excellence. These awards, named to honour the memory of two Canadian social psychologists who made outstanding contributions to the field during their careers, recognize the best undergraduate (the Kenneth Dion Award) and the best graduate student (the Brendan Gail Rule Award) submissions. The awards are based on the quality of the abstract submissions that were first rated by 2-3 independent reviewers. Then, the winners were selected from a list of finalists by our section\u2019s executive committee (blinded review). Each winner will receive a $200 cash prize and their names will be posted on the \u2018Student Award Winners\u2019 section of our website.<\/p>\n

\"Gale
\nKenneth Dion Award winner: Gale Chong (University of British Columbia, Okanagan)<\/div>\n
\"Tayler
\nKenneth Dion Award Runner-up: Tayler Wells (Carleton University)<\/div>\n
\n

\"Morgan
\nBrendan Gail Rule Award winner: Morgan Joseph (Carleton University)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2022<\/h1>\n

In 2022 we brought back annual awards to our section to recognize student excellence. In the past, our section offered the Brendan Gail Rule Award and the Kenneth Dion Award to recognize student excellence. These awards, named to honour the memory of two Canadian social psychologists who made outstanding contributions to the field during their careers, recognize the best undergraduate (the Kenneth Dion Award) and the best graduate student (the Brendan Gail Rule Award) submissions. Although we held off opening applications for these legacy awards until 2023, in the interim, we are offering student awards for \u2018Best Poster\u2019 and \u2018Best Talk\u2019 in the Social and Personality section at the CPA 2022 Convention.<\/p>\n

The awards were based on the quality of the abstract submissions that were first rated by 2-3 independent reviewers. Then, the winners were selected from a list of finalists by our section\u2019s awards committee.<\/p>\n

Two winners were selected for the \u20182022 CPA Social & Personality Best Student Poster\u2019 award and one winner was selected for the \u20182022 CPA Social & Personality Best Talk\u2019 award. Each winner will receive a $100 cash prize and their names will be posted on the \u2018Student Award Winners\u2019 section of our website.<\/p>\n

\u20182022 CPA Social & Personality Best Student Poster\u2019 Award Winners<\/h3>\n
\"Kesaan
\nKesaan Kandasamy, Ryerson University,
\nThe Effects of Discrimination on the Psychological Distress of Chinese Canadians during COVID-19<\/em>
\nCo-authors: Lixia Yang, Ling Na, Peizhong Wang, Weiguo Zhang<\/div>\n
\"Rama
\nRama Eloulabi & Bidushy Sadika, Western University,
\nDehumanizing “Others” during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review<\/em>
\nCo-author: Victoria Esses<\/div>\n

\u20182022 CPA Social & Personality Best Talk\u2019 Award Winner<\/h3>\n

Yekta Sharafaddin-zadeh, University of Alberta, Canadians’ Perceptions of and Attitudes towards Face Masks on Twitter During the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: The Rise of Anti-Mask Sentiment<\/em>
\nCo-authors: Kimberly Noels, Heather Young-Leslie, Veronica Slam, Denilson Barbosa, Nigel Lou, Ying Shan Doris Zhang<\/p>\n

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Previous Award Winners<\/h2>\n

The following list is incomplete. If you have information that would fill in the gaps, please send it to Cheryl.Harasymchuk@carleton.ca<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Brendan Gail Rule Award<\/h4>\n
    \n
  • 2025: Tayler Wells<\/li>\n
  • 2024: Erin White<\/li>\n
  • 2023: Morgan Joseph<\/li>\n
  • …<\/li>\n
  • 2011: Sean P. Mackinnon (Dalhousie U.); Finalist: R\u00e9gine Debrosse (McGill U.)<\/li>\n
  • 2010:<\/li>\n
  • 2009: Karen O’Brian (U. of Manitoba), Katia Keefer (Queen’s U.) [co-winners]<\/li>\n
  • 2008: Johanna Peetz (Wilfrid Laurier U.); Finalist: Paula Brochu (The U. of Western Ontario)<\/li>\n
  • 2007: Rebecca Malhi (U. of Calgary); Finalist: Simon Pierre-Harvey (U. du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al)<\/li>\n
  • 2006: Benjamin Giguere (York U.); Finalists: Johanna Peetz (Wilfrid Laurier U.), Alishia Alibhai (U. of Calgary)<\/li>\n
  • 2005: Lianne McLellan (Queen’s U.)<\/li>\n
  • 2004: Matt Burnett (U. of Saskatchewan)<\/li>\n
  • 2003: Sarah Fraser (Concordia U.); Finalist: Vassili Spyropoulous (Wilfrid Laurier U.)<\/li>\n
  • 2002: Heather Lawson (Wilfrid Laurier U.)<\/li>\n
  • 2001: Faby Gagne (McGill U.)<\/li>\n
  • 2000: Kimberly Burton (McGill U.); Finalists: Anne L. Israeli (Dalhousie U.), John Kowal (U. of Ottawa)<\/li>\n
  • 1999: Winnifred R. Louis (McGill U.); Finalists: Cheryl Terrance (Carleton U.), Lesley M. Akst (The U. of Western Ontario)<\/li>\n
  • 1998: Christina Simms (U. of Calgary); Finalists: Stacey Nairn (U. of Calgary)<\/li>\n
  • 1997: Lisa Sinclair (U. of Waterloo)<\/li>\n
  • 1996: Tamarha Pierce (McGill U.)<\/li>\n
  • 1995: Yves Chantal (Quebec – Montreal); Finalists: Silvana Macdonald (York U.), Jennifer Watson (Simon Fraser U.)<\/li>\n
  • 1994: Sheree Kwong See (McMaster U.)<\/li>\n
  • 1993: Pierre Foisy (Concordia U.)<\/li>\n
  • 1992:<\/li>\n
  • 1991: Cathy Giordano (U. of Waterloo); Finalists: Neal J. Roese (The U. of Western Ontario), Krista Trobst (U. of British Columbia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Kenneth Dion Award<\/h4>\n
      \n
    • 2025: Renee Pi<\/li>\n
    • 2024: Saghar Shadabi<\/li>\n
    • 2023: Gale Chong<\/li>\n
    • …<\/li>\n
    • 2011: An Gie Yong (Wilfrid Laurier U.)<\/li>\n
    • 2010: Rachel Ross (U. of Calgary); Finalist: Cindy Ward (U. of Waterloo)<\/li>\n
    • 2009: Leah Funk (U. of Winnipeg; Finalist: Gavin Docherty (U. of British Columbia)<\/li>\n
    • 2008:<\/li>\n
    • 2007:<\/li>\n
    • 2006: Annette Gagnon (U. of Manitoba); Finalists: Danielle DeSorcy (U. of Saskatchewan), Justin Friesen (U. of Winnipeg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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